Fun in Fort Collins

by Felix Wong | 21 Nov 2021

In early November, I had to leave Spain after spending two more wonderful months in Galicia. This was sad, of course, since that meant I had to be away from Andrea. Fortunately, however, she came to the States only 11 days later to spend nearly three weeks with me in Colorado, California, Nevada, and Arizona!

During that time, Andrea did many things for the first time, including:

• first time west of Philadelphia in the U.S.
• miniature golf*
• convertible ride*
• billiards (pool)*
• Colorado beers, including Fat Tire*, Coors Light (which tastes the most like Estrella Galicia), IPAs (in Hollywood and Odell’s), and PBR*.
• root beer and a root beer float at A&W Restaurant (Lodi, California)
• dim sum (Stockton, California)
• In-N-Out (Bakersfield, California)
• corn on the cob (Seafood Peddler, Sausalito)
• hot dog (Arizona)
• cow attack (Arizona)
• ramen noodles*
• beef jerky*
• playing basketball (first time since high school)*
• wearing a hat inside a restaurant without it being considered bad manners*
• Walmart* (a suggestion by my brother to see something truly Americana)
• Popeyes (Colorado Springs)
• running in sub-zero degrees centigrade*
• riding in muscle car (Dodge Challenger R/T with HEMI engine)
• couples massage*
• viewing Christmas lights in a neighborhood (other time was in Alsace, France)*
• eating elk (Estes Park)
• eating buffalo (Estes Park)
• eggnog (Austin’s American Grill)*
• asked if had a gun (Hoover Dam)
• random person paid for lunch (dim sum in Stockton)
• Vietnamese food (Young’s Café)*
• bowling*
• smelled a skunk*

Activities above denoted by an asterisk (*) were done in Fort Collins.

Andrea liked Fort Collins a lot, which is good because we will be spending more time here in the future.

Thanks to my friends here for helping to give her a good time. Most were from my Spanish Conversation group, even if we ended up speaking English much of the time, a language Andrea is proficient in.

Photo by Andrea

Photo by Andrea