An old trip
I remember going to the Heaven of post smokers.. Amstradam, well I remember part of it.
18 years old, and worked for 4 years saving for a european trip. I scrimped and saved, worked extra hours when I could, bought a cheap car when all my friends would make fun of me.. But I did it. I remember my parents saying I was going to have the experience of a lifetime.
School had ended on June 2nd, and started up again the day after labor day. So I had basically 14 weeks to travel.. I finished my last exam at 12:30 pm, and was headed for the air port by 3pm.. I was on a plane and in 6 hours I arrived at heathrow airport in London. I had some people I knew there, and had them meet me, and first place we go is his place for a nap, then a cool pub in Piccadilly Circus..
After a bunch of beer, one of the guys at our table said, hey lets take a trip this weekend to Amstradam.. Now it was on my list of places to go, and I had no real timetable, I just was going to go where I felt like it. Of course the other people were like yeah, they had to make sure I was there… So after the bar, we were hitting up a joint in front of Buckingham palace.. very cool.. plus Brits know how to roll a joint cone style.. Which is bigger at the end, and gets smaller near the mouth.. very cool…
Ok so my first day there was a sunday morning, and on Monday we all have plane tickets to head over there.. and wow, it was heaven…. I always dreamed of sitting in a place where you can just order some kind of weed in some sort of way, and just smoke it, or eat it in the open.. well after the first day there, I don’t really remember doing much except weed, and hash, and flirting with every girl there. I remember staying in this little hostel with a bunch of partiers..
Now I dont really know how long we were there, but i ended up in Paris sometime a week or so later.. toured around there, and ended up going back with these people I met at a club.
out of the 14 weeks I was in europe, i would suspect that at least 5 weeks of it was spent in amstradam. It is a great town that I still go visit every 5 years.
Now i met some of the greatest people on that trip, and I keep in touch with a bunch.. It amazes me that not so many of us here in America do not go visit Europe, or not many American Pot smokers don’t go…
It is worth it, soo worth it..
About a year ago, my brother in law went to amstradam, and called me from his cell just to say he was there sitting down and smoking one..
It is one of the greatest pleasures on earth to do.. Some people think it is such a huge taboo, to smoke, and here is an historical city that allows it…
Boy are we prude over here
Peace and smiles.
December 30th, 2005 at 12:04 pm
Amsterdam-another place I have never been, although I have certainly heard a lot about it, mostly along the same lines you are describing. I wonder what the Dutch think of our “war on drugs” and all the enormous expense and effort that goes into that boondoggle. Sheesh. Or, hasheesh. Heh.
Another thing I understand about Amsterdam is that rentable females are not only legal but big business. A friend of mine, who is a few years older than I, traveled there four years ago. He is many years divorced, with no regular woman, and he made sure to get a scrip for Viagra before going. He enjoyed himself…ahlot.
Regards,
Marvell
March 11th, 2006 at 6:12 pm
Thank you!