Short of the long… I am trashed. We just got back from a 6 1/2 hour drive from the Poconos where I now have a sweet ass new summertime home in the woods (actually not mine, but my dad just bought a house and moved there so it’s pretty much mine..haha)%u00a0 Summer fun time all the time long. A short few days for an initial, get to know the place and see the new house, go hiking, biking, more hiking, and basically run around and play with the dogs and the neighborhood deer, visit. It was an all out exhausting, amazing time. (I would tell you more about it, but right now my mind is mush I I am surprised Ian even type right now)%u00a0 So now we are back home to maybe get a few hours of sleep and then back to the house for few hours of work. Got to get ready for the boom truck of a million pieces of sheet rock that are coming in the morning!
Now I am really, really freaking tired and need to like, for real, sleep for a bit before I keel over. Oh thanks the world for coffee cause today is going to be a couple pot of coffee kind of day. Wish me luck.
Some stuff the from the early week internet browsing.
-Not sure if I would want to stick my head in a one after all the other people have. Levitating Clouds Provide a Dreamlike Resting Place During the Festival des Architectures Vives
-I think we could be best friends. Meet a Woman Who Keeps 500 Plants in Her Brooklyn Apartment
–How to Keep Berries Fresh for Longer
-So into these Origami Bird Lights.
-I have got to try and make this mozzarella aquafaba cheese
-It’s that time of year again. Canning here we come! Making Fruit Jelly Using Apples for Pectin
–A coloring cook book. Brilliant.
And a few pictures from the past few days.
OF all the places that we went on our adventure, this place was the craziest. Maybe it was because we had been traveling for a while by then and I might have been a little loopy and hungry and full of traveling endorphins , but Iceland felt more like we had traveled to a different planet. Covered in snow and ice, gigantic , jagged mountains, and barely a tree to be seen. The sun was limited,%u00a0 rising around 1030am and setting around 330pm. %u00a0The landscape has a very barren, almost aggressive feel, but at the same time, really pulled me in. We only got to spend 4 days there( and they were the coldest 4 days they have had all year) but what time we did spend only made us want to go back (int he summer) to explore even more.
Our bnb wasin Hafnarfj%u00f6r%u00f0ur,%u00a0 a town outside of the big city. It isright next to a harbor with all the house build snuggled close on the hill in between rocks and boulders. The houses are so cute with a very danish feel, lots of clean edges, metal sidings, and fun colors. And the lights. Just about every house had some type of twinkly lights in there yard making the town light up like a fairy land at night. It was magical and beautiful and made me very happy.
We ended up taking a bus tour of the Golden Circle. I had never taken a bus tour before so I wasn’t exactly sure of what to expect. And I am not going to lie, I am so glade we did it, the tour lady had lots of really interesting stories and facts about the country to tell us andwe wouldn’t have been able to see any of what we saw if we didn’t do it, but I am not a fan of the bus. Eight hours of cramped seats, cold and damp withridged time restricted… not my cup of tea, but whatever, it was still really cool.%u00a0 Oh and did I mention the elves and trolls yet?%u00a0%u00a0 I had heard this before we went, but Icelanders believe in another dimension where mystical creatures live and that sometimes travel to this world. YES YES YES!!!!%u00a0 Isn’t that just freaking fantastic! On the tour, our guide was telling us all about it (she even believed in them) and how these creatures live under and in all the big rocks and boulders and those rocks and boulders cannot be moved or else you will disturb them. And not joke, there is anationalpsychicthat talks to the creatures in the matters of the roadand new building construction (are we to close to you boldermr. elf?) They take care not to disturb their natural habitats. (When I heard this I was just so happy.) All I know is thatI need to start believing in elves.
