So as you know I randomly decided to go on a trip to Amsterdam with 2 friends. The weekend was bound to be great and we had a lot of fun. After we had arrived to the hotel (link), we went out to do some sightseeing and the first thing we noticed was obviously a nearby coffeeshop, where we smoked our first joints later in the evening.+ Show Spoiler +
The guidebook said we had to see the Dam Square.+ Show Spoiler +
We visited the famous Madam Tussauds museum. I had been to one in London before but this one was just great and well-worth the 21 euro entry fee.+ Show Spoiler +
Filemon and Pavarotti
something for Americans
and for Brits (Kajriss in the photo)
and Asians
that's me with Bob
with George
guess who it is
<3
We ate something in a thai restaurant we found and headed to the hotel. We had to get some rest after walking all day long. And what's the best thing to do to relax in Amsterdam besides fucking a whore from Red Light District ? Smoking weed.
We didn't want to lose our way to the hotel after getting high so we chose the nearby coffeshop I mentioned before. We walk in and ask for weed obv. The guy gives us a whole menu with different kinds of weed and hash. As first timers (well, we smoked weed before but being in a legally run coffeshop was something new to us and we naturally felt a little bit anxious) we decided to go with pre-rolled joints - there were two kinds of them, with skunk and with some strong Dutch shit, which we chose, cause we ain't no pussies right ?! And no, we didn't buy just one joint. My super intelligent friend suggested to buy 3 - one for each of us. + Show Spoiler +
God damn, we destroyed ourselves. At least I did. I smoked only half of it (the most of us all) and wow... Luckily I didn't freak out and had only fun ideas such as feeling the city - and I gotta tell you, Amsterdam feels great  We put what we got left into a bag and started looking for a grocery store. Every street looked the same and that's why we had to go back like every 2 minutes to the street where our hotel was placed. I remember when we were standing on a bridge and Filemon said that we should look to the left and then to the right. IT ALL LOOKED EXACTLY THE SAME ! 2 people riding a bike, the same lighting, buildings etc. Just wow.
Some 17 year-olders saw that we were kinda lost and they approached us. We asked them how to get to the grocery store. As we were walking in the direction they had shown us, 2 of them ran to us and asked if we could buy them something too. They thought we were looking for a coffeeshop. So since we still had our joints we gave them all of it. It's pretty funny how underage kids in Netherlands seek to buy some weed while the same thing occurs in, for instance, Poland but it regards alcohol.
So we finally found the grocery store, bought some snacks and came back to our room.+ Show Spoiler +
The next day we woke up at like 11 a.m. and went out in search of a place to eat breakfast. Somehow we found a small, homelike bar, which turned out to be the greatest spot to eat breakfest ever ! + Show Spoiler +
American pancakes with maple syrup, bacon, tea and freshly-squeezed orange juice
Then, obviously, we had to do some sightseeing. We were planning on renting bikes but even without them everything was really close to our hotel. Max. 15-20min walk to, for example, Red Light District or Leidesplein.+ Show Spoiler +
each of us had one of these, Kajriss felt a little tired after eating it and would stop and take a break every 5 seconds
After dinner we went on a boat trip, which was really nice. Amsterdam looks amazing in the night and IMO it's a perfect place to spend a romantic weekend with your girlfriend + Show Spoiler +
Then we visited the Sex Museum that we found by accident...
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... and then we checked out the Red Light District. Apparently it's forbidden to take pictures of the ladies so I don't have any  You just have to imagine the hottest chicks you've ever seen in your life and that's basically what we saw there. And a 'meeting' with one of them costs only 50 EUR. So sick
Later in the evening we decided to chill on Leidesplein, which is one of the best places to have fun in Amsterdam, there are lots of bars, clubs, and most importantly people. The Bulldog+ Show Spoiler +
- a well-known coffeeshop company or whatever had its franchise there so we went in and instead of buying 3 strongest joints like we did the night before, we picked only one with skunk. It was enough to make us feel really relaxed and was a perfect ending to that day.
Sunday was uneventful, we ate pancakes for breakfast (but this time in The Pancake Bakery), bought some souvenirs and the rest of the time we were just walking around, enjoying the beautiful city of Amsterdam.
That's it I guess. I don't need to say that it was one of the best weekends I had in my life. I'd definitely recommend such a trip to everyone. Go there whenever you get a chance to. I'll leave you with some more photos
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The great thing about Amsterdam is that you see girls riding bikes everywhere thanks to the cycling habit, there are no fat people there
some street art
and street performers
public toilets
Red Light District during the day
boat houses (yes, people do live in boats there..)
Hope you enjoyed
Peace,
Mike
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Netherlands. Oct 05 2009 18:56. Posts 10422
