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jkirch

(256 posts)
Mon Oct 14, 2019, 04:10 PM Oct 2019

Amsterdam Memories

My wife and I used to make frequent visits to Amsterdam to enjoy the freedom regarding cannabis and other aspects of this beautiful city. Please check out my video of our 2002 trip.

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samnsara

(18,296 posts)
1. been there a cpl times.. went into Hard Rock Cafe coffee house just to look..
Mon Oct 14, 2019, 04:44 PM
Oct 2019

...like my Danish friend said .'You dont want to get pissed in a foreign country'.. Gawd i loved the food there tho

samnsara

(18,296 posts)
3. i did too! In fact a guy stood on the square in front of the train..
Wed Nov 6, 2019, 08:01 AM
Nov 2019

..station and completely disrobed..of course a crowd gathered to observe the situation, also a couple of police who were VERY patient and polite to him. They talked with him and then they helped him get dressed...cant remember what happened after that.. we dispersed. But the cops werent afraid of the subject either. The respect goes both way there. So refreshing. We too did the torture museum and the SEX Museum!

jkirch

(256 posts)
4. Wow! That's crazy!
Wed Nov 13, 2019, 05:40 PM
Nov 2019

I also appreciate the cops in The Netherlands. Thanks for watching my video!

samnsara

(18,296 posts)
5. youre welcome. This guy was obviously impaired in some manner...so they may have taken..
Fri Nov 15, 2019, 08:17 AM
Nov 2019

...him in somewhere for help, housing etc. But they got him help and didnt shoot him.

I love that city. We have only been twice but what I loved the most was the FOOD and all the flowers for sale in bins on the sidewalk. And watching them dredge bikes from the canal. Did you see Anne Franks house? We stayed at the Canal house once.. just a short walk from there..and the Rainbow Warrior was..docked moored, parked..nearby too. Being there as often as you were you probably have seen all the cool things!

Its one city I would return to..its like a safe New Orleans. Thank you for sharing this vid, I loved remembering Amsterdam.

I may open my bottle of BOLS today!

ps just checked out your other vid with the train ride.. beautiful country. I wont go to Grand Canyon tho lol.. scared of heights!

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