It was our last day in Amsterdam, We went on another one of those tip based walking tours with the same company that we did in Munich and Berlin. It wasn't the best one we have been on, our guide was pretty funny which helped alot, however we didn't really learn that much about Amsterdams history! We did learn that selling and smoking marijuana is actuall illegal in Amsterdam. However the police started focusing years ago on cutting out the hard drugs and so decided to turn a blind eye to dope, supposedly a softer drug. The coffee shops (weed shops) not cafes, are not allowed to advertise or have on display the marijuana. if you go into a shop you have to ask for the menu and then they will show it to you, if you don't ask they can not sell it to you. They also are not allowed to have more then 30grams on there premises at one time, so if the police do decide to search the premises and they have more then this, they will shut them down. No more coffee shops are ever allowed to open either, so if any shut down, they shut down for good!
Tonight we are going to see Fedde Le Grand at a club just out of the city called Panama. We catch a train to Landgraff tomorrow to stay with Martha for a few days.
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