And the people. To be honest we didn’t have a lot of interactionwith local Icelanders. We stayed with the sweetest couple at theairbnb we rented, but they had only been in Iceland for a year. We did talked to people, but it seemed that everyone we talked to were traveling as well. The boys we were staying withm as wel as the tour guide had mentioned that the locals were not excatly the most friendly people. Not that they were mean or anything, just maybe a little standoffish. We kind of got that feel, but whenever we needed any help, the people we dealt with were very nice, but I kinda got what everyone was saying. It’s not the most jolly la la la place for people.%u00a0
Another strange part of being in Iceland was the food.%u00a0 Eating was difficult and very expensive. There was a restaurantin the town, but they mostly served meat ans seafood.%u00a0 There grocery store stocked very little in ways of fresh produce and what they did has was crazy freaking expensive ($6 for quart pund of carrots.. OUCH) Luckily I was able to score a bag of lentils, some apples, and a head of cabbage, so that’s what I lived off for the time we were there. Next time we go, I am for sure going to be packing a checked bag full of carrots. yeah, that’t what I will do.
So much, so much. I am sure I forgetting to tell you all about something I was going to tell you, but now I am just drifting in and out of all the pictures (I have so many more pictures)%u00a0 and am having a hard tie concentrating.%u00a0 So I will leave you with these to look. Andbefore I go, a little advice.%u00a0 Next time you find yourself going to Europe, take advantage of the Icelandic layover. The place is not the cheapest, but how can you pass up a free stop in a crazy cool country. (think about it..)
Have fun times today!
-C
Second leg of our adventure was Copenhagen which was fantastic. The city was beautiful with spindly topped buildings, cobblestone roads and just the smell. The city smelled like one big pastry. I loved it and we have decided that we must go back, just next time in the summer (it was pretty freaking cold and windy)
So we only spend 3 days there, but with what little time we did have, we spent walking, and walking, and walking. We walked our buts off. We figure there is no better way to get a good feel for a place then to walk the streets. And boy was there a lot to see. The bikes alone. Oh man where there so many bikes and the coolest ones at that. (it really made me missed my bike) and again, baked good galore. Everywhere you turned, someone was eating a pastry and the smell just wafted. There were flower shops and flowers on the streets. Little danish art galleries and danish pottery studios (I wish I could have bought it all) And a bike shop on every corner. The coffee was good (far better then Ireland), the veggies were plentyful and the people were very nice.
I have to mention the littles. The place we were staying there was around the block from a little preschool. Every morning I would walk by and see the fleets of moms ans dads biking their littles inbike containers (or thrown over a bike bar) , on their way to school. The kids all wearing the cutest jumpers, laughing and being happy. The preschool itselflooked so cool with huge outdoor space and a nature made playground.. It made the fever great.%u00a0 I love the way danish people raise and take care of there kids. (maybe we should move to Denmark and have us a cute little that sleeps outsideand smells like a pastry…)
But enough about the littles…%u00a0 Here are pictures of our adventures. It’s funny cause I thought that I was taking a million and one photos, but when I downloaded them, I didn’t take as many as I thought. I guess I was so into my made up little danish world that I somewhat neglected the camera which I totally cool with. My head is full of the city.
What can I say, Ireland was everything and more that I thought it was. The landscape is amazing, the people are so kind and friendly, stone walls a plenty, a pub or 5 on every corner, and the driving.. Oh man, that shit was cra cra!
It all started from Boston, after a four hour drive in the snow, we made it to the airport to sit around for a few hours before boarding my first plane ride ever. The excitement and fear were real, sending me into a walking fit where I went from bathroom to bathroom to pee (I pee when I am nervous… TMI?) But then we boarded and squeezed into out sets and the plane took off. And let me tell you, after taking 6 flights over the course of 2 weeks, that very first flight was a nightmare. The entire flight was constant turbulence and I had gotten a touch of vertigo. I though I was going to barf and was pretty sure the plane was going to crash. But I didn’t and it didn’t and that was that.
So three plane rides and one 8 hour layover later, we landed safely at the Dublin airport. It was late, to late to get our car, so we ended up sleeping (but not really) in the food court where the seats we plush and there was free wifi. At the very first second we could we rushed to the car rental place and got out sweet little ride, with the steering wheel all wrong. It was fantastic. The mr was the driver, for reasons of many, mostly I am a chicken shit and was to scared so I never did any of the wrong side driving, which was great cause the mr, he was a pro, like he had been driving on that side all his life.
