A Different View with Dave O’Connell

A first ever visit to Amsterdam is a salve for the soul; meandering along its beautiful, cobbled streets, stopping off for a beer at a quiet table on a bridge overlooking one of its many canals, marvelling at the artistic genius of Rembrandt and Van Gogh – what’s not to savour?

Well, smoking for a start.

Not the dope smoking that Amsterdam is famous – or infamous – for, although the sight of someone skinning up on the street before breakfast-time takes a while to adjust to.

This is just the smoking of........

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