hi there! Loads of questions... I'll try to answer a few now: I'm planning to be in the pub on Friday night, but perhaps everyone's tired and gone bij the time Skip and Eric are arriving... You know what? I'll collect you from the train station in Groningen (I have scribbled down my mobile phone number somewhere in this thread, if you're early/late you can call me) and bring you to wherever you are. Wilfried: I hope you won't have to hitch-hike from Germany... But strikes are out of my control of course. MudGuard: in the afternoon, I'll be on the Deliplein 116, the name on the door is L. Nijhuis (that's me). Train tickets: a weekend return would be cheaper, but that's only valid from Friday night through Sunday. So, buy a normal return ticket (open return). Still less expensive than two single fares! Dutch rail is really stingy, only way to get a discount is to hitch a ride with a student (students and two companions per student get a 40 % discount), but you have to chat a student up first :-) So you're right, return should set you back about 36Euro. Driving from Schiphol Airport to Groningen takes about 3 hours. Guitar shop: two of them in the Nieuwe Ebbingestraat, around the corner from Willem's house (well, walkable in any case). Coffee: available in every supermarket, not just coffeeshops (there is a real coffee shop, i.e. selling coffee, in the Zwanestraat). Soft drugs are available too (though not in supermarkets), though you need proof you're over 18. Actually, there's a coffee shop about 50 yards from where you're staying. And Willem used to have a neighbour who baked spacecakes, but she's moved. Maybe she left a receipe! BTW, if you're serious about getting high in Holland, don't ask me, I don't even smoke normal cigarettes.
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