Julie's version of the Carwarshed Restaurant

Thought that you would enjoy this version as well. And she had a picture on her camera! July 11, 2011 - Carwashed Restaurant by Julie Heisey on Friday, July 15, 2011 at 3:44pm Yesterday (Sunday) has kinda become our day off. We're getting involved with the Christian Fellowship circle that meets every Sunday evening for a 6:00 service, and we make it a day by going to the American Club for the afternoon. This time I swam in the pool for a while, got a little exercise, and then layed in the sun for a while too (: Anyways, we were planning to get a little something to eat at the small restaurant there, but it closed when we thought it opened lol. Soo... we decided to be a little adventurous and try a Malian restaurant we'd passed on our way there. We pulled up, and walked into what we were pretty sure was the restaurant... but it had not chairs or tables. Before we could walk out and leave, the owner came running from across the street and was talking to us in Bambara, and the only word we could understand was 'sandwich'. We couldn't just walk in and walk out, so we agreed to get a sandwich, and a minute later, he had his helpers bringing chairs and a table from across the street. We were thinking, why in the world were the chairs and table across the street? Not till we left and took a look, did we see that across the street was the local carwash. Of course!!! Take the furniture over to the carwash to get a sunday cleaning! lol. We tried to ask for a menu when we sat down, but couldn't communicate (which is still as frustrating as ever!). We managed to get drinks, Fanta for mom , Coke for dad, and a Sprite for me (I really wanted to take my cool glass bottle home, but they charge you more if you take the bottle, oh well) Because there wasn't much else we could do, we agreed to just try the only thing we could communicate to the guy, a sandwich. When he brought it in to us, it actually wasn't that bad. It had meat, sliced veggies, and mayo on it. We're pretty sure the meat was ground beef, and it has some good seasoning in it. It was warm, and the veggies were cold from being in the fridge, but we still prayed that God would protect us from anything harmful. Soooo, interesting experience, but I think we'll go to a familiar restaurant next time lol.