New food, new city and water on the side
This was a very nice weekend. I tried a new cuisine I never experienced before, I visited a new place I haven't seen before, and I tried a new water activity I never did before. The cuisine is Ethiopian, the city is Oxford and the water activity is rowing, not punting, rowing.
On Saturday, I went with Sherif, Lana and their friend Lara to an Ethiopian restaurant "Addis" (which in Amharic means 'new' but don't ask me what Ababa means). Lana loves Ethiopian food because she lived there for a few years while her dad was working. It was the best meal I had in a long time. On the menu there were many Arabic words like 'Salata Aswad' (='black salad', a salad mainly with aubergine and butter) and 'Samak Muhamar' (fried fish). Ethiopian food is mostly spicy, but there are some mild stuff also, and of course I went for the mild. I had lamb kebab, which was great, but I also tasted Lana's dish which was spicy minced beef served on a bed of a special kind of bread that has a weird, but good, taste. And the important thing is that it's not expensive.
Oh, and we went for a movie afterwards. And yes, of all the movies now showing we did go for the animated one: Madagascar. The story wasn't that great, compared to others like Shrek or Finding Nemo. It needed more action, more drama. The best part I liked was when the squirrels were dancing and singing "I like to move it move it, you like to move it move it" :) The four little penguins were cute too. Anyway, it was fun.
On Sunday, again the four of us, joined by Hadeel this time, went to Oxford. I always get excited about visiting new places. We walked around a lot, seeing all the great university buildings and churches and chapels, including of course Christ Church. We had lunch in a nice restaurant. Then we went rowing, and this is the hilarious part. Poor Sherif, the only guy with four girls who knew anything about rowing, was stuck. He is actually an expert, did it many times before, but when we girls started taking turns to try it, that's when things went out of hand :) To make a long story short, let's say that there was a lot of splashing and screaming. But there was A LOT of laughing too. Finally, we sat in a very nice park for a while, playing a game of Taboo and chilling out. It was a very nice day.
Mai
On Saturday, I went with Sherif, Lana and their friend Lara to an Ethiopian restaurant "Addis" (which in Amharic means 'new' but don't ask me what Ababa means). Lana loves Ethiopian food because she lived there for a few years while her dad was working. It was the best meal I had in a long time. On the menu there were many Arabic words like 'Salata Aswad' (='black salad', a salad mainly with aubergine and butter) and 'Samak Muhamar' (fried fish). Ethiopian food is mostly spicy, but there are some mild stuff also, and of course I went for the mild. I had lamb kebab, which was great, but I also tasted Lana's dish which was spicy minced beef served on a bed of a special kind of bread that has a weird, but good, taste. And the important thing is that it's not expensive.
Oh, and we went for a movie afterwards. And yes, of all the movies now showing we did go for the animated one: Madagascar. The story wasn't that great, compared to others like Shrek or Finding Nemo. It needed more action, more drama. The best part I liked was when the squirrels were dancing and singing "I like to move it move it, you like to move it move it" :) The four little penguins were cute too. Anyway, it was fun.
On Sunday, again the four of us, joined by Hadeel this time, went to Oxford. I always get excited about visiting new places. We walked around a lot, seeing all the great university buildings and churches and chapels, including of course Christ Church. We had lunch in a nice restaurant. Then we went rowing, and this is the hilarious part. Poor Sherif, the only guy with four girls who knew anything about rowing, was stuck. He is actually an expert, did it many times before, but when we girls started taking turns to try it, that's when things went out of hand :) To make a long story short, let's say that there was a lot of splashing and screaming. But there was A LOT of laughing too. Finally, we sat in a very nice park for a while, playing a game of Taboo and chilling out. It was a very nice day.
Mai
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