For 3 people:
50 grams yeast / 1/2 tsp sugar
600 grams flour / 3/4 tsp salt
tomato sause, oregano, salt, olive oil
mozerella and other toppings of choice
1. Crumble the yeast into small pieces, add sugar, and mix with hot water
2. Add flour and salt. You add the flour until it is not sticky, if too sticky add flour; if too floury, add water
3. Make into a ball, cut a cross in the top with a knike (pretty deep to let it get air). Put in oven on low heat, covered in towel for at least 2hr
4. Knead (important to get lots of air in the dough)
5. Either push with your hands into a pan to make the crust, or use a rolling pin. Poke with a fork in several places.
6. Make sauce by adding spices and olive oil. Add to pizza, make sure you put sause all the way to the edges.
7. Cook in over at 250 (celcius) for 20-22 min. Dice mozzerella into very small pieces. Add to pizza and cook for 8 more min.
8. Enjoy!
5. Then to the Blomster - flower market - where I have to restrain myself, reminding myself that I only have 2 vases. Today I chose the gold gerbera daisies...I already have some sunflowers at home in the other vase.
6. Finally, I stop at Mona's Frugt & Grønt for fresh fuits and veggies. Mona doesn't speak English and she teaches me at least one new Danish word upon every visit.
And then time to see what the rest of the day has to bring.... :)
Cecilia and I braved the incredibly windy night and sang our hearts out!
Daron and Mike were great helpers in getting ready for all the guests. Mike even did a fantastic job of setting the table...I would show you the picture but someone thinks it is not cool to smile in pictures...
The Sour Cream and Chicken Enhiladas were a hit...thanks for the recipie Melissa!
And the scores of the Mexican Train game: 1. Alaska (Daron): 328 2. Greece (Mike): 435 3. Chicago (Christy): 489 4. Slovakia (Jan): 502 4. California (Udie): 502 6. Australia (Liz): 749. Those who left the game early: Team Italia (Elena & William) and Team Brasilia (Cecilia & Gustavo).
Congrats to a very successful evening!
We flew into Trieste, Italy on Saturday night…hopped in Peter Panda (our rental car)…and were off to our hotel. On Sunday morning we explored Trieste a little bit, but were not overly impressed. We especially were not impressed with the lack of signage as we attempted to get out of the city and head down to Split.
Once we finally got on the road we made the long hall (about 7hr) down to Split and made it to town with plenty of time to catch our 2hr ferry to the island of Hvar.
Hvar was incredible. Kel and I went on a sailboat cruise for most of the day on Monday while Daron explored the island.
There were 10 of us on the sailboat tour, 3 couples, the first mate, the captain, and the Parkers! First we sailed for 2hr to another island named Vis. Once there we went snorkelling in the caves…the water is unbelievably clear and super salty so you float really easily. Kel and I saw some guys jumping off the cliffs into the ocean below and decided to give it a try – so fun!! I swam back and took the below pic from our boat of Kel getting ready to jump.
Kel and I spent most of our time at the front of the boat, lounging and enjoying the sun and sounds of the sea.
The following day we sadly said goodbye to Hvar and headed to Dubrovnik. It was a gorgeous drive down the coast and Dubrovnik turned out to be worth leaving Hvar. In fact, I have decided that Dubrovnik is officially my favorite city in the world. 
While Daron searched for a hotel for us, Kelly and I enjoyed the Dubrovnik Palace Hotel's beach area.
We spent the afternoon exploring Dubrovnik, swimming, taking a boat cruise. Kel and I found a great restaurant right in the harbor...and that is where we staeyed for the rest of the night. A few kilos of mussels, pots of the best calamarie I've ever had, one too many liters of white wine, and a few amazing displays of lemon juggling skills on my behalf, we made our way back up the what seemed like 1000 steps to our hotel!
The next day Daron and I droped Kelly back at the Dubrovnik Palace while we climbed the city walls. Later we all met up at the beach for some sun and swimming. We left Dubrovik in the evening and headed to Bosnia & Herzegovia for dinner. Here's a picture from an overlook we stopped at.
Sadly Kelly had to depart on Thursday morning, so we took her to the Split airport at the crack of dawn. From there Daron and I headed to 
After a great lunch in Split we were off to 
I found this diving board in the harbor and don't think I would be exagerating to say I jumped off about 50 times!!!
They both arrived on Thursday and after work we headed over to the Skelton's to visit Nikki, Grant, and baby Bo. We had a great time chatting over wine and hor'derves. And Grant and Nikki were nice enough to let Daron and Kel borrow their bikes. 
On Friday Daron and Kelly went exploring the city while I went to work. They met me for lunch and I snuck out for an hour to take the canal tour with them. After work we headed to Nyhavn to enjoy the gorgeous afternoon. 
We started on the Boat Bar, where Kel discovered her new favourite drink – Apple Cider with Bitters. From there over to Nyhavn 17. Then a group of us headed to the Wokshop for dinner…we killed the time at a shady bar next door with Thomas and Mattias teaching us Danish drinking games.
After dinner we headed to Tivoli. On Friday's in the summer they have free concerts and that night is was Dodo and the Dodos, a Danish 80s rock band…super fun!
We ended the night at one of my favourite bars – Oak Room. It should be mentioned that I made an agenda for the entire trip…a la the famous 
Then it was off to the airport to catch our flight to Italy.
