Green Peace

Oh...my...gawd.... I’m in heaven. I found a place that serves SALAD! My bowels are finally going to have a good night.

I’ve been eating lots of fruit, but the stands that litter the streets only sell vegetables that have to be prepared in some way. Gorgeous squash and snap beans and peas still in the pod - fresh right from the farms. However, since I don’t have anywhere to cook or scrape the lovely things I haven’t had a proper vegetable in a week. It was getting to the point where I was contemplating biting into a head of cabbage. I was desperate.

Then I found the falafel place.

I begged them for a salad that I spied on the bottom of their menu, but the young Armenian with shaved eyebrows shrugged his shoulders and said, “We don’t have one any more, My Darling.” (I love that...I’ll miss being called “My Darling” by everyone.) I was just about to walk away, feeling dejected and bloated, when he waved me back over. “I’ll do you one proper,” he winked.

And he did. It was gorgeous. I never thought a salad of condiments would taste so beautiful, but after a week of eating satay and noodle soups, it was the best thing I’ve eaten so far. A bucketful of lettuce and tomatoes and onions and cucumbers topped off with a tahini sauce - all for the price of 50p. Yum. I’m going there every day until they ban me.

In other news, I have a new friend. He’s small and brown and I’ve named him Leopold. Leopold the Mouse. I saw him scuttling across the floor last night, but unfortunately he made his escape before I could get my camera. I left him a bit of cracker by the door before I went back to bed. Even though he’s a rodent, it’s kind of nice to have an animal around. I miss my menagerie.

Well, I’m off to relax and let the salad do it’s magic. I know it seems silly to be so excited about a salad, but I felt chills. And since it was the most exciting thing that happened to me today, I felt it was appropriate to share.

Good eating, all!

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Volume of a bottled Coke - 250ml

Stairs to my room - 52

Television show on every channel - Big Brother (they’re obsessed with it)

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