the night continues with a trip to...America?

After our trip downtown, we returned to school and met up with some other teachers...to go back downtown. (I spent way too long in a van yesterday)

But we had good reason to put up with all the driving. VERY good reason.

45 minutes later, we arrived at the Wanda Mall. Our destination: Papa John's. Yes, that Papa John's.

You see, the US pizza chain has dozens of outlets across the country as pizza grips the locals. Normally, pizza (being a foreign food) is very expensive and is eaten by those of high status. But for some reason, on Monday nights, they offer a massive discount to their 6" personal pizzas - to the tune of 80% off - so that each one costs around $1.50 US. Now that's a good deal for good pizza by anyone's standards!

Between the 9 of us, we ordered 36 pizzas (including carry-outs). It was glorious. The garlic butter was flowing like milk and honey from the Promised Land.

Fully satisfied, we decided that all the sodium in our bellies needed some counterbalancing.

So our next stop? Dairy Queen. Tempted as I was by the green tea blizzard, I went for a dipped cone and it was also glorious.

Ahhh life is good. [But thankfully, these American treats are all on the other side of town so I am not tempted more often.]

-alan