Sipping wine
Feb 19, 2011 12 noon @Barcelona
One of the best things about travelling is the memories. Today, I would like you to meet my first Spanish order–cafe con leche y pasta.
After seeing the sign outside, I went up the cafe counter, said: “Cafe con leche y pasta.” The employee spoke a long string of Spanish. I looked at her stupidly before blurting out, “No habla espanol.”
She pointed me to the pastry display. I picked the sugar powdered pastry. It was yums.
I learnt of her during my visit to the Jules Verne museum in Nantes.
In the three-storeyed house, there was a little corner about Around the World in 80 Days book. At that corner, and there was a yellow A4 poster of a vintage-wearing lady.
The little description that accompanied the photo told me that she was a journalist (like me!) and had went on a round-the-world trip in only 72 days, 6 hours and 11 minutes. How impressive!
http://www.lonelyplanet.com/blog/2011/12/15/food-travel-whats-your-favourite-destination/?affil=twit
Recently we asked our Twitter followers the question: which destinations have you (or will you) visit primarily for the food? As you would expect, hundreds of foodies replied with their favourite places to get their fill. The clear winner? Italy.
1. Italy
2. Thailand
3. Malaysia
4. Singapore
5. Japan
6. India
7. Spain
8. Vietnam
9. China
10. France
Guess what, I’ve been to 7 out of the Top 10. I’ll head over to Italy, Thailand and India soon (fingers crossed).
I love food and I live to eat.
Here are some of my favorite food I’ve nommed during my trips.
Continue reading “Munching through 7 of Lonely Planet’s Top 10 food destinations”
2011 has been a very eventful year in terms of travelling. I was formally afflicted by dromomania.
I’ve also started on my Visit Malaysia project, visited Europe for the first time and went back to China and Japan since the last time I went as a student.
Here are the locations I went and the photos I took. Yes, I am also using this as my bragging wall. Thanks!
January
Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia [HOME]
ESCAPE
During my trip in Paris, I had an unhealthy obsession with escape signs. I didn’t really know why I felt compelled to take photos of every exit sign I see and to seek escape signs where I can’t see them.
In the description of a Facebook photo album titled Escape in France (related photos here), I wrote:
I discovered that I’m actually very fascinated with escape signs. In a novel, this would have deep meaning but in real life, it means I’m weird.
These few weeks I had been feverish with the wish to travel. Then one day, I realized recently at work (my mind wanders) that for me, travelling means to escape, to be free.
But to escape from what?
Is it to be away from the usual scenery and to be in an unfamiliar place? Is it to be away from the local food and to taste something different? Is it to smell a different air?
That, I’m to afraid to answer.
This post is part of BootsnAll’s 30 Days of Indie Travel project. Day 29: ONE WORD
What does travel mean to you in one word?
The rest of my posts for the project can be found here.
(Image grabbed from Wikipedia)
Where do I want to be now? In a field of waist high (not possible) lavendar. I don’t care in which part of the world it is, I want to be there.
I want to be among the buzzing bees and intoxicating scent of lavender. I want to pluck bunches of the flower and dunk them in olive oil to make scented oil.
As you can see, I have a fetish for lavender.
I don’t know how that happened but I have the urge to buy every lavender scented product I see. Fortunately, my budget does not allow me to purchase much of the real or artificial lavender products out there.
When BootsnAll posted Day 27’s prompt: Wanderlust “Share a photo or video that just makes you want to GO. RIGHT. NOW“, I thought hard. I couldn’t think of a location or a monument I want to see now.
Then I remembered where I want my dream home to be: next to a field of lavender. So here it is.
The rest of my posts for the project can be found here.
Saying your favorite city is Paris has become a cliché, especially for jaded young Singaporeans who already have traipsed across Europe right after their university graduation. They’ll likely tell you that while their favorite European city is Stockholm, there’s no place like home where the transport system and the government works.
(On another note, Tokyo is slowly becoming another cliché but the people here still do not think of it yet because they like sushi and J-pop so much.)
Despite what they say, my favorite city is still Paris.
Continue reading “City of Lights, Day 15 of 30 Days of Indie Travel Project”
My first meal in Paris was a picnic by the Seine. In the piercing early-summer sun, overlooking the Notre Dame de Paris.
Here’s my unfortunate choice of not too French food. :(
A short entry about my first day in the City of Lights.
This entry is part of BootsnAll’s 30 Days of Indie Travel project. Day 11: Feast.
The rest of my posts for the project can be found here.
The perfect day started with the perfectly French breakfast. Baguette with salted butter…
Then a visit to the quaint Jules Vernes museum where I learned of Nellie Bly, the perfect inspiration for a round the world trip. She’s my travel idol. Continue reading “Day in Nantes, made out of little perfects”
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