I am not a foodie! Seriously, no. My tastes are base and simple. I often find having to eat annoying and a lot of stuff is way too fancy for me. I would be just as happy with a beer and a waffle as a meal that takes sentences to explain. Despite all of this, […]
Brussels and Belgium is known for a great many things. A lot of them are food related. Belgian Chocolate and Belgian Beer are certainly well known, and for good reasons. Even what we call “french fries” actually come from Belgium and called Frites. So we knew when we were headed to Brussels for a few […]
We were in Istanbul for only 4 days. This, for the record, is nowhere near enough time to see everything. I of course did have my list of places to see in Istanbul. The spice market is one of these places. I read a lot of fantasy novels and it is quite common to have […]
The Döner Kebap is most likely Turkey’s most well known contribution to the culinary world. Especially in Germany, döner stands are on nearly every street. Meat roasts on a vertical spit and is shaved into what looks like a tortilla and wrapped up for your tasty enjoyment. This is what I knew too before heading […]
Being expats and travelers we are away from “home” a lot. Which means we often miss food from our native US. Little did we suspect that we would find tastes from home half the world away, nearly as far from our current home in Germany. But we did, all kinds of great eats in Kiwi-Land. […]
Ios is an island of the Cyclades island chain in the Aegean sea in Greece. I went as a part of a week long sailing trip a few years ago. It was the first stop for us after we left Santorini and is mostly known for its party scene. Though none of the four of […]