Dining locations and readings from the trip
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I wanted to finish up postings about the trip for such things as where I ate and what I finished reading so we can get back to technical stuff. I just have so much information it was taking me some time. I am amazed at all the places I was able to visit and see in what I consider such a brief visit. If it wasn't for my gracious hosts from GSX, Philippe and Louisa, then I wouldn't have accomplished all of that in Nice and Monaco.
So let's start with restaurants and food items
- This is the non-alcoholic beer I tried over in Amsterdam. Not the best choice I have ever made. Actually the one from Guinness is the best I have had (yes Guinness has one, get your jaws off your desk!!)
- Saturday night in the Red Light District landed us at a bar with a band playing old American Big Band Music. Quite a cool club called Paleis van de Weemoed. They served a 4 course meal, that we only managed to get the dessert from due to our tardy arrival and finding it purely by accident looking for restrooms. :-)
- Somewhere in here we all went as a group for Indian food at Ghandi Restaurant in Amsterdam for such good food we went twice. Plus it was close to the Red Light District.
- Then there was dinner Monday at Tomo Sushi Restaurant. Some of the best sushi I have had anywhere.
- Dinner Tuesday was at Pizza Pino
- Dinner Wednesday was at a Mexican restaurant, I can't recall the name, but I had Sopa Maiz (spicy Mexican corn soup) and Pez Espada (grilled swordfish). MMMmmmmmmmmm
- Lunch Thursday was at La Saliere Ristorante in Monaco. Some awesome Risotto.
- Dinner Thursday was at a tiny restaurant , La Barachois, that you can see in my pictures I posted. They had the entire menu on a whiteboard and everything was Reunion style food.. They had some choices but for the most part the menu has not changed in 20 years. It is owned by a husband and wife and contains only about 15 tables. Getting a table is the hard part.
- Friday I decided to skip lunch by sleeping 13 hours. He who says you should be out seeing everything hasn't fallen asleep with the patio door open to the sea breeze blowing in after no sleep in Amsterdam.
- Friday dinner was incredible. L'oursin Bleu, located in Villefranche Sur Mer in Nice, France was the restaurant of choice for the evening. The pictures of the coral in my photos are taken from this restaurant. The owner had a passion for growing it himself. Amazing.
- Saturday dinner was at a combo Chinese/Thai establishment located in the Quarter near Saint Germain des Pres. Unfortunately they use MSG and my head felt like it was in a vice from a Bugs Bunny cartoon. The picture of this place will show up when the Paris photo album is entirely uploaded and open for viewing.
OK, so that was the dining experiences. I did manage to finish two books also.
- The first was Digital Fortress by Dan Brown. That was a good read. Quick, kept you interested and covered encryption lightly in the plot which added to my interest in the story. There was codes, ciphers and all sorts of twists to keep you guessing who was doing what to whom in the story. Written in 2000
- John Welter gave me the next read called Night of the Avenging Blowfish. Not a recent book but a fantastic one if you love heavy sarcasm throughout. It had some slower parts around the romantic interest subplot, but still kept me turning pages in the eBook. Written in 1994.
So for now that will do it, a long winded, hugely linked posting that I hope you enjoyed. Now to go look for the sea breeze to take another nap.
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On Tuesday, October 28th, 2003 by Chris Miller
