Sunday morning after hanging out in front of the Bangor Public Library in order to have WIFI to upload my last two days of DO NEWS I headed over to the home of my NEW couchsurfing hosts David and Olga. What a wonderful and welcoming couple. David is a Mainer and Olga is a Russian Mail Order Bride. They have been together for years and happily so. I was given food and fresh brewed coffee. I could use a cup of now. I haven't officially gotten up and out of my room yet. I want to get this DO NEW report done before I hit the road back to Massachusetts. I have to write it. It is FULL. I have been busy.
While waiting for some young Russians from the nearby University to join us for lunch Olga brought me up the street to Stephen King's house. I loved his not too scary fence. I can imagine he loves a little tongue in cheek humor. How fun.
Back at the house we had a lovely fun lunch beginning with a toast of my very first Russian Vodka
and homemade Russian food. “Vashe zdorovje” I loved the tomatoes with sour cream, meat and potato stew and cabbage salad. We all had a wonderful time. I told the students about the DO NEW CHALLENGE and they asked if I had ever been to the BOG WALK. It borders Bangor and Orono. I hadn't been there so we all headed over for a late afternoon jaunt on its slatted wooden walkway.
Now if those DO NEWS are not enough add some more. Who is in Bangor that I must see? Well America's Lumberjack, Paul Bunyon of course. I asked that we stop by to say hi on our way back to the house. Poor Paul. He is no longer standing in a field with green grass all around. He is now living in a construction zone for a new civic center. I felt sad for him. I wanted to give him a shot of real Russian Vodka but we had left it back at the house. Perhaps later we all could toast him over another DO NEW drink for me. Oh I have had Moxie. It is a classic. But I was a kid at the time and I have never had it mixed with RUM. David made us some strong ones and we sat around the table in hysterics for the rest of the evening. What a wonderful way to end a Sunday.
So this DO NEWS is not very well written but I still have not had my coffee plus I am rushing. I hear people in the kitchen and it is a Monday morning. This guest must get going and on the road so people can resume their weekday life. More on the flip side in Massachusetts.
A little WIKI about Moxie - The festival this year is July 14 - 17th - weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
MORE ABOUT MOXIE
It is a cure-all. I miss the glass bottles.
Back at the house we had a lovely fun lunch beginning with a toast of my very first Russian Vodka and homemade Russian food. “Vashe zdorovje” I loved the tomatoes with sour cream, meat and potato stew and cabbage salad. We all had a wonderful time. I told the students about the DO NEW CHALLENGE and they asked if I had ever been to the BOG WALK. It borders Bangor and Orono. I hadn't been there so we all headed over for a late afternoon jaunt on its slatted wooden walkway.
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