And off we went, over the hills, into the countryside, around and around all the roundabouts. Hoping around every few days from bnbs (we did airbnb all the way and it was awesome) and just kept on going, going and going. We saw so much. Little towns, ocean for miles, the cliffs, the beaches, the green. Huge stone ruins all over the place. Castles, churches, sheep and cows. Everything was so lovely, so green even in the winter, and just so dang pretty.%u00a0 The weather was fine, never to cold, always a little drizzly (which I kind of liked) but the wind.. The wind was ferocious and nearly blew me away on many occasions. And again, the people.. We talked to so many folks and every one of them were so kind and helpful, it really made the place feel homey. Oh, and the produce. I ate my weight in fresh cabbage ans carrots, all grown in the country! But the one not so great thing that I must mention is the coffee. We had a heard time finding a decent cup anywhere. It was all about the tea. Tea and scones everywhere. I was coffee depleted by the end of the first day.
I could keep telling you every little detail, but I won’t,%u00a0 Ill just leave you with lots of pictures (I have so so so many pictures) and let you imagine yourself there.
And now I can’t wait to go back, but next time we want to bring our camping stuff and maybe rent some bikes Travel around like cool kids. (I would be ok with not driving over there anymore)
Have a great day and maybe go plan a trip to Ireland.
Bye
-C
Hey hey hey!!!%u00a0
Just checking in with the world….. I have been totally neglecting the Internet and pretty much all of normal life since we have been gone. So how are you doing?%u00a0
As of today, the mr and I are in Iceland, the land of trolls, elves, and kFC(I’ll tell you about it later) and are heading back home tomorrow night, so today we are going to spend it exploring for those elves and trolls(among other thing).
And I have so much to share. So when I get back, get my sleep back to normal and my life in real world mode again,%u00a0I’ll post lots and lots of pictures and tell you all about it.
until then, hope everyone is happy, healthy, and living the dream!
-c
Our adventure so far has been pretty freaking fantastic. We have driven all over the mid west coast of the Irish country side (driving on the left.. so weird, but so cool) Walked the cliffs of Mohr, collected seashells on the ocean, visited a few little cute as hell towns,%u00a0talked politics and agriculture over tea for hours with our Airbnb hosts, and have eaten a fair share of cabbage (nothing changed there). The only complaint that I have is that I am getting a wee bit sick and I am blowing snot like its my job.(cause you needed to know that) %u00a0Oh, and I have been getting like 4 hours of sleep a night. I can’t seem to shake the jet lag. (so if %u00a0I sound like I am rambling, I probably am)
The internet where we have been staying is not very strong. It takes a long time for a page to download and there is no streaming, which I though was going to be a problem, but honestly, I have quite enjoyed. It has been so nice to unplug from everything (no i phones, and one in a great while check the social media stuff and only texting when we need to check in). There was even a point in our trip that I was so absorbed in my surrounding and the beauty of it all that I completely forgot to take pictures. I alway have my camera on me, but I also have realized that sometimes its nice to just see and experience without trying to capture. (I am a little sad that I missed taking pictures of some of the stuff%u2026I will next time I am here.) And at the moment, or really until I get %u00a0home to my computer, all my pictures are stuck on memory cards, which is not a bad thing %u00a0because it will give me so much pleasure to look through photos when I do get them on the computer %u00a0So until then%u2026 The one picture I did manage to download is from the plan on over here. I might not like to fly, but the view%u2026.. can’t complain too much.
So I could go on and on, but I am not going to. We are getting ready to head out for the day in search of castles and dolphins.
Hope you all are having a great weekend!
-C
Sitting at the airport in Copenhagen %u2026%u2026
What What!!! %u00a0Thats right people. Our travel adventure has begun!
And you guys, I made it alive, my very first (%u00a0and second) plane ride ever! And oh boy was it a dozy.
