Monday 28 July 2008

WE'RE MAKING MEMORIES!

SO LAST FRIDAY NIGHT I TOLD KIMO WE SHOULD GO OUT TO EAT. I THOUGHT SOMETHING ETHNIC WOULD BE GOOD. USUALLY WE GO TO NANDO'S FOR PERI-PERI CHICKEN. WE HAVE NEVER DRIVEN OURSELVES SO I THOUGHT THAT THIS WOULD BE A GOOD WAY TO FIND OUR WAY AROUND SINCE I NEED TO START EXPLORING BIGGER TOWNS. ANYWHO WE GOT ON THE ROAD AROUND 7:30 PM AND LONG STORY SHORT WE ENDED UP DOWN BY NANDOS 2 HOURS LATER. WE DROVE AROUND IN CIRCLES TRYING EVERY POSSIBLE STREET AND LET ME TELL YOU, WE WEREN'T VERY HAPPY WITH EACH OTHER OR THE RING ROAD IN CAMBRIDGE.
SO I TOLD HIM LETS DO MEXICAN.............MISTAKE #1. WE ARE IN ENGLAND, YOU DON'T DO MEXICAN. #2 . NEVER EAT AT A NEW RESTAURANT WHEN STARVING AND UPSET. #3. SHOULD OF LEFT WHEN THE WAITER WAS PORTUGUESE IN A MEXICAN RESTAURANT AND ENGLISH WAS HIS 2ND LANGUAGE. NOT TO BE MEAN BECAUSE AS YOU ALL KNOW YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE ASIAN TO SERVE ASIAN FOOD BUT IT WOULD OF BEEN NICE IF THE WAITER UNDERSTOOD THAT WHEN YOU SAY 8OZ STEAK FAJITA, IT SHOULD NOT BE ONE BIG PIECE OF MEAT WITH A CORN ON THE COB ON THE SIDE. #4. NOT BEING SPECIFIC WHEN ORDERING AT ETHNIC RESTAURANT. 8OZ STEAK DINER UNDER THE FAJITA SECTION DOES NOT MEAN STEAK FAJITA, EVEN THOUGH I DID MENTION FAJITA AT TH END OF STEAK. IT JUST ANS 8 OZ STEAK. #5 EXPECTING WE WERE GOING TO HAVE THE SAME KIND OF MEXICAN FOOD LIKE BACK IN POST FALLS. #6 GOING OUT WITHOUT A GPS OR STREET MAP IN CAMBRIDGE ON A FRIDAY NIGHT WITH ONLY LESS THEN A 1/2 TANK OF GAS. YOU SEE WE PAY CLOSE TO $5.00 ON BASE AND CLOSE TO $10.00 OFF BASE WITH THE $ CONVERSION, SOOOO THAT ADDED TO THE STRESS OF FINDING THE PLACE.
$55.00 LATER WE DECIDED WE SHOULDN'T COMPLAIN BECAUSE IT'S THE ONLY WAY TO LEARN WHATS GOOD AND WHATS NOT ON THIS ADVENTURE AND REMINDED OURSELVES THAT WE ARE IN ENGLAND SO WE SHOULD JUST BE HAPPY FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO EXPERIENCE SOMETHING DIFFERENT.
"WE'RE MAKING MEMORIES" LOL

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