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AMSTERDAM

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HELLO!! Just a quick recap of what happened in Amsterdam. So, I was in Amsterdam a few weeks ago :( I'm going to cry now because I'm not there. That place is extremely underrated and has some pretty crazy stigmas. #redlight #weed. Yes, my brother and I did go to the Smoke Palace and yes we did purchase weed and yes we did smoke it. This blog isn't going to just be about the weed we smoked but it really was amazing. I fell in love with the dude behind the counter and I bought a sweatshirt that says Smoke Palace because he had the same sweatshirt. If you're reading this guy in Amsterdam... hi hehe, I'm single. We got to Amsterdam by train from Paris and it was pouring rain when we arrived but it still was such a beautiful day. No rain can bring us down. We checked into our hotel, which looked a lot like an Italian restaurant. We settled all our stuff into the closets and put our little toothbrushes in the bathroom and then I plugged my charger into the outlet. Then ...

Paris !

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Paris is a city of many strengths. For being there only a few days, it is easily recognizable to an outsider that the Parisienne way of life is unlike any other. The summer days were hot while I was there, reaching up to 100 degrees but we cooled off with fresh, cold, lemon water from a street vender. Yes, everything is ridiculously expensive  and American money is worthless in the city but I treated myself and my brother to a nicer hotel in Amsterdam because the air bnb in Paris didn't have air conditioning. The sickest part of Paris was the catacombs. The catacombs are underground ossuaries which hold the remains of over 6 million people. The underground pathways and tunnels were found in the 18th century when the city faced some problems in the infrastructure. I can't imagine going to fix a broken pipe and finding millions of skulls and femurs. The best night in Paris was on the 21st when the entire city was engulfed with music. Everyone was vibing to the music performed on ...