A rain delay takes us to the hot dog

I set my alarm this morning so I could get up early (for me) and make my way up to the Top of Europe, the Jungfraujoch.  Supposed to be super-fabulous.

All was rainy and cloudy upon awaking and there was a deep mist on the hillside outside my window.  My visibility at the site was going to be zero.  Normal visibility there allows one to see Germany, Italy, and France.

I opted to wait for a better day.  I will wake up early for the next few days until I find a clear one.

Was my day ruined? No.  I started thinking about all the things I was NOT currently doing...

I was not making lesson plans and turning worksheets in to AV for copying.

I was not checking newspaper articles from the staff.

I was not helping yearbook students figure out how to troubleshoot their issues and problems so they could get the results they need.

I was not behind in any grading.  Yahoo!!!

It was a great day!  AND I'm in Switzerland!!!  It's gotta be good!

So I walked down to the bus stop with my umbrella held over my head and caught the bus to the center of town.  And I bought a hot dog.  6 SFr.--that stands for Swiss Francs  ($6.18)

It was so yummy!  And made in an unusual manner.  Even a hot dog is interesting...

Btw, it's not fast food here nor is it takeout.  It is called Take Away food.  

I don't know her name, but she is the clerk at this little lunch bar, snack bar place.  The locals come and sit, eat, have a beer, hang out.  The tourists come and buy $6 hot dogs and $8.50 hamburgers which she makes right there on her little grill.

The process is interesting.  She cuts the top off of a bun.  She warms up the outside of the bun on the grill by rolling it around.  Then she takes the warmed bun and sticks it on the hot spikes shown here.  The spikes warm the inside and make room for the hot dog.  The hot dog is in a warming thingy there too.  She just took it out of a pitcher of hot water which was keeping the dog warm on the grill--after she had grilled it earlier. The hot dog is browned and nice. 

Then, she takes the bun off the spindle and puts in the condiments--which are hanging to the side of her head.

She squeezes the nose of the tube down inside the bun.  No scrambling for the ketchup bottle or mustard bottle.  No spills.

She puts a little long baggie around the dog and it is yours.  

Boy!  Is it ever yummy!  The quality of the hot dog meat is unbelievable.  No gristle.  And there is a wonderful "snap" that is heard when you bite into the hot dog skin.  For every bite.

Really.  It's just a hot dog.  But this was sooo good.....I just had to mention it.

Finished product ready for me to enjoy.  I'm back at my apartment. 

En Guete!  (That's what the Swiss say when they are ready to start a meal.  You do not dare to begin until you have wished everyone at the table to have a good meal.)  Bon Appetit also works, but you better say something or you are the rudest person in the room.

And I don't wanna be that!  :)