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And it’s funny that the only things we got were cleaning stuff, a steam cleaning mop, some shame-wows. Ha ha. But in the international building, I saw the Taiwan flag and had to take a picture of it.
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| From Ohio State Fair |
The walk tired us out so L took a nap and slept till 7pm when I woke him up to go to dinner. I found this little italian restaurant near our hotel called Cafe Davinci that has good reviews on the iphone. So we went there. L thought we were going to have expensive Japanese food and was pleasantly surprised by it. Their ordering system was quite different. As soon as we walked in the door, the waitress knew it was our first time cause we were waiting to be seated. You don’t get seated. You just find the table you want to sit at and go to the counter to order your food. The waitress will bring alcohol and the food to you when it’s ready. And you help yourself to the bread and olive oil. I was very hungry so I was pigging out on the bread which was very good focaccia. I ordered Shrimp and clam in an alfredo sauce which was very good and L had veal parmasan. The portion was not huge so I almost finished it even after I pigged out on the bread. Then we had italian ice cream for dessert. All in all it was a good dinner. We stopped at the hotel bar for a drink when we got back. And the lady was going to put L’s Margurita in a small wine glass which turned out to be too small and ended up in a tall glass as it is supposed to be. I had a Dewarts with soda. We sat outside in the patio and talked for a while. That was a great ending of a good day.
We didn’t have an appointment but we almost walked right in the next morning at the OPERS. Got answers to our questions and left for home. No sweat no hassle. A mini vacation out of some business trip.
L and I went with S and D to Pittsburg yesterday. Wow! We thought we were going to get some Chinese food there, that’s all. But they took us to the Strip District and wow. First of all, it only took S 1.5 hour to get there, which speaks for the speed and it was a good thing they drove. Finding a parking spot was a nightmare. She had to circle around, U-turn to be exact back and get going in a hurry when a spot freed up. I don’t think either L or I could have done it. We are simply not fast or competitive enough to fight for a spot like that.
There were tons of people at the strip. I didn’t expect to see so many people there. It’s almost like the shih-lin night market only it has an internatinoal flavor to it. We found Italian grocery store, restaurant, Mexican street food, salsa, coffee store with a huge roaster in the middle of the store, of course a Chinese grocery store, fresh bread, clothes, fish market, arabic store where L found his favorite Lebenon pickle. And much, much more. I am not a crowd person, but I am very impressed with the diversity of food and merchandise displayed along the strip. And the number of people there. You can hardly walk. You also have to bring a big bag to hold all the stuff you buy along the street before you can go back to your car to unload. Man!
Then we went to Rose Tea Cafe for some authentic Chinese food. Mmm mm mm mm mmm as Rachel Ray would say. S brought two bottles of wine. It’s the first time they charge a fee to open the bottle for her. And we ordered food. Boy, did we order food. We had two tables pushed together and still the dishes barely fit. I should have brought my camera to take a picture of all the great food we had. L couldn’t believe how much we ordered but he did his share of eating for sure. Of course we boxed all the leftovers and then we ordered more to go. he he. It was a food explorsion yesterday. Now we have several days of food in the fridge.
And that was the only meal either of us had yesterday. We didn’t feel hungry for the rest of the day. Even for L. He stayed away from food the whole day. That was amazing.
All in all, it was a very good day and very pleasant surprise to visit the strip and to go through town and see all the universities there. S and D did all the driving.
