All I want for christmas is you....Elmo!

Cowgirl

My sister has been a big grumpy the last days, cause I've neglected to include her on my blog. She was shipped off to Texas, to do a year as an exchange student. You can see her above...looks like she's on a sugar rush, cause she's quite the candy freak (we shipped her off the the right country huh?). I must say we all miss her here at home (even though I'm not at home)! Well..looking forward to see if she's shipping me any double stuffed oreos for my bday! :)

My Darling Caroline!

This saturday we all decided to go out and get something decent to eat! From one of our earlier excursions we noticed this huge western place in Gampel, about half an hours drive from Brig. As we all have pizza coming out of our ears, we wanted to get something different..maybe a nice juicy burger? Well, after whipping ourselves through -60C, where my ears almost fell off, we were finally on our way! We finally arrived and I must say I am quite impressed by the place! It's all built up to imitate this huge western style ranch..and they have succeeded. We entered and expected to see lucky luke greeting us..but no...what is this? Well around us we see waiters hurrying around in swiss national outfits...well so much for that western atmosphere! We got seated and started to scrutinize the menu! The selection wasn't the biggest but they had the basics..ranging from US ribs to grilled chicken and baked potatoes. They also had various swiss dishes..."Walliser Cowboy Teller" :) Most of us went for the US ribs, which came with fried potatoes and a salsa looking dip sause! I set my teeth into the rib and ripped loose the first chunk of meat...and OMG! WOOooOOOoOOoo...one sentence...Taste buds gone WilD! Did not take long until that rack was history! In the meanwhile though, a band came on stage..and I awaited the singer to start spitting out some country songs..but what? OOohh la la...ompa ompa myyyy daaarling caroline! Where was I? I kinda got the feeling that I was in the middle of the October fest...lacking the beer...(well they had original October fest Mas glasses if anyone is interested + US pitchers for the true hearted cowboys out there). One could see everyone starting to swing themselves to the rythms in real "walliser" fashion!



Overall this evening was quite a blast..and I recomend everybody to take a trip down there and check it out..Fridays & Saturdays they have a live band playing from 8 and onwoards!

Kim

PS! It must be also noted that they have a "Pirates Disco" next door which looks quite interesting!

Burj Dubai

Dubai is certainly stretching the limits when it comes to unbelievable structures! This tower, the "Burj Dubai" is going to become the highest sky scraper in the world, towering an amazing 850M above the ground! The highest building in the world today is the Taipei 101 which is located in Taiwan, stretching 448M!

Gastronomia '06 !

This sunday the school arranged a trip for the students to this years Gastronomia Exposition in Lausanne. This is a large event, where all the various food & beverage companies come and take part. Here you can wander around for several hours trying out various food and drink samples. Everything from Emi (swiss dairy company) to beers & pastry's! As you can see on the picture above, I was quite delighted to finally have escaped Brig for one day!



I must say this stand became one of the more frequently visited ones! Good Beer!



Britt Beer! Makes you get that OoOOooOOoiiii feeling! Must be quite the sales hit!



On June 14, 2004 the Swiss Parliament lifted the 96 year old ban on Absinthe. This means that that what was formerly known as the "Green Fairy" is once again back on the market. It's hard to find though, but it's slowly finding its way back into the shelves.



I wonder what Inger Line had to drink? Too much Absinthe maybe? Pablo Picasso and Vincent Van Gogh watch out !!