206/356: Hummus Sandwich

Last day of christmas week I had to go back to work.

It was quite a busy day. I usually work in a team that has four to five employees. This week (and the days to follow) I am all by myself. So I am there early and I stay till late. Also, it seems our customers still need help even if it is the holiday season. It was quite a stressy day. Because I guessed I wouldn't be up for much in the evening I made sure I got my first for the day covered by buying a Hummus sandwich at the local grocery shop. It's vegan, Yay! That is about all I have to say about it. It wasn't bad but it also didn't taste particularly like anything.

205/356: Mad Croc Energy Drink

After two christmas celebrations in a row, I was ready to enjoy a day of quite.

Because of that I went for another easy first. I tried the energy drink "Mad Croc". It tasted remarkably like Red Bull. Maybe a little less sweet. Which was actually a nice surprise.

204/356: Beertasting: St.Galler Klosterbräu

25th of December is the my second day of Christmas celebrations.

For that reason I didn't have many opportunities to go all out on something new. I went back to an old classic. I tasted a new beer. This time around it was a "St.Galler Klosterbräu". I picked this one because it was the one my dad offered me. It was another good one but what I really enjoyed was the glass I was able to drink it out from. I really need to get myself one or two of these. Makes drink beer a lot more classy.

203/356: Cooking At Mom's

Today marked the first time that I cooked at my mom's place. Not the first time I cooked for her though.. I am not that bad a son.

We skipped our usual christmas fondue chinoise and decided that each sibling would prepare one course and our mom could relax for a change. It was a really good idea too. The food was delicious and mom was relaxed. What more do you want?

If you are reading this, thanks and here is picture of a burger we had for mains:

( I made my famous gyoza for starters)

202/356: Beertasting; White Rascal

After an exciting post about a museum visit, it is back to beer tasting.

This time around I had a White Rascal by Avery Brewing, a brewery from Boulder, Colorado.

This is another entry in my "good beers from NA" list.
I seriously have to revise my opinion about american beers. This one was pretty strong in taste but really pleasant. After a long day of work the 5,6% also got me pretty tipsy. Having the beer was fitting because I was watching an NFL game. Let's go steelers!

201/356: Alpine Museum Bern

Enough of all the food (although there is more to come in the next few posts).

Last Sunday I went to the alpine museum here in Bern. I went because I read about it in the paper a few weeks back. Because I couldn't imagine what they could display in an alpine museum and because I wanted to take a break from the food posts.

Once I got there I got told that there is a special exhibition about SAC (Schweizer Alpine Clup) so the Swiss alpine club. Or the club where all the people that like to hike meet. To be honest, it didn't sound very interesting but since I was there I thought I might as well go see it.

The museum is a lot smaller than I thought. Also at first glance, it didn't look any more interesting than I thought it would be. But actually I was wrong. They put a lot of thought into the exhibition. The SAC has huts scattered around the Swiss Alps to accommodate hikers that do multiple day trips and the exhibition was structured like you are in one of the huts.

Still, after about an hour I had seen everything and I was on my way again. It did leave me with a desire to go do a 2-3 day hike though. Maybe it will be a first for 2014. I will try to do it before this project is over. 156 days left in which I can do it.

 A Swiss flag waving in the wind (well fans) to welcome the visitors.

 hello there furry friend. In the visitors book you leave information about your last hike.

 Information is in the form of maps

 You have to build a route to the top.

 Cans of fresh mountain air.

 You could actually change the LP and play different music.

 People sleep even closer in the huts than in hostels.

198/199/200/356: Food and Drinks

I have to catch up on a few days and since this stuff is pretty standard (read boring) I decided to do three days in one post.

Yeah I said I would never taste it again, but in my defense I did buy it both in the same day and it is a different juice.. if you can call it that at all. To be fair, this one tasted a little more like fruits and not just like sugar. Still, no reason to go back to this brand of drink

Aha, another energy drink. There are so many of them out there nowadays. I don't do them often for my firsts because when I do a tasting, it is usually in the evening and during the week. So drinking an energy drink will make sure I will not be able to sleep when I have to. 

Actually I didn't invest any time to see what is in it or what it is made off. The name lets me guess that is has something to do with absinthe but really that is just a guess. It tasted a little bitter bad not in a bad way. I actually quite liked it. 

Following to drinks I picked up a sweetie grapefruit. I kid you not, it is actually called that. It is also green on the outside and bigger than a usual grapefruit. I really liked it. It tasted like a mix between a grapefruit and an orange. You should go and try one!

Size comparison with a normal sized orange.