dude, those from Amsterdam are pretty SPOT ON American! my company has an office out there and I talk to those guys daily; never any issues as far as emails, chat, etc.
Zig - are you FROM there or just living there now!? so many people are just LIVING there as opposed to BEING from there; it's the Manhattan of Europe. very fun times out there; WEED FUN, FUN, FUN times and every place is serving you up in a diff. way. the party drug scene is great, too. the dope scene isnt bad, esp. in Red Light district. they also have open field/grass/park out there that you can just sit there and blast away and nod right onto the grass.
the dope there is BETTER than what we are getting here; they are getting supply DIRECT w/ little to no cut. so Ziggy shooting a half gram is prob like us shooting 2G's.