Here in Kandahar, we have many of the comforts one could find at home. There are gyms, coffee shops, “apartments” (really trailers turned into rooms – see previous photo of the day), and TGI Fridays! With the exception of not having anything on the menu you want and everything else is overpriced, when you walk in there it feels like home again. Of course, back home, you’d probably get arrested walking into a TGIF with a group of guys carrying M4s and pistols!
Go ahead. Click on the menu and look at those outrageous prices. The only problem is that it always seems like only half the menu items are available. I almost gave up when everything I asked for, from ribs to diet soda, wasn’t in stock.
The great thing about TGIF is that when you walk in there, you feel like you’re actually back in the states at a TGIF. The only real differences are that virtually everyone is wearing camouflage and armed to the teeth and prices are sky high! It’s very easy to forget you’re even in a combat zone. Everything from the music to the decorations and furniture is what it would look like at a real TGIF.
