What a waste!

Monday was a holiday in Austria, commemorating the day the last occupying Russian soldier left the country in 1955. We spent the weekend in Tirol with my mother-in-law. We had Friday off too, which we spent driving all over creation to gather yet more paperwork and then hand it in to apply for my so-called [...]

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Most expensive meal vs. best meal

Blogroll question: What’s the most expensive meal you’ve ever had? What’s the best meal you’ve ever had? Hmm… I rarely go out to eat at expensive restaurants, so I’m pretty sure the most expensive meal I ever had was at Bergdiele, where Stefan and I went out for our first anniversary. It’s tucked away in [...]

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Tastes like summer

Is there anything better than fresh corn on the cob? With nothing on it, not even salt. I submit that there is not, especially when it is a rare food, like here. You can get it precooked and shrink-wrapped, but there is no comparison. I think this may come from all that time I spent [...]

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How far have you ever traveled for food?

The blogroll subject of the week is “How far have you traveled for food”. Unfortunately, I don’t have any spectacular story of intercontinental journeys for tacos. I guess the farthest I’ve traveled would be clear across Vienna, on foot, for a hot dog (I’m using the term hotdog for all the myriad kinds of sausages sold at [...]

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Monday monday, can’t trust that day

The worst thing in the world is getting to school on a Monday morning at 8:30 with a slight hangover, only to find out that the lesson you got up so early for was cancelled and then next one isn’t for another two hours. Grr…. Yesterday Stefan and I went to our first real Viennese [...]

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::Shudder::

I just remembered an extremely disturbing conversation that occurred between my grandmother and my guy. He was talking about how he had once eaten ostrich meat, and then this exchange took place: Grandmother: “Did it taste like horse?” Stefan: “No, not like horse, horse has a sweeter taste to it.” Whoa.

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mmmm…

Ahhhh…. just had a wonderful dinner of veggies and crisp fried potato slices ala my aunt Karin. What could be better? You know what the coolest thing about John is? He likes how I smell when I forget deoderant in the morning (not in a weird fetish way). It must be love. I found out [...]

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Whew!

i just bought my plane ticket home! my first real plane ticket purchase! its very exciting, although now im nervous about it. dont really know why. maybe because i dont really like to fly by myself. there is no one to distract me from the never-ending boredom. i mean, i dont even want to do [...]

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Food

we all need it to live. i think most people just shovel it in without thinking about it, or even really tasting it. i know i do this more often than i would like. i think if you take time to enjoy your food, and actually sit down to a meal with others, its better [...]

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