“Rainy days should be spent at home with a cup of tea and a good book." - Bill Watterson

The weather started to turn warmer! Or so I thought. There are some pros and cons to all weather here in NL. When it’s colder, it’s cold (hellooo) but it seems to rain less. When it’s warmer, it’s tag teamed with what seems like all the rain in the world. Also, hello humidity! I’m starting to understand when I see posts like:

So let’s see. In the last few weeks I made nutella swirled banana bread, went to Rollende Keukens (a food truck festival) with my friend Suzi, sat outside in the park down the street from my apartment and saw these little adorable ducklings with their mama, read a new book, and saw Aladdin in theaters!

Rollende Keukens was a ton of fun. It literally means “Rolling Kitchens” as in food trucks. I think Suzi and I were both in the mind set of finding food trucks like you would in D.C. so we decided to aim for typical American fair. As you probably expected, we didn’t find what we were looking for. We nabbed a quesadilla, but it wasn’t hot and gooey and the cheese was wrong, and then we tried our hands at some fried chicken which was tasty, but not really well done. The only good thing I found was an Asian Peruvian food truck where I got a ceviche that turned out to be delicious. Oh CapMac, how I miss you.

The best thing I accomplished though, was getting to the movies. I love to take myself to the movies, but I was soooo concerned about what the experience would be like I wasn’t willing to go solo for the first time. I went with a coworker, who is also a big Disney fan. Turns out, you just have to look for and be aware of what tickets you’re buying. For instance, most big blockbuster hits will be in English with subtitles in Dutch, but kids movies may come in both English or Dutch because kids may not know English yet! So, I had to buy tickets for “Aladdin - Original Version” which is in English with Dutch subtitles.

As for the rest of the experience, they offer “zoet” or “zout” popcorn, which basically sound the same in Dutch to those of us still learning the SIXTEEN PLUS DIFFERENT SOUNDS THAT CAN BE MADE WITH TWO VOWELS TOGETHER. But I learned, that zoet is sweet and zout is salty. So salty would be the regular popcorn you can get at home (sans butter apparently) and the sweet popcorn I have yet to try. The good news is now I can go see a movie solo without any worries…assuming I am able to make sure the movies are in English.

Heading to Barcelona for a much needed getaway vacation on Friday, so expect a nice long update after the trip!

Tot Later!