We had not received the last email to tell us he was in Building A, Apartment 19, but we met a lovely young lady at the door who helped us find Eirik. We were home!
Eirik has a lovely apartment which he is graciously sharing with us. We have one room of our own and we have everything we need. We just sat and chatted, getting to know each other and getting quite comfortable. Then we were back out on the street to find something to eat.
We ended up in a little Somalian restaurant where no English was either spoken or written. We ordered something to eat using pictures and pointing. It was wonderful. Soup arrived (split pea?) followed by a large flatbread (much like naan, but crispier and lighter). The main course was a mixed grill (kebabs of chicken, beef, and ground beef). The ground beef was actually my favourite. Everything was hot and perfectly cooked with some very interesting spices (unidentified). On the side was an array of vegetables, some familiar, some not so much. The flavours were wonderful and everything blended together. Other than a spoon for the soup, there were no utensils, so we happily ate with our hands. If this restaurant were in my neighbourhood I would gladly eat here at least once a week.
Before going back to the apartment, we stopped in a grocery store to buy eggs, bread, coffee, milk, etcetera for the morning. This in itself was a bit of an adventure since nothing was written in English. We were not entirely sure what we were looking at. Happily, each person we spoke to responded in English, but we are still not quite sure that we actually have butter for our breakfast, and we have settled for Diet Coke rather than Diet Pepsi. They do have Pepsi Maxx, but I tried that once at home. It has no sugar but is still syrupy sweet. All things considered, we are going to be quite comfortable here.
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