So you may have noticed that I haven't written on the blog for a while now. Since we left Ida's. The difficulty in hostels is that when I'm typing away Timon doesn't have anything to do. There's no TV at the hostel and drinking alone is just sad. So I'll finish off the details from Boxing Day and then move on to our awesome bus/ferry/bus ride to Berlin!
26th December. After carefully making our way through danger streets of terror that were covered in icicles Ida took us to a snow covered park with the promise of toboggan rides. As we approached a small hill with little kids riding down it I was sure we would stop. But then Ida took us further to a completely terrifying, jaw dropping mountain and expected us to sit on a sheet of plastic and ride on down. What?! It was even scarier at the top and I was very hesitant. Timon and I sat down and pushed off and it was craaaazy! As soon as I figured out to keep my feet on the ground for control and steering it was pretty fun. Ida had given me some rad puffy overalls to wear to keep warm and dry so Timon tried to cut me off and push me off but in the end I triumphed, and he fell off at least twice. We had about 5 goes before Jakob picked us up and drove us back to Anne and Klaus'.
Back at the house I helped Anne create the two herring dishes for the dinner. That means I finely diced some apples and mixed the herring together with curry powder, onion, apple, cream and stuff. I also cut up the cherry tomatoes to decorate the top. We also made a red herring dish that is marinated and also has mayo, capers and ketchup. Jan, Charlotte, Josefine, Ida's grandma and her partner came for dinner and we enjoyed the herring dishes on rye bread along with pate, cheeses, roast pork, salmon and rare beef. It was like a Danish tapas almost :) Now the rule with Schnapps is that you have to eat the herring to get the Schnapps. I'm not sure how much Timon like the herring but he liked the schnapps. I was the opposite. So I ate his herring and he drank my schnapps. Worked out well.
Ida had told us to bring a selection of small ($2) style presents to put in the middle of the table for a game. You passed a dice around the table trying to roll 6's. If you did, you chose a present from the pile and DID NOT open it. Once that round was completed a timer was set and we rolled again, this time to steal presents from other people. After this round the presents were opened so everyone could see. The final round is where you get to steal presents again, knowing full well what they were. It was mad fun, except I felt a little guilty stealing people's presents.
Finally, I had a chat to Ida's grandmas about her trip to Phillip Island and the Ballarat Wildlife Park in the early 90s. Pretty small world.
The 27th was spent relaxing, emergency shopping for shampoo and aspirin, and watching Friday Night Lights. Oh and packing. Ida's friend Rikke came over and we went to an Indian restaurant for dinner. It all seemed fine, but when 45 minutes went by without an entree we got very very hungry. The food, when it did arrive, was great and I realised how much I love love love Indian food. We ended up going to bed around 1am and sadly set the alarm for 5am.
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