We played a game that roughly translates to "Manhunt in New York" where one player is a thief and the other players have to find him. There is a map of Manhattan from Central Park downwards and you can get around by taxi, bus, or subway. The thief is invisible and only shows his location once every five turns, and the rest of the players have to guess where he went and catch him.
The bar doesn't serve food, and I think it's common that most bars here don't because Jeremy has gone to two (one was themed for e-sports) and neither of those served food either. I can't imagine why they wouldn't at least serve small things to nibble on. Amondine was hungry the whole time, and I didn't see any one at surrounding tables bring in snacks.
Speaking of food, I have found that even the same foods taste different here. Onions are sweeter, garbanzo beans are more flavorful in a way I can't describe, and bread is more bitter. Broccoli and bananas taste the same, though the bananas here are absurdly huge. If I had to guess I'd say they're about 1.5x the size of ours. The only rice we've tried so far is riz rond, which is a very small, round rice. It is extremely dirty! I don't think I've ever had to wash my rice in America but I kept washing and washing and this stuff just wouldn't come clean. It's very sticky, but that could be because it wasn't completely washed. I just don't understand how anyone would have time to cook rice here when you have to spend a good 15 minutes just washing the darned stuff! We'll have to try a different rice and see how it turns out.
We also got news from the shipping company! The container will arrive on the 29th. Supposedly. Jeremy doesn't believe it and I'm pessimistic as well. You see, in my last post I got my date wrong. Remember how I said it was supposed to be picked up and delivered by the 19th? Well I was wrong, Jeremy said that no, the original quote was also the 29th. So tell me how our original date of arrival was the 29th, and now it has been shipped 2 weeks later than it was supposed to have been shipped, and will still arrive here on the 29th? I just can't believe the ineptitude and lack of sincerity in their mistakes, especially considering Jeremy's company is paying them almost as much as I used to make in a year. Yup, you heard me right. Maybe I should get into the international shipping industry.
Now I need to go lay down because my cold did indeed get worse. I was planning on making my first trip to the local grocery store today, but I'm getting fatigues within 20 minutes of standing. We'll see if I feel better later. Maybe I'll just sit in the shower with the water as hot as I can take it and inhale the steam or something. Thanks for reading!