Houston is Rocking When It Comes To Food
Nothing makes me prouder of the Houston Food scene than to see local chefs whom I admire get recognition. In a world where empty calories meant no fat, and an unlimited supply of cash, I would be...
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Fasten Your Seatbelt, I Am Off on Another Overseas Adventure and You Are...
When I was in Florence in May, I kept thinking I need to keep going east and see the Europe where my ancestors lived. Two of my grandmothers were second generation Americans, but their families came...
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And so the trip begins….
My First Day TravelingMy trip was uneventful, except for the fact that I hardly slept, which was mainly due to the excitement of going aboard for FOUR whole weeks. Every time I get off an overseas...
View ArticleUnderstanding Culture and Some Embarrassing Events
I like to think that I am a conscientious traveler and I am sensitive to other cultures, especially the one I am visiting. That is the way of the traveler is it not? For some reason, there are certain...
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Chores, Ticket, Walking, and Rest
I promised myself I would visit a bunch of galleries and then catch up on all my blogging and personal chores. I started the morning doing the laundry – was getting desperate, hand wash is on the...
View ArticleMoving Past the Beginning of My Travels: The Dreams
The last few nights I have been having the dreams. The dreams that help free me of the anxieties and worries I carry around with me on a daily basis. They only occur if I am traveling for an extended...
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Weather
Prague 43°F Current: Clear Humidity: 83%Sat 57° | 50°Sun 66° | 50°The weather has ranged from warmish to down right cold (maybe that is why I was dreaming about snow last night?) As you can see, I...
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Dorm Living and Other Things
ConfusionSometimes one just feels like a horse’s ass. I misunderstood about the plans for today. When Eugenie wrote me that we were going to the King Pageant, a Czech Beer Restaurant, and then to the...
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Prague ----> Krakow: Terror on the Train?
Eugenie and Jirca seemed especially concerned about my safety on the train to Krakow. So I place all my credit cards, passport, and money in a money belt and tied it to my waist. Eugenie told me to...
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More Prague Pictures
For those of you who are not one of my Facebook friends, here is a link to the the pictures I just posted: http://tinyurl.com/nfhljj.Things are going great in Krakow. I have been all over city, to...
View ArticleUpdate from Budapest
Besides the fact that I am behind with my writing, I have been having trouble uploading my blog entries with LiveWriter from this hostel. I will continue to write. Look for my tweets on the right hand...
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Making Polish Popcorn – Part I
I could bore you with more stories of all the places I have seen in Poland. Like listening to bored street musicians.Or visiting a church.View Full AlbumOr running around Old Town, with the largest...
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No More Overnight Trains with Robbers
I am sure I have your attention now. Yes, someone actually tried to rob me on the train from Budapest to Sighisoara. But tried is the operative word here.It was a weird evening. First I couldn’t find...
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Bathing in Budapest
I thought I would have so much time to write during this trip, but instead I have been so busy trying to see and do everything. Of course I have been active on tweeter and Facebook, so you may have...
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The Final Train Ride (for this trip)
I just left Brasov and I am on the train to Bucharest. I am taking the train because I heard the views are spectacular. I am being diverted from this experience by Getting on the wrong car (I am on...
View ArticleMy Living in a State of Mindfulness
Disclaimer: This is my “new age” post.I have just spent a month living mainly in the state of now. I did not worry much further in the future than where am I sleeping tonight, what will I do today, or...
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Bon Jour!
OMG, I know it seems forever since I wrote. I came back from Romania on July 1 and left again on July 3 to drive to Virginia. After driving 36 hours with catnaps along the way, at rest stops and all...
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The Day That Cocktails Really Caught My Eye
Please note that I plan to be writing for a Houston on-line publication shortly. Quite frankly I was embarrassed that while I have been actively twittering my dining experiences, I had not written in...
View ArticleIt’s Quiet Around Here
In case you didn’t know, I have a writing gig with 29-95 .com. I have been writing up a storm over there. Go catch my latest posts: http://www.29-95.com/users/foodprincess.It’s pretty exciting being a...
View ArticleWatch This Spot: Traveling to China this Spring
In three weeks, I will begin my trip to Mainland China. Yes I will be backpacking, staying in hostels and traveling by myself.Stay tune.
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A good traveler has no fixed plans, and is not intent on arriving. - Laozi
I sure hope Laozi knew what he was talking about because my plans are kind of sketchy right now.Welcome armchair travelers: fasten your seat-belts because this is going to be another one of my great...
View ArticleShanghai – “A Soulless City”
Traveling for two days on and off airplanes tends to leave me disoriented and exhausted. This time was no different. None the less the trip here was filled with its own exciting adventures. I flew...
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It’s the Little Things
I am out of here on Tuesday. In order to do that I needed to buy a train ticket, that meant finding the place that sells tickets, communicating with the ticket seller and buying one. Of course I could...
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It finally feels like China to me, whew!
This morning’s first challenge was to find the train station, then the platform and my seat. Luckily the characters on my ticket included English numbers.What a difference from 19 years ago when...
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