Part II
We made it! We gathered our bags, walked through a small door into the Arrivals area, and then walked outside. We're renting an AirBnB apartment and I had just finished reading the description of the vehicle picking us up, when it arrived. Perfect timing!
Stasa drove us to the apartment and showed us the bikes downstairs and where everything was. Then we collapsed. But only for a few minutes. I really wanted to get some shopping out of the way so we could relax and I could shower and not change into dirty clothes.
Right down the lane is a little supermarket so we stopped in and got a few things. And a few nibbles. They have these things here called burek, which are kind of a filo or croissant style dough with a filling. We got cheese, spinach, and potato burek!
The cheese one was not bad. I don't like much cheese, but this one was mild and inoffensive. The spinach burek was spinach and cheese, in a spiral shape, and it was really good. The potato burek - oh my. It was in more of a croissant-style dough and it was amazing! I've got pics I'll try to upload later. I'm really too tired for much right now.
On our way home, we were accosted by the fruit man. We had passed his fruit stall on the way to the market, but on the way home stopped to look. He gave us each a strawberry, and that was all it took. We had to buy some! If you shop at Allen's, you know how good the strawberries from Pea Ridge are, especially compared to Walmart. These were at least on par with Pea Ridge, but a slightly different variety.
After the strawberry, he gave us a slice of pear. Wow. Frank doesn't like pears, but he agreed that we should buy one of those too. We also got a peach. And a free slice of cantaloupe. What appears to be actual cantaloupe, not what we call cantaloupe in America. We didn't get one of those, mainly because we weren't sure what kind of utensils and knives were in the apartment. But I think we'll get one tomorrow.
After our jaunt, I took a nap and a wonderful hot shower. Finally - clean clothes! We sliced up the pear and ate it, then headed off to look for dinner.
We mainly wandered around until we finally found a restaurant that wasn't a coffee shop or pizzeria. Although we did pass a Thai place too. Maybe tomorrow.
The restaurant is called Eksperiment. We were the first ones in there. Everyone else seemed to be getting off of work and having a coffee or beer.
For starters we got Chicken Taquitos with Guacamole, which were good. I got the Sticky Fingers - strips of chicken rolled in corn flakes, fried; Frank got the Chicken Schnitzel. And we both got fried potatoes with it.
Overall, it was good. The potatoes came out in this huge bowl! I'll post pics later. But I couldn't finish it. Frank had a pint of the house draft. It was pretty good. I took a sip and it was smooth, without the funky aftertaste I associate with beer.
Afterwards, we went home and unpacked and read and went to bed. Which is why we woke up at 5:30 the next morning.
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