-Fruitcake and Chutney

My eyelids slowly drifted closed as the gentle rocking of our bus lulled me into a dreamlike state. 27 sleepless hours of driving, flying, running madly through the Chicago airport and ordering far too many Ben Noren’s, (double espresso with chocolate over ice) including one botched attempt in German that left the sales clerk scratching his head over why I wanted a chocolate bar in my espresso shot, finally caught up with me. Chutney! Exclaimed Sam. Its allllllll about the chutney. Looking quizzically over his imaginary glasses Taylor respectfully disagreed with this sentiment, stating that while chutney was all well and good, it was truly the fruitcake that made holiday dinners… well, something. Honestly they weren’t exactly sure what they were talking about as the extreme state of sleep deprivation had all but eliminated the bulk of their mental facilities. “Well”, I interjected, “What are your thoughts on turducken”? This sent the conversation spiraling further into the realm of the nonsensical, culminating in an all too serious pseudoscientific discussion of the impracticalities of creating a massive electromagnet out of the earths magnetic field. While these riveting conversations unfolded our Mercedes bus bounced along the narrow Slovakian roads, ferrying us from our disembarking flight in Kosice to our ultimate destination: the delightful mountain resort of Strbske Pleso. Official site of the 2015 World university games!