Greetings and welcome to today's random thought.
Well today I am changing hotels (from the Sheraton to the Holiday Inn). The Holiday Inn is closer to work and since my coworker is leaving this evening to go home (to 20 degree weather), today is as good a day as any to move. Plus, another coworker is arriving next Friday and he is staying at the Holiday Inn. I don't know if I will miss this hotel much really as I spend very little time here but I am not really looking forward to being alone for the next 6 days in the evenings.
I wanted to upload some pics of the "After Office" party so here they are...
I did not get any great shots but as you can tell from the first picture, I still have my great bowling form (just kidding).
Last night was a little sad as someone I have hung out with the last week or so was returning to Buenos Aires and I will not likely ever see him again the rest of my life but we promised to keep in touch via emails and blogs. He is getting married in early March so I tried to give him a little advice on these matters but who knows if he will take it.
Dinner last night was an amazing buffet at the hotel restaurant and even though for the most part we had no idea what it was that we were putting on our plates, it was very good. We have given up on guessing what it is that we are eating since we have almost always been wrong. I am serious, I think we have guessed right maybe once or twice, other than that it is a surprise to our mouths. Since everything here has been so good, I just dive in without fear. What we think is fish is chicken, what we think is a meat turns out to be a vegetable, what we think will be hot is cold, what we think is crunchy ends up melting in our mouths. A great example is desert last night. There was a large cake shaped thing that we thought was cheesecake. It was surrounded by sauces and toppings and to the American mind it seemed you would slice off a piece, shower it with toppings and be happy. Once I cut a piece I knew I was wrong. This cut like a hot knife through butter. So I was thinking maybe it was some sort of whipped cream thing at this point in time. I (of course) was wrong again. This whole thing (probably 4 inches tall and 12 inches by 12 inches in size) was all meringue! The whole thing! It had this incredibly sweet sugary kind of sauce on it and it was great. I have never tasted anything like it. Next we took a small pie that was individually sized and shared it. We thought that it would be apple pie. Wrong! We discussed what we thought it might be (after we finished the whole thing) but we still have no idea. There was this lingering flavor in your mouth that we could not quite place (mint maybe but not as refreshing). Who knows, it was good. Our hosts (when they are eating with us) do not speak "food" very well (see the Tour de Cow blog for a great example) so even with their help, we seldom know what it is we are putting in our mouths. But again, I have yet to be disappointed so I have no reservations. As much as I want to be back home with my wife and kids, I will never have food like this again in my life probably.
The Holiday Inn will have internet access in the room so I should be able to keep up on the blogs better the rest of my trip. Until next time...
Thanks for reading my Random Thoughts.
Jon
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