Away From Home

Eats in Italy, Part 2

May 11, 2012

At our family’s house in Bologna, Lella prepared a big spread for lunch.  We happily munched on a plate of Prosciutto di Parma.

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Eats in Italy, Part 1

May 9, 2012

I managed to plan every single flight, bus ride, and train trip on our vacation in just such a way that we’d have to wake up at 3 in the morning.  Maybe I didn’t want to waste one moment of waking hours on travel, but I didn’t factor in the exhausted, falling-into-bed naps we’d require [...]

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Eats in Paris, Part 2

May 6, 2012

Last time we visited Paris, Michael insisted we wait in the super long line for the privilege of ascending the Eiffel Tower.  He promised I’d never have to do it again, so I acquiesced.  It was a nice view and we took photos, but I especially enjoyed standing underneath the structure. On this trip to [...]

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Eats in Paris, Part 1

May 4, 2012

This tart was our edible welcome to Paris, and we needed it.  We’d arisen at 3:30 (after the worst hostel experience ever, which never actually resulted in sleep overnight) to leave Sofia, and when we arrived at our Paris hotel, we just stopped in to drop off our bags.  On our way to our first [...]

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Eats in Bulgaria

May 3, 2012

When we arrived in Bulgaria, our friend Nic told us we had everything to learn about “cafe culture.”  In an effort to educate us, we spent that afternoon wandering from cafe to cafe, taking an inordinate amount of time to finish our drinks and snacks.  My favorite cafe snack was these little fried fishes.

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Eats in Turkey, Part 3

April 30, 2012

This is the final installment of the Turkey portion of Food Tour 2012.  It begins with dinner at Hacibasar, in Istanbul with our friends and Michael’s mom and her friend.  Our friend Özgür’s body is allegedly comprised of at least 1/3 food from Hacibasar because when he didn’t like the dinner offerings at home, his mom [...]

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Eats in Turkey, Part 2

April 28, 2012

We spent the second half of our week in Turkey at our host family’s house in Istanbul, and they fed us great food with serious persistence.  Above is a Baked Alaska-like dessert created by our host mom, Füsün.  Baked Turkey?

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Eats in Turkey, Part 1

April 27, 2012

The silence ends.  Oh, I planned to get out the ipad and post iphone photos as we travelled, but it just didn’t happen.  At the end of each day, it was all I could do to write down what we’d seen, eaten, and who we’d been with.  Michael and I returned from our 24-day tour [...]

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I Made a Travel Bag

March 30, 2012

We are hopefully on an airplane right now, headed in the right direction.  It is pretty hard to get on the wrong plane these days, right?  That doesn’t happen, right?  I’m not at all anxious about that happening. We might get on the wrong bus when we get to our destination, though.  That totally might [...]

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Beard’s Hollow Non-Hike (aka Short Stroll) to the Beach

February 2, 2012

We spent last Saturday morning at Beard’s Hollow, searching for shells.  There were no shells.  Woody debris?  Yes.  The occasional beer can?  Check.  A crab shell?  Yup.  An inexplicable number of tampon applicators?  Ew ew ew yes.

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