Apetizers
Biologic soup
Antipasta primavera
Lobster mosaics
Curry Chicken Salad
Blinis & Cream
Desserts/Drinks
Fresh exotic fruits
Addictive Platter
Morning Dew latte
Friends chatterbox
Main Dishes
Red Island tilapias
Pakistani Byriani
American Delicatessen
Hokies brunch
Florida Pumpkin Pizza
New Orleans Jambalaya
Philly Cheesesteak
Daytona Fish Kebabs
Montreal Frozen Maple
DC Crawl
NOLA Po'Boyz
NY Bagels
Vegas Medieval Platter
Houston BBQ
African Specialties
Samak Yemeni
Ibiharage ('88-'94)
Safaris Biltongs
South African Braai
Seswaa from Botswana
European Specialties
Butifarra con mongetes
Brick Lane Bagels
Salmon Carpaccio
Chicken Schnitzel
Maquereau Brochen
Leverpostej on rye bread
Raclette
| Denmark Day 11 Esbjerg, July 18th Best Part We woke up fresh and rested after a good night sleep. We took another shower, just for the fun of having access to clean water, and then went out to admire the sun rising up. We also ran to the station to grab some food and then get in the next train. I had some strange sausage with fries, local specialties apparently, and I had quite some trouble trashing the remaining of my brunch. I had to separate the food from the paper and from the aluminum wrap and trash everything in separate bins. Recycling definetly requires some discipline! We took the 11:14am train for Niebull, and then took a connection to Esbjerg at 12:02pm. It was a very small train, with only 2 wagons.I had about 2 hours to write a poem for jay for his birthday. Fortunately I came up with something not too sweet…heheheheh. We arrived in the early afternoon in Esbjerg and Jay and Lenette were waiting for us. Needless to say I jumped into Jay’s arm quite quickly, and was about to do the same to Lenete when I realized she was giving me a hand. I was still on the American mode of greeting! Anyway, we dragged ourselves to the next food station…yes, our only obsession. It was a restaurant serving almost the same thing as Jay’s favorite Subway (no publicity intended here), but I found it better actually. Anyway, it took us a while to order since we had no idea what was offered. Finally, we got our food, went upstairs and settled all the bags and accessories. We chatted all the way through the lunch, and I finished last as usual. I was actually surprised at Lenette because somehow I did no expect her to be like that at all. Maybe because I have never heard Jay talk to me about her…shame! She was very helpful during our stay; I’ll never thank her enough. Then we went to the supermarket to buy food for dinner. Caro went away to get some cash and buy some postcards. I was so happy to see Jay again. It was funny because he was the first person I met in the US that I actually visited. Caroline visited me but I never visited her. Anyway, after their shopping, we walked to the ferry station and they did not even let us pay the fares! I mean how embarrassing was that…The weather was kind of gloomy, even if they told us it was really sunny and warm a while ago. Well, with our luck, the depression might have followed us there too.
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Fanø Best Part So filled up with our sandwich, we sailed to the island of Fano and put everything in the car. I was happy there was a car, I was getting tired of carrying the bags. In the car Lenette told me Jay’s Mom made a huge cake for his birthday and there were plenty left. I was eager to see the cake. Well, I did not have to wait for long. As soon as we arrived from the ferry station, after the nice view of the surroundings, we got to the nice little house where they spent their summer days. It was very pretty, with hills and high grasses around, and no fences to the beach. Jay’s mom welcomed us very warmly and got everything ready for tea. It was 4pm after all, even if we just got our official lunch. But we got ready for tea. So from 4pm till about 5:30pm, we ate home made scones and the famous chocolate and cherry birthday cake. I had never eaten that much, and I was ready to lie on a bed and snore away, but we were expecting dinner to be served as soon as 8pm or so. After thanking Jay’s Mom for her fantastic welcome, we decided to go see the ocean, not far away, actually about 5 minutes by foot. We played in the sand dunes and finally got a view of the beach. Like in Daytona Beach, cars could travel on the beach; it was a huge sand motorway. And the ocean was low and far away. We were playing nicely like 10 year olds when a cold shower hit us. We ran back home and go totally wet. As soon as we saw the house, the rain stopped… When we got back home, we dried ourselves and got cozy in the living room. Lenette was cooking and forbid us to help her. After a while we played cards and we actually played until dinnertime. We played the team thing first, very easy, but Jay kept guessing our secret code. Lenette and I had a big laugh trying to figure out a sign that would be unseen from Jay. We lost that game because I kept laughing and Lenette kept smiling…arghhh Then we played something like whist I think, but I ended up too tired or not focused enough, so I could not understand the game at all. Besides, the dinner was ready, and wine was served too. I was so drunk by the end of dinner; I could not play anything anymore. So we watched TV and ate some more ice cream later in the evening. We were so tired and by 10pm, we were drowsy and ready for bed. They said the clean air was knocking us out. . |
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