You CAN still smoke tobacco in coffeeshops!

Just got back from the Dam and it is as people have been saying - you can still get away with smoking tobacco in your joints if that's how you like them.

I saw a lot of people adding tobacco but they did it discreetly.

Let's face it, this new law may be enforced in pubs or clubs - all one has to do is look for the tell-tale sign of smoke or a cigarette.

But looking at a joint, how do you know if it contains tobacco or not? Can you ask someone to destroy their joint and spill out the contents? Surely coffeeshop proprietors are not expected to do that?

So in every coffeeshop I visited I smoked tobacco, and only 3 or 4 of those actually had dedicated tobacco areas.

All in all a nice couple of nights away to forget about everything and just get wrecked on weed and hash.

Pretty much everything I smoked was good, unless you're buying from the bottom of the menu I think its hard to smoke anything crap in Amsterdam.

I tried the "Cheese" from Homegrown Fantasy for the first time. A few years back they were always sold out. I don't know why people make such a big deal out of "Cheese" and other weird names, it was nothing special and did not smell weird. In fact, it was not cured very well either!

New on my shit list is Route 66 coffeeshop on Warmoestraat. I used to frequent this place a lot, especially when Dora worked there as she did for several years. The owners themselves have always looked like a bunch of miserable bastards but the people they hire are generally pretty good.

Anyway they were closed last time I was in town and have now reopened with a new decor inside and most of the shop officially allowing tobacco smoking. I don't normally buy weed or hash there but you are now obliged to - fair enough. I score some Casablanca hash and it was very tasty indeed. I return a day later and say I bought some Casablanca. The bitch doesn't believe me. She tells me to produce the hash and I do and she says "it didn't come from here". I swore on my mother's life it came from there and the bitch still told me it didn't.

So I walked out. Never go to Route 66. Fuck them!

Otherwise I went to the same usual places: Hunters, Hill Street Blues, Sheeba, Siberie, Homegrown Fantasy, De Tweede Kamer, Barneys, etc.

All in all a good trip and more than 6 months since my last! Way too long! Gotta get out there soon again. Especially as hotel fares are really good, my hotel was half of what it is in summer, it was only 30 Euro a night! Not bad for a 2 star with TV and own toilet and shower, and basic breakfast.

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