Goji berries

So. My first impression of goji berries: they don't taste of anything at all. They're not even sweet, which means they are probably quite low in calories, but also means that eating dried goji berries is like eating paper. They probably are good for you. Most berries are. The facts that goji berries grow in the Himalaya and Mick Jagger eats them probably add to their appeal. I'll stick with them for a while - finish the bag at least - then see if I can say any more about them.

The last month has been good fun. A lot of travelling around, doing things we like doing, but looking back now it all seems rather hazy. I blogged a lot from Berlin, but dropped off in Exeter as I found internet access a bit of a problem. I'm sure if I'd tried harder I could have found a connection every day and done a bit of writing, but, well... Ah didnae. There was all that scrumpy cider to drink for a start...

From Exeter it was only a short hop, skip and a jump to Amsterdam where the merriment continued (as did the lack of concern for finding an internet connection). We visited Den Hague and Den Helder, but mostly we just spent time in Amsterdam, wandering about doing stuff, me with a light buzz on most of the time. I took some good photos - especially in Den Helder, which is a town on the North Sea coast, built on dune-land. The coastal defences are quite spectacular.

The goji berries were one thing I picked up on our trip. Another was maki nori seaweed - or whatever it's called - for making sushi. After the avocado and sesame sushi we tried in Berlin, I'm totally into the idea of making a load at home and having a sushi party. I got some radish paste as well, but I thought I'd try buying ordinary short-grain rice later when I try a recipe, rather than humping around a kilo of sushi rice.