Tom called me today and said he had a pretty good day but was pretty tired. He said he almost watched the Panther game (from our Slingbox at home) at 3am but didn't want to wake up the entire hotel yelling. It is a good thing he didn't because last night's Panther game was awful. Judging how emotional Tom gets when the Panthers don't play well, all of Letterkenny would have been awakened!
He said they ate dinner at "The Yellow Pepper." They had eaten there before and he said the beef medallions were pretty good so they tried it again today. Obviously Americans drink more Coke than the Irish and thus Coke is served in restaurants in an 8oz glass...no ice. One of the guys from South Carolina who has been there for awhile gave him a tip on ordering a Coke. He said you can order a pint of Coke, just like others order a pint of beer. Good to know. Tom and I both drink alot of Coke when we eat. After dinner, they went to the grocery store to buy Coke to put in the hotel for them to drink and Tom bought Skittles. He said they aren't as hard over there and the grape Skittle tasted weird...definitely not grape flavored. But they were able to find Coca-Cola Classic, which is imported from Canada. They figured that might taste more like our Coca-Cola than the Irish Coke....which tastes like New Coke from the 80's. When I talked to him, they hadn't tried it yet to know what it tasted like.
I'm enjoying his stories on how things are the same yet different. The seeming aversion to coldness is particularly interesting to me. He laughed and said the fridge in his room will only keep his Coke probably 2 degrees colder than the room. I suggested he keep it on the window sill. He said he may keep it in the car. It is 40 degrees and rainy there. That is cold enough to make good cold Coke....especially as compared to room temperature.
Anyway, I'll keep everyone posted on how he is doing!
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