21 October 2017

Utrecht Netherlands

18 September 2017

We are in Utrecht Netherlands today. A long pleasant (except our luggage is getting heavier!) walk to our airbnb then off to find a restaurant for dinner.





The stairs in the airbnb up to the only bathroom with a shower are a little narrow and scary!!
Google has been doing us good. Tonight Google told us to try a Greek Restaurant by the name of Dikkertje which means "roly poly" or "chubby" in Dutch.
This restaurant reminded me SO much of my visit to Greece in 2010, which is their mission- to be Greek in everyway here in Holland!

Everything from the taste of the house red wine(which they made themselves in Greek style) to the free sample of Ouzo at the beginning of the meal, by the way Ken loves loves loves ouzo now.......its good at the start of a meal to aid digestion they say!
to the Octopus starter- oh my, I want to go back just to have more of that appetizer!!
To the main meal of calamari and lamb shank.......

Our waitresses name was Xandy (pronounced similar to Shaundy or Sandy!) is the daughter of the owner, was so friendly and good that she even talked us into indulging in some traditional Baklava!

Since she liked us so much she then gave us(another free drink!) an after dinner aperitif that was made from persimmons! Sweet, but delicious!!
Xandy also recommended another great local place to visit for dinner for tomorrow (only since Dikkerjte will be closed)and I'm pretty sure we exposed her to the travel bug and might see her visiting Alaska some day soon!!!

We would go back to find this gem of a restarant!!

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