Sometimes you only have to cook for nine. Sometimes you cook for 13. And then there are nights where you cook for 20. Tonight was one of those nights. We have made a lot of friends so far this year - friends from Estonia, Nigeria, Belgium, the States. And they all came over to our place for brinner (breakfast for dinner)!! The sous chef tonight was one of our new friends, Eric, a runner from Minnesota by way of Cincinnati. He tackled to potatoes, which left the rest to me and the crew of helpers.
- Scrambled eggs
- Bratwurst.
- Fruit salad.
- Oven roasted potatoes.
- Fruit + Nutella crepes.
I think my favorite part of the dinner was our conversation that we had with two of our new Belgian tracklete friends. They stuck around for a while and it was a great opportunity for all parties to have a really, REALLY great discussion. You don't have too many opportunities to sit down with people from the country that you are visiting and get their opinions on all sorts of subjects. My money is on the fact that they don't get a group of Americans who are willing to sit for three hours fielding questions about their preconceived notions. We talked everything, from schooling to politics, culture to religion, track and holidays (vacations). They were even so kind to teach us some Flemish words and phrases. I don't know if it was because they wanted to help us with our language skills, or if they were in need of a laugh. And let me tell you, a bunch of Americans trying to sound out Flemish words that have sounds that our words don't have is pretty entertaining.
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