First Morning

So much for sleep.

I tried going to bed at 1:00 AM, tossed and turned until about 4:30 AM and just decided to get up.

It is very interesting finding your way around a kitchen you are unfamiliar with, especially in a foreign country.

I had to start with coffee...or at least what I had, Nescafe. I did find the hotpot and boiled some water. Wow! 240V works faster than the 110V I am used to. The water boils quick.

I tried to make my typical breakfast, two eggs over-easy on toast with ketchup. Seemed simple enough. I found the pan and toaster but it took me quite a while to turn the stove on. It may be because THERE ARE NO KNOBS! I eventually realized it was a touchpad stove. There were markings on the surface. If you hold your finger on them for a few seconds, they turn on. Cool.

The bread is amazing. It doesn’t sound that inspiring. It is called, “SASKO, Low GI Seeded Brown Loaf.” Sounds like something prescribed from a doctor. It tastes incredible.

I searched high and low for something to cook the eggs in. I finally found a bottle of olive oil that had never been opened with an expiration date of January 2005. I figured that family wouldn’t mind if I used.

The biggest challenge was finding the salt and pepper. No success. I did finally find something called, “Herbal Salt.” It worked.

Next, ketchup. Nope. None of that. There was a bottle shaped like ketchup in the fridge called, Tomato Sauce. I went for it. Turns out, they call ketchup tomato sauce.

So, breakfast has already been an adventure. It is now 7:14 A.M.

All that I have accomplished since 4:30 A.M. was making breakfast, listening to crazy sounding birds outside, and writing the entries for yesterday and this morning for the blog.

Until later...