Catching Up

You may remember that we were supposed to be in Milan last weekend. Also, you may have noted that I have not posted any pictures from Milan. That's because we didn't actually go to Milan. As Dave noted, our blind booking turned out to be, "booking for the blind." For some reason, I assumed that we were departing from Frankfurt Hahn airport. Instead, we arrived at Hahn airport to learn that the flight was actually departing from Hanover airport, 4 hours away. True story.
We did end up spending a nice weekend in Frankfurt, though. It was nicer than previous weekends because we finally moved! We have an actual bedroom now. With a door. We have a table. And chairs. We have all the luxuries.

Now that we have a kitchen that is comprised of more than 3 linear inches of countertop, we were able to make some actual meals. Sunday was a little cold and rainy (good thing we weren't in Italy, ha!), so I made chili. It didn't taste exactly like normal chili, but I would have had more. I could have had more, I guess, if I ate leftovers, but I don't. What I'm saying is that I would have enjoyed it again if I had made it the next night, too. There.

I guess it doesn't look so appetizing here....

I cooked the next night, too:

See how happy Dave looks?

Cooking has brought about an interesting observation about life in Germany. Groceries are inexpensive. Like, really inexpensive. I think Dave is going to start shopping alone because I just walk around saying, "wow, do you know how much this would cost at home?" He's not very impressed. I had to call Mo so we could play virtual Price is Right.
For example, guess:

That's one loaf of (very good) bread, spaghetti, bread crumbs, tomato paste, about a pound of coffee, tomatoes on the vine, cream, ramen noodles, three heads of garlic and oregano.




Guess.....
Ok, 14 euros! That's like $19 (depending on which day of the escalating currency crisis you decided to calculate the exchange rate).

Continuing our culinary odyssey of last week, we also stopped and got some famous Doners. I love these things. If you're not familiar with a doner, it's like a thicker, heartier lamb gyro with a garlicky (sp?)yogurt sauce. They are, I think, the most popular fast food in Germany and at least as popular as hamburgers in the States. Sometimes they put pickled red cabbage on there, too, but as it turns out the doner kebap house near us makes them the way I like, without the cabbage.

After all that eating, we finally got around to making the last of our travel plans. Our weekends through November will consist of Amsterdam, Paris, Barcelona and Florence. I have a trip to Turin in there, too. I'll also be spending a few days in Chicago.

That's if we make it to the right airport, of course.
:)