Shaun's first road trip

I have a love of stuff toys. I used to have a collection that I got rid off during the decluttering phase of my life. Now I have given in and bought myself Shaun the sheep. He is the ultimate cartoon character for me. Kind, smart and helpful. I know that Asians have their idiosyncrasy when  it comes to things like that. I love bowls, stationary, stuff toys and the list goes on. I do not however engage in collecting it as I live in a tiny apartment that I like to keep as tidy and empty as possible. The tidy part is due to growing up with a semi hoarder grandmother but that is another story that I may tell one day.

Anyway, I brought Shaun on my first trip and plastered his picture all over my facebook account. One of my friends asked me what is it with me and Shaun the sheep and I can only say that I love him and that T.I was born in the year of the sheep for a lack of better answer. I just find Shaun adorable. A grown up 38 year old who loves a stuff animal.

We were in Oslo and Sweden this weekend. Of course as the crazy Asian that I am I brought Shaun along. He had to check out the bed, look at the people around and went with us to where we went.

We tried out a Brazillian churrasco in Oslo. The food was wonderful and I love the service. As a waitress for many years I set a high standard as to what I expect and this place totally exceeded my expectations. They came several times to ask if we wanted anymore drinks and cleared tables immediately. When I reordered my soda, I got a new glass with ice which I highly appreciate as there is nothing worst than drinking soda with no ice in a restaurant. Shaun was rather shocked as they had lamb on the menu but we did not have any. What we had were beef and sausages and more beef. I love my beef and tender Brazillian beef just made my day. They had several birthdays there and they sang and gave you a carnival head gear to use so that basically everyone there knew who was the one celebrating their day. When we were about to leave, suddenly it was announced that there were to be a mini carnival, out came 2 skimpily clad females in the cold of February, shaking their booty and what not. I am totally impressed as they were definitely not locals as they have round ass and the ability to shake it like only those who grew up there can. The long tiny heals that they wore made me wanted to bow to them and say master please take me as your student while they shake their legs and body.

We then did the normal walk around to look at people and window shop, ate our way through Oslo and sat in cafes to have coffee (which I don’t drink by the way, I am not grown up yet)

I love exploring a big city as you never know what you will find. We found a new store selling olive oil which I did not buy anything and Kusmi tea to which I bought 3 types of tea, 2 cups and a teapot. I was like a kid in a candy store as I drink tons of tea at work. I bought the peppermint tea, spearmint and Anastasia tea. Tor on the other hand is a coffee drinker and we bought 3 different kinds of coffee for him.

We ended our trip in Sweden buy filling up a grocery cart with tons of food so that I can make food for us at home and save money for our trips.We already have one plan at the end of March but that is both pleasure and some 'business' involved.