Kathmandu CookieWalla time

It has been a relaxing week in Kathmandu, main exercise being climbing to the 3rd floor in the guesthouse and thinking what to eat for the next meal. Culinary cravings after 2 weeks trek are demanding. Once we went with Ewelina to Italian restaurant for a pizza. Just see the word 'mozzarella' in the menu was already worth a deep satisfied breath. But mostly we tried to limit the choices to more local places, where you can get your plate starting from 70 euro cents. It was good strategy, because we new what is going to happen next - we will go yet again to CookieWalla. This is a place where I think at least half of my friends would not feel comfortable to sit down, yet alone eat. Occasional cockroach or two is a usual sight, wandering on the wall, or worse, on the fridge. But not inside the fridge! Food is clean and the place itself decent as well, I guess cockroaches are just very territorial. Anyway, we were brought there late one night by Israeli friends of Ewelina because we had said we want something sweet. They said we MUST come to CookieWalla in that case! Off the main street by 25m, off mainstream by a mile. When we got there, I felt like we have entered some deep underground club. No tables, few chairs against the wall in the hall, but most people sitting inside the kitchen, everyone mildly high or drunk. Place invaded by exclusively Israelis. I felt like a real backpacker. And then we got their speciality dessert - Hello to the King. Oh my God! I was questioning my sanity and the level of drunkness (but I had had only one margaritha) because it felt like I have never tasted a better dessert in my life. The base was fried crushed cookies with banana slices, topped by vanilla icecream, centred by a chunk of cookie-chocolate cake and poured over with some more chocolate.
I think it was the first thing we talked about the next morning, after the usual 'how did you sleep?' Ewelina and I became regulars. As from next time we were the ones sitting in the kitchen, sometimes helping to prepare the food or just passing time chatting or listening someone playing guitar etc. The two young guys running the place are really funny and friendly and interesting Israeli crowd is a bonus. Any of the many times I told an Israeli guy/girl that I'm from Estonia, there answer was always the same: 'ooh, Estonia! I know it from Eurovision!'
Other than that highlights of the past week have been going to local cinema and watching a nepali movie. We got a little bit translated by our nepali friend, but its easy to get the story. Acting its quite dramatic, so all emotions you can pick up no doubt. More provocative/sensual scenes where supported with excited whistling and clapping by the spectators. The whole thing was a lot of fun.
I did also some sightseeing- temple visiting (pcs on fb), beautiful temples here. Would be helpful to know more about Buddhism and Hinduism and history in general not to just snap pictures.
Between this and that I also was organising my next step, the volunteering. Tomorrow morning I'm leaving to Kavre village 7h from Kathmandu. Idea is that I will teach hospital staff and schoolchildren using a computer. Will live either with a family or in the hospital staff house, will see on the spot. I'm excited to enter the unknown once again.