Well I've been here for six days and I don't know what to say exactly except, WHOA! Firstly, Amsterdam is an absolutely amazing city and the Dutch people are equally as intriguing. Secondly, and I mean a very distant second, I've smoked more marijuana in this last little bit than I've ever smoked in one setting ever. I've literally been stoned since the time I hit this place up to this very second. I've gone from one Coffeeshop to another like some insatiable lunatic fool, I've vaped, sucked, puffed, toked and about any other thing you can think of with weed.
[Disclaimer: For anyone venturing to this fair city anytime in the near future I must warn you that the weed in the Coffeshops is not as good as what we can get in America on the streets. If you're coming to Amsterdam for the purposes of smoking "good bud," stay home and think of a better reason. I figured that out after the first shop, and knew it for certain after five. I happened to strike up a little conversation with a couple of guys that thought they were growers, the first point is, they knew precious little about serious growing and the second point is that they knew almost nothing about judging connoisseur grade cannabis. I tried to explain what was wrong with the Coffeeshop weed, but like with many things people should heed, it fell on deaf ears. Arjan, put it succinctly at a grow seminar the following day. The Dutch simply don't know about all of the critical steps in the growing process and as a result sell the Coffeeshops a very low quality product.]
I've had a chance to meet several of my influences, as well as watch Tommy Chong try to address the judges while being totally baked out of his fucking mind. It was really one of the coolest moments of the cup. I'll be back once I'm stateside again and my brain has had a chance to clear up a little more. There's just so much pot here that I don't think I'll be able to give very many in-depth reviews of anything.
We'll see...
Stay green.
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~Gilda Radner~
Last edited by AK Infinity; 11-26-2007 at 09:21 AM.
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