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Posted in Antarctica, Cruise Ship, Virtual Travel on Feb 6th, 2010
Since I’ve been thinking a bit about Antarctica lately, I wanted to get a sense of what it might be like from a big cruise ship. I found this YouTube video and thought it was probably a good representation of what the experience might be like. It sort of reminds me of Alaska (College Fjord; […]
Posted in Russia, Virtual Travel on Jan 24th, 2010
For my “virtual travel” of the week, I enjoyed an interesting article on the stray dog population in Moscow (yet another city and country we have yet to visit). It reminded me of the vast number of canines that we saw all over Athens: I wonder which city has more strays: Moscow or Athens? I […]
Posted in Food, London, Spain, Virtual Travel on Jan 22nd, 2010
As a follow-up to my recent post about a New York Times writer traveling to Spain to enjoy pork, I thought I should mention that a number of news outlets reported this week of “The World’s Most Expensive Ham” going on sale in London at Selfridge’s (here’s the BBC’s article). Now when we’re in London, […]
Posted in Spain, Virtual Travel on Jan 17th, 2010
When I’m not actually traveling (which I’m not these days), I like to engage in “virtual travel” to places I’ve been or places I’d like to go. Here’s an article by Paola Singer from the New York Times about traveling to Spain to eat pork. I have many fond pork-related memories of Spain (and one […]
Posted in Malta, Virtual Travel, Wine on Sep 6th, 2009
Last weekend, I got to enjoy a little of Malta right here in Tampa. As a bit of a lark during our visit last March, I picked up a bottle of Maltese wine (Marsovin’s Verdala Rose @ 6 Euro) at a touristy gift shop in the city of Mdina (photo below — the gift shop […]