Going Out for American

So last night I went to Bone's for dinner. This is essentially the same Bone's as in the USA, but it's a family restaurant. How is this possible you might ask? Well some of the prices are a bit lower, but here it's a "theme" restaurant where people go for the "American" experience and it's decorated like a Fudruckers. I had the "Tour of the USA" platter and it was actually pretty good mix of ribs, chicken and steak. They import Heinz ketchup and only give you a tiny bottle and charge you like a $1 for more. They also have Heinz mustard which they claim is great with beef (steaks), anybody ever hear of that? They also offer "imported" american wines, stuff that sells for like $10 in the states in $40 to $60 here. Overall it was a fun experience.

I'm finally getting used to quickly converting price between a Danish Kroner and Dollar, about 5.2 to 1, but wow is the dollar weak as this is a small town and stuff feels pretty expensive. Oh, and if you come over this way be sure you know your pin number for your credit card, a lot of places require it instead of a signature.

Well the people here are sure friendly and you can tell you're in Scandinavia, lots of tall blonde hair and blue eyed people. Not universal, but a much higher percentage than you're used to seeing in the states and I'm guessing all those aren't natural either. The people here love to tell about their culture in a very modest way. This is a farming and water country and they even have a King and Queen that are symbolic. In fact a prince just married an Australian girl so now the countries have excellent relations which has led to a large import of Australian food, items and culture. They have a strong sense of community and a strong sense of stewardship, especially to the environment. One funny example, they raise more pigs here than just about any part of the world, but the Danes used to be very picky eaters, only eating the best cuts of meat and sending everything else to China in the 50's. This was seen as wasteful. The government started a program promoting recipes with the other part and conservation awareness and now that campaign has actually made those cuts the most popular.

Speaking of food, it's all been spectacular. I had one of the best pork chops ever yesterday at lunch in the work cafeteria here and breakfast is amazing too. The other thing you notice is that the coffee is excellent everywhere. In the US you can get a good cup of coffee, but you also find some lousy ones too. The coffee here just seems more consistent and good.

Well after some beautiful weather there's a mist here today. Have an interesting dinner coming tonight, more on that later!