A Pit Stop in Amsterdam, the known capital of the Netherlands
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22. 07. 2001 Amsterdam (NETHERLANDS)
During the journey from Brussels to Amsterdam I learn from an American girl returning from Italy in Genoa during the G8 had been killed a protester! A Giuliani, but did not know much!
Arrived in the Dutch capital we go directly to the store to Pedro hallucinogenic mushrooms. He planned the whole trip only function of this stage! He was so excited! It was a year that praised these mushrooms! He said that last year had experienced the wonderful feelings, saw and heard strange things, never having seen before ... He wanted to cover and have fun all year! Mah!
Yes, there was a mah! I've been forbidden to buy the lot was dangerous because when we passed the border and did not want to have problems with this nonsense! Also I had when we were advised to ingest only a quiet place, without a backpack and a "roof safe" (Parliament of Latvia), so if we had problems ...
But he wanted me to listen! And once you have purchased two bags, accompanied him on the edge of a channel to make him "eat" in peace! Even if I'm near the contrary. I had them offered to me but fortunately I had refused!
At first he felt a "paradise" began shortly after hell!
After many mishaps we reach the train station and from there a train to Schiphol airport we go where we are now.
[Pedro Aguiar Daniel Lopes da Porto, Portugal]: I feel very bad and if I try to explain something, I'm sure you will not understand. What I tried today it is impossible to explain with words and no one will ever try it without mushrooms. I will try to tell small portions of the million things I have in mind during the trip.
I'm so sorry for what happened today, if I had known what would happen I would not have eaten. I suffered so much, you can not imagine even a small part of what I spent. I'm almost dead because I'm briefly control of my mind and my body. When I say dead, I am not exaggerating,'ve been unconscious in the restaurant many times, I felt like never before now.
However we will have much time to discuss this. This day, strange as it may have seemed, was very positive for me. As I said, the experience of mushrooms is unique and change your way of thinking and seeing the world. You see many things on your surroundings, find the meaning of every single thing, every day of your life.
I wish I could enjoy life like you, calmly, entertainment, anytime, anywhere ... And 'painful not being able to do so. I'm trying to change but it is difficult. Today, these mushrooms have brought peace to my spirit, I hope it last forever, I look forward to live my life in peace like everyone else, I hope we grow together ... I am learning so much with you, I really need that our friendship lasts forever.
23. 07. 2001 Bonn (Germany)
Here in northern Germany began to do a little coolness. Bonn is a lovely town, little, organized, quiet. Around lunchtime we "settled" in runs and armed stove we prepared our lunch of lentil soup. Very good!
Toured downtown, we decided to pop in Cologne. The first thing that hits you as soon as you leave the train station is beautiful and impressive cathedral! Now I'm sitting on a bench in front of it ... When I saw the same emotions I felt when I saw "Stonehenge" or the "Big Ben" for the first time! And 'majestic and elegant! Almost always the words are nothing compared to the sensations you feel ... To make life more exciting, helped the music came from many organs of the cathedral ... That there was magic in the air ...
In the evening we take our train to Copenhagen, not knowing what the night was very long ... We are off the train in the middle of the night for a stupid book we had not done because we had had no time to do it. Formed a group (I Italian, Portuguese, a couple of Finns, a Norwegian, a Dane, an Indian and an American) for Germany wander from station to station throughout the night. In Hamburg we can reserve seats on a train to Denmark and as we were leaving after three hours and considering that we had been awake all night on the occasion to take a nap. Organized mattresses and sleeping bags we fall asleep immediately after I feel a little tap on the arm. Again the German police told us we could not lie down there. Annoyed we go to our track where Pedro and I took our cooker, prepare a hot tea for everyone!
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