The flight from boston to Iceland was just about as scary as I could have imagined. The plane felt like it was jolting back and forth the entire time. So much turblance. I pretty much couldn%u2019t lift my head off of the mr%u2019s shoulder the entire flight or else I was going to barf. And sleep. Not a chance. I was to busy wondering how long we would make it in the sub artic waters if the plane went down. I was thinking a similar situation to Kate and Leo in the Titanic, although I would never let Nick go. (gag. I did a little too.)%u00a0
So now we are sitting and hanging at the airport waiting for eight, yes EIGHT HOURS for our next flight into Ireland. Yeah, we are a little bored and sure, we could lock up our bags and venture out into the city, but honestly, we are beat ass tired. We kind of planed on hanging here anyway so we could spend a little time recouping from the time difference (sleeping like bum style)%u00a0and checking out the place so when we do come back next week for our stay we will know what to do. And really, just sitting here watching all the cool people with there funky luggage and hockey sticks??.. It%u2019s a good bit of fun. I just wish I packed me one of those donut pillows.
Anyway enough about our travel adventures for now cause I know what you really want to know about is this salad.
This is one of those salads that leaves your mouth puckering and wanting more. Sweet, acitic, spicy.. it hits it all.%u00a0I really wish I had me some of this salad right now. I made it this past weekend and as I am sitting here writing this, all I can think about it how I wish I packed it to bring we me.%u00a0I actually might done that but I was worried that any fantastic food I brought with me to the airport was going to get confiscated. So all I have left to eat, until we get to Ireland and a grocery store, is a can beans.%u00a0%u00a0Oh well. Next time.%u00a0But you, you can go make this salad right now and eat it and be happy. I’ll just have to wait until I get back to make it again.
The stuff. A persimmon (I used half), a small jalapeno (red or green) half and avocado and some red onion.%u00a0 Then you need some greenage in the form of kale or whatever greens you want and a lime, some red wine vinegar, and a bit of salt.%u00a0
Slice the persimmon and the onion nice and thin and into mouth sized pieces. Cut the avocado into chucks and de-seed and slice the jalapeno into thin little pieces
Stick it all into a bowl and cover with the juice of the lime, a splash splash of vinegar , and a pinch of salt.
%u00a0Toss around and let chill for a bit (the longer the better)
Chop up the kale into piece that will fit into your mouth
And then dump the stuff right into the greens
Agh, I want some salad%u2026.Jjust one more plane ride.
Have a swell day my friends!%u00a0
-C
serves 1-2
%u00bd of a ripe persimmon
%u00bd of an avocado
1 small jalape%u00f1o (red or green)
%u00bd of a red onion
%u00bd a bunch of kale
1 lime
a few splashes of red wine vinegar
salt and pepper to taste
Note.. You as much or as little the stuff as you like.
De-seed the jalape%u00f1o and thinly slice it, along with the persimmon and onion and place into a bowl. Cut the avocado into small chunks and into the bowl that goes too. Add in the juice of the lime and about 2 splashes of vinegar along with a pinch of salt. Toss around ad let sit on the counter for at least 5 minutes, but the long the better. And chop up your greens. When your marinating stuff tastes good enough to eat, toss into the greens. Sprinkle with pepper and grab a fork.
Eat. Yum.
The past few weeks, whenever the mr and I have a free couple of hours, we have been hitting the countryside, in such of the best rivers (for me to play in and for him to fly fish)%u00a0
We have been to many, but this one is my new favorite. There is shade to sit in, sun to bath in,%u00a0and hiking trails to hike. There are little wading pools, deep spots that are great for fishing, and lost and lots of the most amazing rock formations. And bonus,%u00a0the was not a mere person in site, only a few cute little frogs.
%u00a0No matter that I think I broke the bottom of my foot walking barefoot in the water and jumping hard onto a rock, or that the mr came back with a touch of poison ivy (poison something). We still both love it and are looking forward to our next trip back with shoes and long sleeves!
You got any plans this weekend? If not, I am recommending that you hit a river. Bring a book, bring a picnic, and bring a little bucket for your river treasures. Soak up the last bits of the summer, take a break from the crazy, and just go. Trust, you will be happy you did.
