Dec 10
The view of Hong Kong from the Peak.
Hong Kong was quite an experience, since Jane beat me to posting our itinerary, I get to post random stories. We took time to do a couple things that my Mom and Dad suggested. We ate at the Spring Deer restaurant which my Dad suggested, and it was delicious, although I had to duck my head in parts to get through the door an up the stairs. A really good set of flavors, focusing on the ‘savory’ taste.
Nov 23
Country #17!
Burrrr, it’s cold here! Beautiful, sunny, clear blue skies, but dang cold! First item on the agenda: buy a jacket, gloves, hats, earmuffs, scarves and anything else warm! That’s truly the first thing that we did. We found a street market just a few blocks from our hostel and we loaded up on all the accessories. We considered also buying jackets there, but decided that it was too cold to go fake ~ we needed the real deal, so we went to a real mall and bought real jackets and paid real American prices. And it was worth every penny! We’ve been in Beijing for 6 days and no where that we’ve been has had heat inside, even our bedroom at the hostel doesn’t have a heater, so we have literally lived in our jackets, gloves & hats:
Oct 11
I’ll be the first to admit, I like to eat, and I like eatting things with different flavors. Im a huge fan of Mexican and Mediteranean as well as what I see as American. American being Pizza, sandwiches and hamburgers and other forms of convenient gluttony such as those. While I admit that a Hamburger is a sandwich, I have to classify it as its own beast. I also lump in things like Mac and Cheese, eggs over easy with hashbrowns, and the king…. steak and baked potato.
I hit Santorinis for lunch today. Its my favorite local Greek place in the area. I won’t be missing it too much, because they close down from Thanksgiving to sometimes February. Im going to make sure I grab a good burger before I go… Im thinking Teddy’s Bigger Burgers in Woodinville. The name itself tells its story, you can pretty much tell them how to build your burger it seems. Jane and I are making Tacos at home, and Meatloaf another night to fill those comfort food gaps. Hopefully, it will be enough to make me not miss the food too much. Don’t get me wrong, I am really forward to looking forward to eatting all the different food over there. I just want to make sure I get the ‘classics’ of my regular menu before I go.
So if you were going away for a considerable amount of time, and wouldn’t have access to your ‘favorite foods’ what would you make sure you would eat before you go?