Afghanistan is a Muslim country with the full proper name of The Islamic Republic of Afghanistan. As such, they avoid alcohol. The US command has banned alcohol consumption by any US military. Caffeine is OK so we like our coffee, tea and colas. The coffee provided by the dining facility is barely passable, so we have invested in better technologies.
The building shown is a pizzeria put up by our Italian contingent before we got here. It's actually one of our plywood B-huts, but they put a nice brick veneer on it to give it a more European look. It also has a nice flat screen TV for music videos or sports. The Navy people have made Friday night pizza night. I had prosciutto e funghi last night (basically ham and mushrooms).
Well! One recent addition to the pizzeria has been the espresso bar shown here. We can have an espresso or cappuccino for about 75 cents. I am having a cappuccino as I write this and am munching on a chocolate cornetto (croissant). Grazie a Dio per Italia!
The last picture is our hut's informal coffee bar. A few of our guys purchased coffee makers that can run on the 220 volts supplied here and others of us purchased good quality ground and bean coffee and biscotti. So yesterday morning we held our kick-off of Friday morning coffee club (Friday is our day off).
So, you can see how we are roughing it here. Nice way to start the day.
3 comments:
Pretty good selection of coffee there, certainly better than the instant I use.
I can't believe you referred to prosciutto as mere "ham", that's like calling a fillet mignon "just a steak".
Actually, it IS ham. They just jazzed it up with prosciutto. It's fine. The first time I had the salami pizza and it was incredibly salty. The "prosciutto" was just fine.
How awesome that you now have an espresso machine. I'm coffee obsessed myself, so I am happy for you. I had no idea it was the birthday of the Navy. Thanks for letting us peek at the celebration.
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