THE LOVELY CRAZY
October 15, 2019 by maximios • Blog
Short of the long… I am trashed. We just got back from a 6 1/2 hour drive from the Poconos where I now have a sweet ass new summertime home in the woods (actually not mine, but my dad just bought a house and moved there so it’s pretty much mine..haha)%u00a0 Summer fun time all the time long. A short few days for an initial, get to know the place and see the new house, go hiking, biking, more hiking, and basically run around and play with the dogs and the neighborhood deer, visit. It was an all out exhausting, amazing time. (I would tell you more about it, but right now my mind is mush I I am surprised Ian even type right now)%u00a0 So now we are back home to maybe get a few hours of sleep and then back to the house for few hours of work. Got to get ready for the boom truck of a million pieces of sheet rock that are coming in the morning!
Now I am really, really freaking tired and need to like, for real, sleep for a bit before I keel over. Oh thanks the world for coffee cause today is going to be a couple pot of coffee kind of day. Wish me luck.
Some stuff the from the early week internet browsing.
-Not sure if I would want to stick my head in a one after all the other people have. Levitating Clouds Provide a Dreamlike Resting Place During the Festival des Architectures Vives
-I think we could be best friends. Meet a Woman Who Keeps 500 Plants in Her Brooklyn Apartment
–How to Keep Berries Fresh for Longer
-So into these Origami Bird Lights.
-I have got to try and make this mozzarella aquafaba cheese
-It’s that time of year again. Canning here we come! Making Fruit Jelly Using Apples for Pectin
–A coloring cook book. Brilliant.
And a few pictures from the past few days.
OF all the places that we went on our adventure, this place was the craziest. Maybe it was because we had been traveling for a while by then and I might have been a little loopy and hungry and full of traveling endorphins , but Iceland felt more like we had traveled to a different planet. Covered in snow and ice, gigantic , jagged mountains, and barely a tree to be seen. The sun was limited,%u00a0 rising around 1030am and setting around 330pm. %u00a0The landscape has a very barren, almost aggressive feel, but at the same time, really pulled me in. We only got to spend 4 days there( and they were the coldest 4 days they have had all year) but what time we did spend only made us want to go back (int he summer) to explore even more.
Our bnb wasin Hafnarfj%u00f6r%u00f0ur,%u00a0 a town outside of the big city. It isright next to a harbor with all the house build snuggled close on the hill in between rocks and boulders. The houses are so cute with a very danish feel, lots of clean edges, metal sidings, and fun colors. And the lights. Just about every house had some type of twinkly lights in there yard making the town light up like a fairy land at night. It was magical and beautiful and made me very happy.
We ended up taking a bus tour of the Golden Circle. I had never taken a bus tour before so I wasn’t exactly sure of what to expect. And I am not going to lie, I am so glade we did it, the tour lady had lots of really interesting stories and facts about the country to tell us andwe wouldn’t have been able to see any of what we saw if we didn’t do it, but I am not a fan of the bus. Eight hours of cramped seats, cold and damp withridged time restricted… not my cup of tea, but whatever, it was still really cool.%u00a0 Oh and did I mention the elves and trolls yet?%u00a0%u00a0 I had heard this before we went, but Icelanders believe in another dimension where mystical creatures live and that sometimes travel to this world. YES YES YES!!!!%u00a0 Isn’t that just freaking fantastic! On the tour, our guide was telling us all about it (she even believed in them) and how these creatures live under and in all the big rocks and boulders and those rocks and boulders cannot be moved or else you will disturb them. And not joke, there is anationalpsychicthat talks to the creatures in the matters of the roadand new building construction (are we to close to you boldermr. elf?) They take care not to disturb their natural habitats. (When I heard this I was just so happy.) All I know is thatI need to start believing in elves.
