My Trip to Amsterdam - 1435 Words

I am lucky enough to say that my dad took me to Amsterdam. I was seventeen at the time and a junior in high school. To a seventeen year-old, Amsterdam is known as the party capital of the world, or the Las Vegas a Europe (minus the billionaire casinos). In other words, Amsterdam is known as the place to go if you want to â€Å"party, party, party,† with the minimal fear of consequences. Amsterdam is a city on water in the Netherlands. There, the consumption of marijuana is legal as long as the person consuming it is at least eighteen. The drinking age for beer is sixteen, for liquor is eighteen, and to buy tobacco there, the person has to be at least sixteen. Prostitution is also legal there, which the Red Light District is quite famous for.†¦show more content†¦They are establishments created for buying and smoking pot. After stepping through the door with a large and bold â€Å"eighteen years and older only† sign, I saw a counter with a rather extensive list of pot names and matching prices. Even though I was seventeen, I disregarded the sign I saw on the door. I don’t think anyone there cared anyway. Behind the counter were couches with short tables in front of them. We sat at a couch and thirty minutes and a few tries, we managed to roll up a marijuana cigarette from the weed we had just purchased. This was epic to me. Hawaiian Haze is what our pot was called. It had a citrus, skunk-like odor and was lime green buds dressed with millions of tiny luminescent crystals. We smoked the Hawaiian Haze marijuana cigarette and both agreed that its potency was insane. I felt as if I was in another world and everything was slightly humorous. I wasn’t used to this feeling but it was fun and interesting to me. I spent my time the first day at various coffee shops, meeting new people and striking up conversations at any opportune moment. Luckily for me, English is a well known language there. My second night there, I visited a sports bar whom the owner of my hotel also owned. It was quite nice and had numerous, comfortable couches and multiple large flat-screen televisions displaying soccer. There was also darts, slot machines, pool tables, and even computer with free internet access. I drank a couple of Amstel beers while I wasShow MoreRelatedEssay On Preparing Around The World Trip998 Words   |  4 PagesFor An Around The World Trip This is my first time preparing for an around the world trip and I thought I’d write a little about my experience and what I’m trying to do to be prepared both mentally and physically. 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