Travelers Notebook
Dinner in Paris
Paris was stunning! The food, well it was stunning too. Paris is a heavenly destination for foodies. We enjoyed a local restaurant in the center of Paris. I ordered a simple egg dish (honestly, it was the only menu item I could decipher on the long list of possibilities), and what arrived would be absolutely delicious.
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Cocktails
Margarita Mayhem
What do you do on a hot summer evening? You turn the music up on the IPod and you invite your friends over to compete in a margarita challenge! Where? Outside on the back patio in the sultry heat. Our friends don’t take a challenge lightly! There were no margarita slackers in this group. We had
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Travelers Notebook
Deliciously Dutch Part II
The Dutch can boast a food culture that includes open-air markets with a variety of fresh food products that include meat, cheese, fruits and vegetables. Many Dutch who live outside the city have home gardens too. This allows for much of the population to eat locally and seasonally. The abundance of seasonal vegetables contributes to
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Cocktails
Mango-Lime Sangria
Welcome to the Dog Days of Summer. This is the 17th day of the hottest and most sultry month of summer here in the south. What better way to beat the heat than to stretch out on the patio under the ceiling fans, and enjoy fresh homemade sangria. Summer fruit is abundant and Mangoes
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Travelers Notebook
Poffertjes
Literally translated from Dutch to English poffertjes means fritter. These little cakes get their name from the Dutch word meaning to puff up like popcorn or popovers. This is a tasty Dutch treat served traditionally with butter on top, and a generous sprinkling of powdered sugar. However, there is no reason to stop there because
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Deliciously Dutch
Our vacation began in the town of Terborg, located in the providence of Gelderland, approximately 10-km from the German border. This eastern part of the Netherlands provides a typical Dutch landscape of abundant green space, farms, and bicycle paths in a country where they take their bicycles seriously. So seriously, that they are the only