And the people. To be honest we didn’t have a lot of interactionwith local Icelanders. We stayed with the sweetest couple at theairbnb we rented, but they had only been in Iceland for a year. We did talked to people, but it seemed that everyone we talked to were traveling as well. The boys we were staying withm as wel as the tour guide had mentioned that the locals were not excatly the most friendly people. Not that they were mean or anything, just maybe a little standoffish. We kind of got that feel, but whenever we needed any help, the people we dealt with were very nice, but I kinda got what everyone was saying. It’s not the most jolly la la la place for people.%u00a0
Another strange part of being in Iceland was the food.%u00a0 Eating was difficult and very expensive. There was a restaurantin the town, but they mostly served meat ans seafood.%u00a0 There grocery store stocked very little in ways of fresh produce and what they did has was crazy freaking expensive ($6 for quart pund of carrots.. OUCH) Luckily I was able to score a bag of lentils, some apples, and a head of cabbage, so that’s what I lived off for the time we were there. Next time we go, I am for sure going to be packing a checked bag full of carrots. yeah, that’t what I will do.
So much, so much. I am sure I forgetting to tell you all about something I was going to tell you, but now I am just drifting in and out of all the pictures (I have so many more pictures)%u00a0 and am having a hard tie concentrating.%u00a0 So I will leave you with these to look. Andbefore I go, a little advice.%u00a0 Next time you find yourself going to Europe, take advantage of the Icelandic layover. The place is not the cheapest, but how can you pass up a free stop in a crazy cool country. (think about it..)
Have fun times today!
-C
Second leg of our adventure was Copenhagen which was fantastic. The city was beautiful with spindly topped buildings, cobblestone roads and just the smell. The city smelled like one big pastry. I loved it and we have decided that we must go back, just next time in the summer (it was pretty freaking cold and windy)
So we only spend 3 days there, but with what little time we did have, we spent walking, and walking, and walking. We walked our buts off. We figure there is no better way to get a good feel for a place then to walk the streets. And boy was there a lot to see. The bikes alone. Oh man where there so many bikes and the coolest ones at that. (it really made me missed my bike) and again, baked good galore. Everywhere you turned, someone was eating a pastry and the smell just wafted. There were flower shops and flowers on the streets. Little danish art galleries and danish pottery studios (I wish I could have bought it all) And a bike shop on every corner. The coffee was good (far better then Ireland), the veggies were plentyful and the people were very nice.
I have to mention the littles. The place we were staying there was around the block from a little preschool. Every morning I would walk by and see the fleets of moms ans dads biking their littles inbike containers (or thrown over a bike bar) , on their way to school. The kids all wearing the cutest jumpers, laughing and being happy. The preschool itselflooked so cool with huge outdoor space and a nature made playground.. It made the fever great.%u00a0 I love the way danish people raise and take care of there kids. (maybe we should move to Denmark and have us a cute little that sleeps outsideand smells like a pastry…)
But enough about the littles…%u00a0 Here are pictures of our adventures. It’s funny cause I thought that I was taking a million and one photos, but when I downloaded them, I didn’t take as many as I thought. I guess I was so into my made up little danish world that I somewhat neglected the camera which I totally cool with. My head is full of the city.
What can I say, Ireland was everything and more that I thought it was. The landscape is amazing, the people are so kind and friendly, stone walls a plenty, a pub or 5 on every corner, and the driving.. Oh man, that shit was cra cra!
It all started from Boston, after a four hour drive in the snow, we made it to the airport to sit around for a few hours before boarding my first plane ride ever. The excitement and fear were real, sending me into a walking fit where I went from bathroom to bathroom to pee (I pee when I am nervous… TMI?) But then we boarded and squeezed into out sets and the plane took off. And let me tell you, after taking 6 flights over the course of 2 weeks, that very first flight was a nightmare. The entire flight was constant turbulence and I had gotten a touch of vertigo. I though I was going to barf and was pretty sure the plane was going to crash. But I didn’t and it didn’t and that was that.
