Huntington Beach: 25.april.2004

We drive 20 minutes to the north of Newport Beach and arrived in Huntington Beach, one of the most famous Surfer place of the Orange County.

Huntington Beach is a part of a giant beach along the pacific coast. The best thing in that place is that you can do a lot of beach sport. From surfing, bodyboard, volley, soccer, roller, skate, bycicle or just hanging out and doing nothing with the feet in the sand. Nobody disturb you, thats means not people trying to sell you some strange stuff, because the beach is so big and large.
Today in Huntington beach we will do what a lot of american do: BARBECUE. Dany and Patrick phone to friends and we met (or not) with them at one of the many Barbecue cylinder on the beach. To find your friends you need 2 things: a good sence of perception and a phone. Why ? Because its so huge that you can forget the ID to find your friends without exact meeting point. We are at the lifeguard house number 15 in front of the Hyatt Hotel near a volleyball net.

That should be okay to meet the other. We install all the stuff. The good thing about that is to think that you just are 15 to 20 minute from home and you still get the beach, the sea and the sun. I mean I love Paris but sometimes a beach day with friends is just cool.
We prepare the fire until our friends are coming. Then we take our food and get some grill, from mushroom to chicken, from mais to tacos everything is there to enjoy the place. But no Allcool because the baywatcher are passing with the cars and checking that no unallowded drinks are served in this place.
Then we make the desert, for me the best part because I just love sweet things like chocolate, dolce de leche and betties (les Jacquelines comme dirais Nico). My brother and Dany will show me something typical american. Ladies and Gentlemen we probably present the famous american barbecue desert: Mashmallow with biscuit and chocolate called smor'es.
- step 1: take out two biscuit
- step 2: put on the one the chocolate
- step 3: put your mashmallow on a stick, and put the stick on the fire
- step 4: when its warm but not carbonised please, put the mashmallow on the biscuit with the chocolate
- step 5: take the second biscuit and put it on the top of your sweet stuff
- step 6: open your mounth and GLOUUUPS....eat it
- step 7: repeat step 1 to 7...until you cant move anymore...

The time pass, we take the ball and play soccer. My brother and I, the french dream team against the germans Patrick and Herman. They are very good the german but needed a third guy to find power to make some goals. Maybie they needed much more people like 2 against 6. Then they will have a chance to win. No I m kidding!!! We had fun.
Well I get hurt on my foot but that s okay. I m strong enough to get a volleyball game. I know what you think, this Fred is just incredible strong...eheheh, I know. This lazy day ended, the night fall and we stay a little bit more in front of the barbecue until we get home where Kermit Jr. wait on me.
Then to chill out after this realy hard day we went in the wirhpool. Yes you can t believe that, until you are in the cold europe. I m sorry for you guys.

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