Holy Smokes, We're in Amsterdam

The Central Train Station under repair, but still beautiful.
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Well this is the destination in which Jason and I flew in and out of. We started off wandering the streets after taking the first-class train from the airport to the city. The first thing that happend was random people walked up to us and asked if we needed a place to stay, this creeped us out, and we carried on our way. After stopping in a few pubs for some Heineken (the beer that every single bar carries and advertises), we finally found the hostel booking building and found a two bedroom place where we slept the next three nights.

The first part of downtown, just mintutes from the Central Train Station.
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The Red Light District was just as we expected

The whole city is amazing and the highlights were obviously the "coffee shops" as they call them, such as The Bulldog Cafe, The Doors Coffee Shop/Cafe, and the Rasta Baby Cafe. These places are very chill and the people don't really speak a crazy amount of english, so it was somewhat of a challenge, but not really becuase they knew what we were after! The Doors Cafe was the one that had a mirror in the back of the cafe that wasn't just a mirror... we saw a couple dudes looking into the mirror, and displayed was a selection of hash and dope, so we bought a bunch of both and had a really really good afternoon, and really good week for that matter.

Rasta Baby!
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The Red Light District was just as we expected and need i say more. Another highlight was the Heineken Beer Plant Tour. Jason and I love to drink beer, and that we did on the tour, as we received many fresh pints inside the plant.  We spend the days shopping at the very crafty back alleys of their shopping district, eating at amazing cafe's, and smoking. The trip began wonderfully and we proceeded to Belguim.