When I moved to Berlin at the end of last summer I heard a lot about how great Berlin is during the month of May. With May Day (May 1st) to unofficially kick off the summer season, Berlin seems to suddenly spring alive this time of year. A gloomy winter disappeared, the city is alive …
Food & Drinks Around the World
I’m not a poet, but Berlin during summertime and the ubiquitous Berlin späti (spaeti) makes me sing with excitement! What’s a späti? Read more after the poem :) You’re where I go when I’m thirsty, And after a night out of being dirty. Both before and after Berghain, And always on my way to Friedrichshain. …
Since living in Germany I’ve learned more than a handful of new German words. I arrived knowing “gesundheit” and “kindergarten” but something else I’ve added to my lexicon: marzipan. Marzipan isn’t completely a foreign thing to Americans, but it’s not something I was very familiar with until I visited Lübeck, Germany back in December. The …
BEER! Beer. Beer. Beer. Beer. Beer. Beer! Do I have your attention? No? How about this: FREE BEER. Okay, well I don’t have any free beer for you. Yet. But I recently discovered a great new iPhone app that allows you to give and receive beer from wherever you are. Which is exactly what is …
Most travel bloggers do a bit of dabbling in food writing, food blogging or food photography (See: The Taste of Travel, Cumi & Ciki, Cooking with Amy etc etc). It makes sense, really, because so many cultures are all about food. Dude, even I wrote that one of my big 5 reasons to travel was the …
I had a lot of reasons to visit Vietnam while traveling Southeast Asia, but one of the big ones was the food. I didn’t grow up eating Vietnamese food (in fact, I’m pretty sure there weren’t many restaurants in my area at the time), but when I eventually discovered it during university, I was hooked. I …
I’ve had this vegetarian dish, Malai Kofta, a handful of times across India, and just about every time I’ve enjoyed it. It’s one of those things I never saw (or maybe just didn’t notice) on an Indian restaurant menu in America, but here, it’s everywhere. Delicious and tasty, it’s one of my favorite Indian meals. …
When I arrived in Valencia, with no guidebook and little clue as to what to do, I saw a sign advertising horchata. Oh, I thought. Now I remember why I’m here! As a relatively recent foodie, I have very little culinary knowledge. My initiation to horchata was through a song from Vampire Weeekend. ♪ In …
So a few days ago you learned about my first rental car. You should be glad to know that I survived the road trip and successfully navigated my 2 friends and myself to Waterbury, VT where we went to the Ben & Jerry’s Factory. Why did we go? Well, my friend Kristiann is trying to …