To Throw the Horse Out the Window: Gauchos in South America
A saying relating to gauchos is to ‘tira el caballo por la ventana’ – ‘throw the horse out of the window’. It means to spare no expense, something gauchos do with regularity […]
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Mole Coloradito, a Traditional Mole from Oaxaca
The Mole Coloradito (red mole) with Chochoyotes (dumplings) was a complex layered sauce made of spices and chocolate, and incredibly rich. This recipe comes from the Oaxacan menu of my UBC Mexican cooking […]
The Best of Puerto Vallarta, Mexico
NOTE: For certain people that can not do anything without a map, there is one of the Historic Centre and Zone Romántica about half-way down this post. A list of my Puerto […]
Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge: the Blue & White Delftware of Holland
The traditional blue and white colours of Delftware are found all over Holland in various permutations. Delft blue and white tiles on a wall. This strange looking piece of Delftware, found […]
Travel Theme: Meeting Place for a Night of Dancing (Puerto Vallarta)
In Puerto Vallarta there are lots of places for tourists to go clubbing and dancing. But on Sunday night it’s the locals that meet up at the Plaza de Armas […]
Brugse Zot and the Half Moon Brewery Tour in Brugge, Belgium
Hmmm! It appears that all I wrote about the Half Moon Brewery Tour was: “back through town to the brewery for a drink and then a tour. Al asks why all […]
t’ Brugs Beertje in Bruges
April 28th, 2012 Late that afternoon we stopped at a little side street pub in Bruges, where the waiter suggested Corsendonk Agnes for El and I. It was blonde, clean, fruity and […]
A la Mort Subite, a historic brasserie in Brussels
On our second day in Brussels we spent the entire morning exploring the Magritte Museum, followed by an exhibition of Stanley Kubrick photography at the Musée de Beaux Artes. In the early part […]
A la Becasse, a Traditional Pub in Brussels
Our first day in Brussels, our second pub! They didn’t serve food at the ‘Au Bon Vieux Temps’ (see ‘a 300 Year-Old Pub in Brussels‘). But after our beer-tasting adventure […]
A 300 Year-Old Bar in Brussels
My friend El sent hubby Al a number of beer links in the hopes of luring him to Brussels – and hey, it worked! (The link that led us to […]
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