Giving away cycling stuff and stamps! (and little hook things from China)

We're posting/sending away/giving away more stuff! But first, abbichicken, please send me your address (or comment here with it, all comments are screened) so I can send the Almanac and the BBC book your way! Also it seems no one wants the little hooks from China. They're very unhappy, so someone claim them! The rules are still the same, this is stuff that's been lying around my house and has followed me around Helsinki but I really can't justify bringing it back to France or storing it in Finland while I'm gone. All I ask is that you don't sell it after you're bored with it, give it away to a friend, give it to a charity shop, etc. but don't sell it. Also if you want to send me a postcard in exchange you'll become my best friend! Sooo... if you see in this entry something you'd like, just post a comment before Friday specifying what it is you'd like to claim, all comments are screened till then. Non-LJers are more than welcome and if you have trouble posting a comment here just email me (address in the sidebar). If more than one person claims something, names will be drawn out of a hat. The "winners" will be posted on Friday night. First up, the little Aziraphale graciously offered to model the TdF stuff that I'll be sending off. It's a Cofidis foldable shopping bag (with a handy shopping trolley coin on a keychain, see photo under the cut, beware you'll probably need a degree in shopping bag folding science to figure out how to fold it into the little pouch), a Carrefour dotted cap and a white Skoda hat. All are from the Massat Tour de France stage from last year. ( one more photo of that because crappy photos come in doubles ) The 8 year old philatelist in me can't quite throw away stamps so I have a bunch of them in a large envelope. They're mostly from Ukraine, France, Estonia, US but there might be some cool ones from smaller countries, I didn't go through them all. I'll probably throw in some blank postcards from some random places in this because everyone needs random postcards to send! That's about it. More stuff as I go through it... with a larger "care package" to be sent/given away next week. If you know someone who might be interested in any of this stuff, just point them this way! I'd hate to have to throw this away and heck, who doesn't like free stuff?

Day 244

Day 244 - 06.07.10

Gali vs. chicken in the microwave. I lost. Chicken is still best cooked in a proper oven.

Seaweed and kimchi chocolates, why yes, I am a tourist.

In the land of Awesome, there is awesome, awesome and the stuff you buy at the airport with the last few bucks you don't want to exchange. At Incheon airport I bought such useful things as laver chocolate and kimchi chocolate. Yes, that's chocolate with seaweed stuffing and kimchi stuffing. Surprisingly the laver chocoalte was amazing! The kimchi chocolate tasted more like chilli chocolate and not really like kimchi... have I already mentioned that I am getting kimchi withdrawl symptoms these days? Yes, one day I will learn how to make kimchi at home and not have to cycle to Hakaniemi to buy a itsy bitsy tiny can for 2.5 euros that will last me exactly a day and a half. But to make kimchi at home it's probably best to have a house that's a tad larger than my current 25sq.m. (or is it 26sq.m.?) and a proper kitchen. Also it requires random ingredients I probably can't find easily in the local K-supermarket... or so watching them make kimchi on Family Outing has taught me. Yes, once again, my incredible references for Korean culture should amaze everyone. ( and a focus on the kimchi filled chocolate )