So three plane rides and one 8 hour layover later, we landed safely at the Dublin airport. It was late, to late to get our car, so we ended up sleeping (but not really) in the food court where the seats we plush and there was free wifi. At the very first second we could we rushed to the car rental place and got out sweet little ride, with the steering wheel all wrong. It was fantastic. The mr was the driver, for reasons of many, mostly I am a chicken shit and was to scared so I never did any of the wrong side driving, which was great cause the mr, he was a pro, like he had been driving on that side all his life.
And off we went, over the hills, into the countryside, around and around all the roundabouts. Hoping around every few days from bnbs (we did airbnb all the way and it was awesome) and just kept on going, going and going. We saw so much. Little towns, ocean for miles, the cliffs, the beaches, the green. Huge stone ruins all over the place. Castles, churches, sheep and cows. Everything was so lovely, so green even in the winter, and just so dang pretty.%u00a0 The weather was fine, never to cold, always a little drizzly (which I kind of liked) but the wind.. The wind was ferocious and nearly blew me away on many occasions. And again, the people.. We talked to so many folks and every one of them were so kind and helpful, it really made the place feel homey. Oh, and the produce. I ate my weight in fresh cabbage ans carrots, all grown in the country! But the one not so great thing that I must mention is the coffee. We had a heard time finding a decent cup anywhere. It was all about the tea. Tea and scones everywhere. I was coffee depleted by the end of the first day.
I could keep telling you every little detail, but I won’t,%u00a0 Ill just leave you with lots of pictures (I have so so so many pictures) and let you imagine yourself there.
And now I can’t wait to go back, but next time we want to bring our camping stuff and maybe rent some bikes Travel around like cool kids. (I would be ok with not driving over there anymore)
Have a great day and maybe go plan a trip to Ireland.
Bye
-C
Hey hey hey!!!%u00a0
Just checking in with the world….. I have been totally neglecting the Internet and pretty much all of normal life since we have been gone. So how are you doing?%u00a0
As of today, the mr and I are in Iceland, the land of trolls, elves, and kFC(I’ll tell you about it later) and are heading back home tomorrow night, so today we are going to spend it exploring for those elves and trolls(among other thing).
And I have so much to share. So when I get back, get my sleep back to normal and my life in real world mode again,%u00a0I’ll post lots and lots of pictures and tell you all about it.
until then, hope everyone is happy, healthy, and living the dream!
-c
Our adventure so far has been pretty freaking fantastic. We have driven all over the mid west coast of the Irish country side (driving on the left.. so weird, but so cool) Walked the cliffs of Mohr, collected seashells on the ocean, visited a few little cute as hell towns,%u00a0talked politics and agriculture over tea for hours with our Airbnb hosts, and have eaten a fair share of cabbage (nothing changed there). The only complaint that I have is that I am getting a wee bit sick and I am blowing snot like its my job.(cause you needed to know that) %u00a0Oh, and I have been getting like 4 hours of sleep a night. I can’t seem to shake the jet lag. (so if %u00a0I sound like I am rambling, I probably am)
The internet where we have been staying is not very strong. It takes a long time for a page to download and there is no streaming, which I though was going to be a problem, but honestly, I have quite enjoyed. It has been so nice to unplug from everything (no i phones, and one in a great while check the social media stuff and only texting when we need to check in). There was even a point in our trip that I was so absorbed in my surrounding and the beauty of it all that I completely forgot to take pictures. I alway have my camera on me, but I also have realized that sometimes its nice to just see and experience without trying to capture. (I am a little sad that I missed taking pictures of some of the stuff%u2026I will next time I am here.) And at the moment, or really until I get %u00a0home to my computer, all my pictures are stuck on memory cards, which is not a bad thing %u00a0because it will give me so much pleasure to look through photos when I do get them on the computer %u00a0So until then%u2026 The one picture I did manage to download is from the plan on over here. I might not like to fly, but the view%u2026.. can’t complain too much.
So I could go on and on, but I am not going to. We are getting ready to head out for the day in search of castles and dolphins.
Hope you all are having a great weekend!
-C
Sitting at the airport in Copenhagen %u2026%u2026
What What!!! %u00a0Thats right people. Our travel adventure has begun!
