Hippys Daily Dutch Toke

Slowly weaning off the Baccy

Since moving here I daresay I've started smoking a lot more. It was fine at first, however slowly I started to see the detrimental effects of mainly smoking spliffs. When I first came I smoked cigarettes as well. Since then I've stopped smoking cigs alone, but the fact that most spliffs use a fair amount of tobacco, I was still smoking far too much...

I started getting short of breath and coughing quite a bit. It always seemed to be less when I smoked pure joints or used my pipe.... but I kept going... simply because hell I like getting high eh?

So finally I'm done with the tobacco for good. Since quitting my coughing has cut down and my chest isn't nearly as tight as it was....

How does this relate to my story? well these 2 Canadians I met started me on the path to non-tobacco usage.... and I let the story begin...


One last stoney tail before friends, family and normal life outside the netherlands.

A few weeks ago I had run into the BC canadian couple biking around the Netherlands. We had a wonderful afternoon of chillin in Leiden and I sent them on their way!...

Honestly I thought that I wouldn't see them again.. but lo and behold I get an email last week from Ryan (the guy) that they were heading back into Leiden to check out the saturday Market and we should hang out..... well who am I to turn down a fun saturday with fellow stoners? We met up outside the Leidseplein at 2... Ryan was very impressed with the Northern Lights hydro from the Leidseplein... he kept telling me that it was by far one of the best weeds he's smoked the entire trip.... (they've been here since April and are still in Holland...)

We stop outside behind my university for a pipe or 2 (I had my Northern lights, he had somthing i can't remember but was quite nice), then proceed to wander in and out of all the back streets and alleys through leiden meandering towards the saturday Market, all the while enjoying the PERFECT weather we were having.... warm, sunny, amazing.....

We wander through the market and pick up a few things here and there... most notably 2 small baskets of Strawberries which tasted AMAZING....mmm we wandered slowly watching the locals do their weekly shopping. The sites and sounds, the smells just scream genuine culture.
As you walk slowly the smells change depending on the booths.... Fresh baked bread first permeates your senses as you near the food section, slowly you get the hint of fresh fruit. This past month has been Cherries, strawberries and pineapple. that sweet and tart combination excites the senses....As you move through, you see all the colors of fresh fruit and vegetables slowly turn to olives and nuts... You can hear the middle eastern guys yelling how "mooi Lekker" their goods are.
Turning the corner and crossing the bridge a wave of fish smell hits you like a ton a bricks.... and this is the most crowded place in the whole market.... numerous fish stalls selling everything imaginable... here you see the families gobble down raw smoked herring with onions or the deep fried fishy delights they seem to love here....

pure dutch culture...
This is the way the Netherlands should be seen, not from a hazy coffeeshop on the Warmoestraat watching tourists and shady dealers stumble by.... but from the local market in a bustling dutch town...

but I digress... we decide that since I'm leaving the country quite soon, I might as well get rid of the excess food I have....we pick up a few items (chicken, peas, eggs etc.) and head over to my pad and I cook up some lovely stir fry chicken and fried rice. There we sat, laughed, ate, smoked a few more pipes, and watched some south park....


Ryan was talking quite a bit about the vaporisers because he was keen on using his new favorites strain... the Northern Lights Hydro from here.... we got into a discussion about it and I decided to head on into the dam with them on sunday to test it out....

I met them both at the 420 cafe around 11AM to start our day excursion. Unfortunately they wouldn't let us vape our own weed so we bought some blueberry... (lovely strain by the way... great taste for a fair price)...


He cranked the vape up to about 210ºC, a bit hotter than normal, but he disliked only vapeing the THC and forgetting about the cannabinoids....

I must say after the first bag I was more high than I've been in years..... YEARS! and thats after living in the netherlands the past 5 months.....
we finish off that batch (with another full bag) and then stealthily sneak in a mix of blueberry and the Northern lights for another go.....

my god.... my entire body was in a haze... slowly moving around... my visual perception a little tweaked as well....
The first time in years when I physically said "naw i'm good, don't need another hit"

so we finish and decide to look for a place I knew of that had vapes out for us to use on our own. (at 420 they have the vape at the weed counter and you couldn't mess with the settings)

we wander down in and out through the streets looking for this mystery shop I tried to remember from a long time ago...in my infinite wisdom forgot my CS map....First a quick stop at the HGF to pick up some lovely cheese I had been telling them about.... They both LOVED the smell... which honestly got me hooked as well
we make it down to Tweede Kamer and in my mind it's around the corner from there....
after about an hour of wandering we get quite hungry and decide to head to the Greenhouse lounge where they serve food..... we wander back up and run into an art exhibit.... nice local pieces for a fun gander....

After food I get some internet and realize that the shop I wanted to check out was Amnesia, and we had passed near it numerous times.... ahh I love being a stoner sometimes hahaha....

so we head on out over there to use their wonderful set of 3 vapes. I can't remember how many bags we filled but in total.... the amount of weed that was used was about the same amount I put in a big joint.....(for the 3 of us mind you)

I have to say Amnesia has an amazing atmosphere and really nice staff as well. There was no need to buy any more weed so we didn't purchase anything...

I think the best combination was taking the blueberry from 420 and the cheese from HGF.... and poof! you have yourself some niiiice blue cheese.... I really have to commend the vaporizer for flavor. I could really taste the sublte nuances from each different bag.... not to mention how ridiculously fucked up I got....


After our sesh, we again slowly meandered through the city, stopping here and there for me to get some new clothes and what not....

We finished out the night on the Warmoestraat at the Greenhouse effect with a bag or 2 more to vape.... all in all a lovely vapo-trip to the dam...


since then I've had 1 bowl.... and a brownie and i've been sorted...


now back to America where I hear news like this
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/chi-kirk-marijuanajun15,0,4381974.story



can't wait to get back eh?