Gilbert - Food, Sun, and Fun

Last week we went to the IKEA and the restaurant was open! So we got French fries!

Outside of the restaurant we made sure to wear masks. Mine was a bit big though! I think they should McPig-sized masks.

We got surprise flowers in our mail last Tuesday from G&H. 

We never got flowers by mail before! How cool.

On Friday we went out for dinner at a Vietnamese restaurant.

I got a Virgin-Mojito. It was very tasty.

My owner ordered beef stew.

It looked tasty, but I'm sticking to Sullivan's rule: if it looks like it could be pork, don't eat it

!

The view at the Vietnamese restaurant.

Earlier this week we went for a walk close to home.

It was lovely weather.

I saw this building that had grass growing on it on purpose!

We also passed some places where they were working on the road.

Here there was even water running into the ditch they made. If it wasn't so dirty it would be a nice way to cool off.

It was a nice walk and I think we'll go for another walk soon.

Gilbert - More Fun and Food

Last Friday we went on a bike ride to Garnwerd


We visited restaurant Hammingh.
It was a beautiful day, so the bridge guard was kept busy with openning the bridge for boats


I got french fries!


It was a lovely afternoon.


On out way home we stopped at the grocery store, and I spotted these cool beer cans.


Yesterday we went out for dinner again.
I got to try nachos. They were really yummy.


My owner got a beef stew, but I didn't try it, as Sullivan taught me to not trust our owner's food when it had meat in it.

Gilbert - A Trip and Drinks

Yesterday we went on a trip to Noordpolderzijl.


I got a great spot to take in the views.


I also tried the side mirror, to see what was behind us


I could see myself!


We took a roundabout way through the province so we could enjoy the scenery.






I just love all those open fields, and the sky was beautiful.


We also took some really small country roads. That was really cool and adventurous in my opinion.




Almost there!


Even though Noordpolderzijl is on the coast, we didn't get to the sea as there are lots of fields between the dyke and the sea, and some of those fields are very muddy. I don't like getting muddy. These cows didn't mind too much.




I made a selfie of me, our owner and her OtherHalf!


After a walk we got a drink at the small cafe at Noordpolderzijl.


I also got to taste a beer.


And we got a plate of yummy snacks!


After the drinks and snacks we drove home, we took the quick not so scenic route back, so I didn't take anymore pictures on the way home.




In the evening we went out for dinner with friends who were visiting Groningen. It was at THe Five Tastes, so Sullivan came along, because he knew they had really tasty Wasabi Martini's there!


After the Wasabi Martini we decided to try the Sake-tini.
That one was really yummy as well.


There was a lychee in the Sake-tini!



After dinner we took a walk across the Fish Market.


And had a last drink at a cafe before saying goodbye to our friends and going home.

It was a really cool day.

Gallows Field

Gilbert: Drinks, Food, and Books

We went into town yesterday to visit the bookstore. After we got books we wanted something to eat and drink so we went to one of our favorite cafes. Everyone was sitting outside, so we had a whole floor to ourselves.


I got a very yummy blackberry cider.


And I got to try a dark beer as well.


We had sweet potato fries and a goat cheese pizza to go with our drinks.


They were really tasty, especially the fries.


Here are the books we got. One is for Sullivan and the other one for me.

It was a fun afternoon.

Gilbert: An Outdoor Dinner

Earlier this month we were invited for a birthday dinner. Because of the current situation the dinner was outside so we could keep at a safe distance from other people.


I got to try Groninger mustard soup! It was very yummy!


We also had bread and flavored butter with the soup.


The main course was a burger and fries!
The burger was called El Mariachi, but Sullivan warned me in advance I should never trust a burger my owner orders, so I played it safe and assumed it wasn't made from a guitar player and stuck to the fries.


These were delicious, btw!


For dessert I had ice cream with raspberry sauce!


We took a small peek inside the restaurant after dinner, and they had a cool piggy painting!


I also spotted this sign on a drain. It says: "Here the sea begins". I looked around, but didn't spot the sea though.

Gilbert: Elder Flowers

At the start of June we gathered a lot of elder flower blossoms.


We put the blossoms in water and let it stand for a day.


The next day we made tons of elder flower syrup!
It turned out very yummy and I've been drinking a lot of elder flower lemonade since.