And you guys, I made it alive, my very first (%u00a0and second) plane ride ever! And oh boy was it a dozy.
The flight from boston to Iceland was just about as scary as I could have imagined. The plane felt like it was jolting back and forth the entire time. So much turblance. I pretty much couldn%u2019t lift my head off of the mr%u2019s shoulder the entire flight or else I was going to barf. And sleep. Not a chance. I was to busy wondering how long we would make it in the sub artic waters if the plane went down. I was thinking a similar situation to Kate and Leo in the Titanic, although I would never let Nick go. (gag. I did a little too.)%u00a0
So now we are sitting and hanging at the airport waiting for eight, yes EIGHT HOURS for our next flight into Ireland. Yeah, we are a little bored and sure, we could lock up our bags and venture out into the city, but honestly, we are beat ass tired. We kind of planed on hanging here anyway so we could spend a little time recouping from the time difference (sleeping like bum style)%u00a0and checking out the place so when we do come back next week for our stay we will know what to do. And really, just sitting here watching all the cool people with there funky luggage and hockey sticks??.. It%u2019s a good bit of fun. I just wish I packed me one of those donut pillows.
Anyway enough about our travel adventures for now cause I know what you really want to know about is this salad.
This is one of those salads that leaves your mouth puckering and wanting more. Sweet, acitic, spicy.. it hits it all.%u00a0I really wish I had me some of this salad right now. I made it this past weekend and as I am sitting here writing this, all I can think about it how I wish I packed it to bring we me.%u00a0I actually might done that but I was worried that any fantastic food I brought with me to the airport was going to get confiscated. So all I have left to eat, until we get to Ireland and a grocery store, is a can beans.%u00a0%u00a0Oh well. Next time.%u00a0But you, you can go make this salad right now and eat it and be happy. I’ll just have to wait until I get back to make it again.
The stuff. A persimmon (I used half), a small jalapeno (red or green) half and avocado and some red onion.%u00a0 Then you need some greenage in the form of kale or whatever greens you want and a lime, some red wine vinegar, and a bit of salt.%u00a0
Slice the persimmon and the onion nice and thin and into mouth sized pieces. Cut the avocado into chucks and de-seed and slice the jalapeno into thin little pieces
Stick it all into a bowl and cover with the juice of the lime, a splash splash of vinegar , and a pinch of salt.
%u00a0Toss around and let chill for a bit (the longer the better)
Chop up the kale into piece that will fit into your mouth
And then dump the stuff right into the greens
Agh, I want some salad%u2026.Jjust one more plane ride.
Have a swell day my friends!%u00a0
-C
serves 1-2
Note.. You as much or as little the stuff as you like.
De-seed the jalape%u00f1o and thinly slice it, along with the persimmon and onion and place into a bowl. Cut the avocado into small chunks and into the bowl that goes too. Add in the juice of the lime and about 2 splashes of vinegar along with a pinch of salt. Toss around ad let sit on the counter for at least 5 minutes, but the long the better. And chop up your greens. When your marinating stuff tastes good enough to eat, toss into the greens. Sprinkle with pepper and grab a fork.
Eat. Yum.
The past few weeks, whenever the mr and I have a free couple of hours, we have been hitting the countryside, in such of the best rivers (for me to play in and for him to fly fish)%u00a0
We have been to many, but this one is my new favorite. There is shade to sit in, sun to bath in,%u00a0and hiking trails to hike. There are little wading pools, deep spots that are great for fishing, and lost and lots of the most amazing rock formations. And bonus,%u00a0the was not a mere person in site, only a few cute little frogs.
%u00a0No matter that I think I broke the bottom of my foot walking barefoot in the water and jumping hard onto a rock, or that the mr came back with a touch of poison ivy (poison something). We still both love it and are looking forward to our next trip back with shoes and long sleeves!
You got any plans this weekend? If not, I am recommending that you hit a river. Bring a book, bring a picnic, and bring a little bucket for your river treasures. Soak up the last bits of the summer, take a break from the crazy, and just go. Trust, you will be happy you did.