We made curry
Ok, four days down and we are
1) in an apartment
2) We've got all the necessities of living - linen, cutlery, crockery etc etc
3) It comes equipped with all the pluses of living in America - dishwasher, oven, microwave, washing machine, dryer (much better than waiting four days for your laundry to dry), vac cleaner, iron... and the most important bit: a food disposal unit that grinds up food and organic stuff so your trash should not smell too bad. This is important. The waste disposal chaps come only once a week on wednesdays!
4) a car! We bought a 2nd hand 2001 Ford Explorer for about 7 G +++ USD.
Pix of car coming your way soon.
Settling in has been hectic. Plus, for some reason, am still fighting the damned jet lag. Been sleeping at 10 pm. But we've been actively cooking - unfortunately, think we underestimated the power of asian cooking/overestimated the kitchen and home fan vents. I am a bit disturbed by the smell of shallots lingering in the apartment - its got plush carpeting which is sucking up the smells. Gene says it smells perfectly fine. Think you have to trust a woman with these things. So now, have the windows open. Some traffic noise coming in from the main drag (aka road) outside but its worth it if this smell ever goes away. Shallots are nice while cooking but they get a bit tiresome if you smell them the day after. Any suggestions anyone?
What have we been cooking you ask? Day one was shrimp and snow peas, soy sauce pork. Day 2 bolognaise, day 3 was curry (! yes, can find coconut milk in cans here) and Ikea meatballs and chao fan for breakfast in the middle.
Ikea meatballs? Yep bought a bunch after we visited the place to get G a new study table and to clear the mess off the floor. His books and electronica were everywhere! It's located next to the famed Mall of America in Minneapolis - and yes, that's where we went after Ikea to check it out.
But Wiki says that it's not the largest mall in US or the world - despite its reputation. Nontheless, it is quite jaw dropping to see the number of amusement rides, and well, if you get an annual visitorship that is roughly eight times the population of the STATE of Minnesota, maybe its worth looking at.
That's a pix from the phone camera - yup those are the rides inside the mall itself.
Am worried we're going to get FAT. The portions here are huge. In fact, everything here is huge. People, portions, pontiacs (ok ok, was trying to find the third "P" for the alliterative effect). But cars can be really large in these parts. The Ford Explorer is considered only mid-size and yesterday we saw a Hummer on the highway!
Already am bitching about the size because on Tuesday we're going to try to get the local driving licence in a bid to try to reduce the insurance we have to pay on the car. Insurance is super expensive. About three times what I pay for my Pug 307 back home.
1) in an apartment
2) We've got all the necessities of living - linen, cutlery, crockery etc etc
3) It comes equipped with all the pluses of living in America - dishwasher, oven, microwave, washing machine, dryer (much better than waiting four days for your laundry to dry), vac cleaner, iron... and the most important bit: a food disposal unit that grinds up food and organic stuff so your trash should not smell too bad. This is important. The waste disposal chaps come only once a week on wednesdays!
4) a car! We bought a 2nd hand 2001 Ford Explorer for about 7 G +++ USD.
Pix of car coming your way soon.
Settling in has been hectic. Plus, for some reason, am still fighting the damned jet lag. Been sleeping at 10 pm. But we've been actively cooking - unfortunately, think we underestimated the power of asian cooking/overestimated the kitchen and home fan vents. I am a bit disturbed by the smell of shallots lingering in the apartment - its got plush carpeting which is sucking up the smells. Gene says it smells perfectly fine. Think you have to trust a woman with these things. So now, have the windows open. Some traffic noise coming in from the main drag (aka road) outside but its worth it if this smell ever goes away. Shallots are nice while cooking but they get a bit tiresome if you smell them the day after. Any suggestions anyone?
What have we been cooking you ask? Day one was shrimp and snow peas, soy sauce pork. Day 2 bolognaise, day 3 was curry (! yes, can find coconut milk in cans here) and Ikea meatballs and chao fan for breakfast in the middle.
Ikea meatballs? Yep bought a bunch after we visited the place to get G a new study table and to clear the mess off the floor. His books and electronica were everywhere! It's located next to the famed Mall of America in Minneapolis - and yes, that's where we went after Ikea to check it out.
But Wiki says that it's not the largest mall in US or the world - despite its reputation. Nontheless, it is quite jaw dropping to see the number of amusement rides, and well, if you get an annual visitorship that is roughly eight times the population of the STATE of Minnesota, maybe its worth looking at.
That's a pix from the phone camera - yup those are the rides inside the mall itself.
Am worried we're going to get FAT. The portions here are huge. In fact, everything here is huge. People, portions, pontiacs (ok ok, was trying to find the third "P" for the alliterative effect). But cars can be really large in these parts. The Ford Explorer is considered only mid-size and yesterday we saw a Hummer on the highway!
Already am bitching about the size because on Tuesday we're going to try to get the local driving licence in a bid to try to reduce the insurance we have to pay on the car. Insurance is super expensive. About three times what I pay for my Pug 307 back home.
Yup there are vents everywhere. kitchen. stove. washing/laundry room. loos. figured out what strange smell is - its this bloody dishwashing soap that's got this awful sweet, lemony and sudsy thing going at the same time
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