Sign, Sign Everywhere a Sign
Do you believe in signs? I stumbled across a listing of the destinations Danes will be flocking to this winter on vacation, according to local travel agencies. Of course, many Danes will still be travelling wilburys despite the recession.
First choice for these adventurers, are the Canary Islands, 2nd is Egypt and 3rd is Thailand. The Canary Islands are a short distance away, provide balmy weather and accommodations, so as per usual this always popular choice is a given. Egypt is an exotic, historical and warm country at a reasonable price, so Danes are returning there with a vengeance. Scandinavians in general, love Thailand, which is also exotic, with sunny skies and reasonable prices, even though flying time is a little longer.
After reading this, it got me to thinking about Thailand and the delicious food. It was six in the evening, so my stomach was growling. I was at my brother's house and the refrigerator contained the usual stale bread and month old pizza, so we decided to order takeout Thai food. My bro only had his credit card and all I had in cash was 30 dollars. Unfortunately, the little takeout restaurant down the street we ordered from didn't take credit cards.
So, I coughed up my 30 buckaroos. The delivery guy came to the door with the goods and my brother said, "Keep the change," and slammed the door rather hastily, I thought. I soon put two and two together, as the bill came to 29.95. That left the delivery guy with a whopping 5 cents; big tipper my brother is. We all know what that means next time? - the old hack and spit sauce in the meal. I've watched Kitchen Nightmares one too many times, so needless to say I won't be ordering from there again.
So, at the end of it all I read my fortune cookie and it said, "You are going to travel far and wide." I thought that was cool, so cool that I've even stashed this little premonition in my wallet for future reference. I then settled in for a movie and started flicking channels. I told myself whatever channel I land on, that will be the compass for this next stage of my life. Now, I realize this blind foolishness is in the same bane as tossing a coin or wishing upon a star, but a girl has to dream...
So, guess what movie I ended up at? It was "Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason." In the film, bachelorette and journalist Bridget goes on assignment to Thailand! Do you see a common thread here? Specifically, some of the landscape scenes in this film warmed my heart, as they were filmed in Phuket, Thailand; I've been fortunate enough to vacation there a few times.
Unfortunately, on this trip Bridget almost hooks up with womanizing, cad Daniel Cleaver, yet again, and in the process nearly loses her good guy Mark Darcy. Spoiler Alert: Don't worry she eventually comes to her senses - once bitten twice shy. In another unfortunate turn of events, Bridget gets caught at the airport with a stash of cocaine, which inadvertently was planted in her suitcase. I hope that isn't a sign for moi because needless to say, that's a very bad sign.
In fact, I've never even tried drugs, except for the legal kind, that being coffee, which according to studies is as addictive as heroin. No, that's a blatant lie. My cousin and I wanted to try marijuana way back when, and she told me where she 'thought' her brother kept his stash. Of course, she was as green as grass, as was I in the dope department, but we were convinced it was in the flower vase. Yeah, that's the ticket. To make a long story short we ended up smoking dried flower stems. My cousin said, "Wow, can you feel the buzz?" "No, I really can't." I guess the imaginary pot in the flower pot wasn't all it was cracked up to be.
So that said, if you are not heading to Thailand anytime soon but are in Copenhagen and would like to experience Thai food at its best why not try highly recommended, authentic Thai cuisine at:
Eastern Corner
Sølvgade 85 A
1307 Copenhagen
Open:
Sunday to Thursday 17.00-23.00/Friday to Saturday 17.00-24.00
Tel: 33 11 58 35
Fax: 33 11 98 10
Price: Meals start at 68 Dkr
P.S. This restaurant takes credit card.
