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Just got back from a week+ in Italy (my first time there) and it was AMAZING! I love my job as it 'forces' me to travel. My flights back were really rocky - so I was swearing I'm not getting on a plane again for awhile - until today when I was like, hmm...London's not that far away! I think travelling is an addiction! : )

Everyone kept telling me what a great time I was going to have in Italy, which I believed, but didn't really comprehend. I think it finally hit me that I had this experience. I LOVED Rome, which I never really thought was one of my top destinations, but now that's the city I really want to go back to. (Lisbon, Sydney & Rome are now my favorite foreign cities)

We love to drink wine and try different beer. We like to go to and watch sporting events, especially football (American football that is, though I loved watching Football in Portugal!). I like visiting aquariums, zoos, art museums and science museums. Basically there isn't anything I don't like to experience. I generally find most things interesting and if not I can find something else. I think that's why travel is so appealing, its always something new and interesting.

I love to eat and try new food. Anything is fair game (Tafelspitz terrine on the last trip...eh, not so much!). I think one of the best parts of visiting a foreign country is the food. Even visiting a different region can yield a vastly different cuisine. I love living so close to the city because I'm able to eat so much authentic ethnic foods.
I also love cooking and gardening, which for me go hand in hand. I think to truly be a great cook you need to start with the freshest ingredients so I try to grow as much of my own food as I can. What could be fresher than that? I hope to grow some grape vines at the next house and learn more about wine-making.

I haven't been reading anything really great recently. Passage to India by E.M. Forster was interesting, not sure what I thought of it yet. I did get a nice Austrian Cookbook in Vienna which I made some homemade spaetzle from recently. : )