One of those Saturdays

….. hvor det bare har været en helt fantastisk dag J I går aftes fik vi nemlig en gæst – Jon fra Californien. Een af Kristians allerbedste venner, der I en alder af 80 har besluttet sig til at gøre noget han altid har haft drømt om: tage toget tværs over USA. Så han stod på toget I Bay Area onsdag morgen og ankom her sent fredag aften.

BFFs:

……. Where it has just been a fantastic day J Yesterday we got a visitor – Jon from California. One of Kristians best friends, who – at the age of 80 – decided it was time to fulfil the dream of crossing the US by train. So Wednesday morning he got on the train in the Bay Area, and Friday evening very late, Kristian went to pick him up here in Ann Arbor.

BFFs:

Vi tog en tur ind til byen, hvilket var en bedrift I sig selv, da der var “graduation ceremony” på det kæmpestore stadion = totalt trafik kaos. Men vi kom da derind til sidst. Luca skulle lige en tur om et toilet, og da vi parkerede ved siden af biblioteket, blev det altså der. Udover bøger udlåner de også andre ting såsom musik instrumenter, saml-selv-dinosaur-skeletter, infrarøde termometre etc. Og I dag havde den sådan een her udstillet: http://youtu.be/YRJnYrVOTJQ. Alle eksemplarer var dog udlånt, så vi måtte nøjes med den på biblioteket.

We took a trip downtown, which turned out to be quite the challenge, as there was the annual graduation ceremony at the stadium = complete traffic chaos. But we made it eventually. Luca had to go find a restroom, and as we parked right next to the library, that was where we went. Besides have books they also lend out musical instruments, dinosaur DIY skeletons, infrared thermometers etc. And today there were one of these: http://youtu.be/YRJnYrVOTJQ. All were rented out however, so we had to only play around with it at the library.

Vores egentlige formål med at tageind til byen var at lægge vejen forbid “vault of midnight” hvor der blev uddelt gratis tegneserier. Vi skulle stå  I kø I rimeligt lang tid, og der var godt travlt derinde:

Our real purpose for going downtown was to visit “Vault of Midnight” where the handed out free comics just for today. There was a loooong line and inside it was quite busy as well:

Efter al den venten var det tid til en is fra Kilwins – og ja, det ER Ulrik, der gemmer sig bag isen.

After all that waiting it was time for some Kilwin icecream – and yes it IS Ulrik hiding behind the cone:

Det blev også til en tur I “the arboretum” I det gode vejr:

We also went to the arboretum as the weather was incredibly nice:

Og så var der “nogen” på 12 år, der mente at når nu der var blevet uddelt lommepenge, så var det bydende nødvendigt at dalre ned I Briarwood Mall. Er man derinde, er der kun eet toilet, der duer. “womens lounge” I Van Mauers. Der er marmor, forgyldte lysekroner, hyggepianist og damask betrukne sofaer for alle pengene. Hvorfor ville man dog vælge toiletter nogle andre steder?:

And then a 12 year old “someone” thought that since she just got her allowance then we HAD to go to Briarwood Mall. Once you are there, there is only one public restroom, that is worth going to: “womens lounge” in Van Mauer. There is marble interior, golden chandeliers, damask couches and even a piano player. Why would anyone ever pee somewhere else?