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VIKING TIR: We left Amsterdam, stopped in Kinderdijk, and are on our way to Cologne, Germany

  Amsterdam: Is a city of canals with 90 islands and 1500 bridges. Coffeeshops  are big for tourists, but not as much anymore, as many other locations have legalized this weed. This is the term used for smoky rooms buying and smoking marijuana.   They also sell coffee.   Most are located in the Red Light District. They can sell a maximum of 5 grams of cannabis twice a day to the same person. Cannot sell cigarettes or alcohol. Smartshops sell psychoactive and related substances. Here you can buy magic truffles and cacti. I nteresting that those are legal, but magic mushrooms ( psilocybe cubensis ) aren't . They are rapidly being replaced by online retailers. Read my posting 2011  providing details, for nothing much as changed. Another one of 2014 . The Netherlands is called the land of windmills.  From the Viking Daily. Records indicate that  China was the first  to use windmills, to pump water in 200 BC. Some say they were first invented by a Greek engineer called Hero, living in R