My pix from Amsterdam :)

[pinkchick]

Are you gonna hate me? I lived there for 8 years, will be going back over 4 weeks...

[Torog]

Howdy Txmazda,

That's really cool man !

Btw,I wouldn't recomend stayin at a hostel,after seeing the movie "Hostel"..I tell you what ! lol I think that everyone should watch that movie,if they plan on staying in a hostel,anywhere in Europe:thumbsup:

Especially if they're relatively naive,American tourists !

Have a good one !

[TXmazda]

Are you gonna hate me? I lived there for 8 years, will be going back over 4 weeks...

i don't hate you, after going my dream is to now at some point in the future move there and open a coffee shop / restraunt . How was it living there? why did you move?

Btw,I wouldn't recomend stayin at a hostel,after seeing the movie "Hostel"..I tell you what ! lol I think that everyone should watch that movie,if they plan on staying in a hostel,anywhere in Europe

Especially if they're relatively naive,American tourists !

Saying you shouldn't stay in a hostel because of a horror movie is like saying you shouldn't go swimming in the ocean because you just saw jaws or you should become a drug lord because you just saw scarface. A movie is just a movie, and if you know how to take care of your self you should be fine ....

but the hostel I stayed in wasn't bad, more of a 2 star hotel but I paid extra to get my own room .... but yeah ... i didn't see hostel because I was coming to study in the UK and travel to the EU .... but i've heard about it. I'm ready to go back to the states though, I miss Taco Bell ... and Arizona Green Tea .... and getting high with my girlfriend ..... ..... sorry .... i needed to share ....

best
M

[Delta9 UK]

I just got back from my first Visit....

I'm missing the Grey Area already Where the clock is always 4:20

[Nochowderforyou]

I'm glad you enjoyed my old homeland (how I miss it so).

Looks like you had a good time though. Awesome! :thumbsup:

[Zoosh]

You lucky person.
Would be an awesome holiday.

[Torog]

i don't hate you, after going my dream is to now at some point in the future move there and open a coffee shop / restraunt . How was it living there? why did you move?



Saying you shouldn't stay in a hostel because of a horror movie is like saying you shouldn't go swimming in the ocean because you just saw jaws or you should become a drug lord because you just saw scarface. A movie is just a movie, and if you know how to take care of your self you should be fine ....

but the hostel I stayed in wasn't bad, more of a 2 star hotel but I paid extra to get my own room .... but yeah ... i didn't see hostel because I was coming to study in the UK and travel to the EU .... but i've heard about it. I'm ready to go back to the states though, I miss Taco Bell ... and Arizona Green Tea .... and getting high with my girlfriend ..... ..... sorry .... i needed to share ....

best
M

Howdy Txmazda,

Lol..yeah..I know yer right..but..I still think that you ought to see it,because it is highly likely,that naive tourists can be taken advantage of and because a couple of the characters,acted like rude,spoiled brats from America..I believe that Americans should be on their best behaviour,when out of the country,that they should be like ambassadors and make America proud of em,instead of ashamed.

I hope that you do return home soon,safe and sound..take care out there !

Have a good one ! :stoned:

[pinkchick]

I've never lived in Amsterdam, and actually prefer The Hague - but in general, NL is a pretty cool place to live. Just do not be fooled into believing everyone is oh-so tolerant - there are the same biases all over the world.

I am not certain how visa etc works, and if it was even possible for an American to open a CS. Just be aware that weed is not legal in NL either, and opening a CS means you will be dealing with organized crime. As for a restaurant - if you or anyone else is ever in The Hague, check out "Scallywags" (tea room) in the center (Het Lint). Richard is British and started with the best tea room ever - and expanded with a restaurant and bistro. So it is possible! It's one of the places where I just immediately feel happy.

[TXmazda]

I've never lived in Amsterdam, and actually prefer The Hague - but in general, NL is a pretty cool place to live. Just do not be fooled into believing everyone is oh-so tolerant - there are the same biases all over the world.

I am not certain how visa etc works, and if it was even possible for an American to open a CS. Just be aware that weed is not legal in NL either, and opening a CS means you will be dealing with organized crime. As for a restaurant - if you or anyone else is ever in The Hague, check out "Scallywags" (tea room) in the center (Het Lint). Richard is British and started with the best tea room ever - and expanded with a restaurant and bistro. So it is possible! It's one of the places where I just immediately feel happy.

from what i understand the guys that opened Grey Area are american ... but that's just what i heard, so it could be wrong. I haven't truely thought about my plans yet, i'm still young and in college so i have time to get a business plan together ..... it probably would start as a restraunt though and hten expand from there. And i thought that I had heard somewhere that weed might not be legal in all of the netherlands but in Holland it is ... but i haven't seen the exact laws so i am in no way an expert. I had a good time though and that's all that matters i guess.

I'll deffinately have to go check out Scallywags the next time i'm in the NL though.

[pinkchick]

Nope, still not true. Holland does not really exist - you have the provinces South and North Holland, though. And the laws are the same all around. Each city has zoning restrictions for coffee shops, which is why especially cities close to the border to Germany have tried to move the coffee shops outside of the actual city - too many tourists just coming into the country to buy drugs. Amsterdam is more lenient about the zoning, I believe.