About three days have passed since we arrived in Stavanger. I remember why I fell in love with this town the first time I came here. Everything is just so beautiful and charming. Even when all is covered with snow.
So, on Monday, J and I ventured out in search of food. I had heard of a place called Saken er Biff, a steakhouse near the harbor and wanted to try it. The name, I believe, is a pun or play on words. It means "the subject is steak", or it can also mean "everything is alright." Pretty interesting, right? Anyways, we went down to the harbor in search of this place, but then ended up going into Restaurant Mexico. This place is always extremely crowded and they have live music playing which you can hear all across the harbor. Fortunately, on Monday, it was quiet and not too full of people. We ordered an appetizer to share and then I got the mixed fajitas and chose chicken and steak. J got the Mexicana Hamburguesa. All in all, the food was pretty good, and the service was, as usual in Norway, mediocre. One of our servers was nice, while the other was rude and ditsy and had no clue what she was doing. The first two pictures are of my fajitas, condiments, and sides; the third is of J's dinner.
On Tuesday, after dinner, we walked around near the lake and the pond. It is so interesting to see how different things look because of cold or warm weather. The lake is almost fully frozen over. It seems to be about one fourth of its actual size, and the rest is ice; this forces all the ducks and swans to gather in the middle, making it seem overpopulated. That reminds me of something impressive about this place. Last time we were here, we decided we would take some bread at breakfast time and go down to the lake and feed the ducks, and if we got lucky, the swans. When we got there, we realized it would not be necessary, as there was a HUGE mountain of bread in the corner of the lake. Everyday, the bakeries and stores give their leftover bread to the ducks. Which also explains why they all seem so fat.
Another interesting tidbit about Norway; drivers will ALWAYS stop for pedestrians. I always wondered why they were unusually nice and began braking yards ahead of any pedestrians crossing. Apparently, if you hit a pedestrian here, you get taken straight to prison, no questions asked. I think it is a good thing, especially compared to places such as Saudi Arabia, where I was nearly run over by a police van.
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