Angkor Wat

Nuon Man Restaurant

Can Tho, Vietnam

Italy

I remember watching Dian Lane in 'Under the Tuscan Sun' and thinking I would like to get a villa next to her. Well, now with property in Italy I can dream about it and possibly make it a reality.

In college, I had a chance to go to study abroad in Rome. The University of Oregon offer an architectural program to study for a semester. At the time, I had passport problems. Some students decided to stay and miss graduating in time. They brought back sketch books full of buildings, ideas, and personal discoveries. They wore Italian Leather Jackets.I even enrolled in an Italian Class. The only thing that stuck in my mind now is the words for bicycle, gelato, and ciao. Italian is a beautiful romance language base on Latin. I coveted a few of the old Latin tutorial text from the local library discards.

The Italian weather is great for bicycling or hop around in a Vespa like you see in the movies. Oh talk about great sceneries of Italy in the movies! I could watch 'The Talented Mr. Ripely' again. How about 'Room with a View' or 'Wings of a Dove'? I think I worn out the VHS version.
My favorite parts of the English Patient is when they are in the abandon Villa. The author read books about life of the villa as research.
A holiday to Italy would be fine to see the Pantheon, on my list of wonders of the world.
Italian food is my favorite because I love pasta. I believe that Marco Polo brought noodle from China during his visit and has influence Italian cuisine.

The names of their cities: Tuscany or Sicily or Lake Como is soft and evocative on my tongue.
The actor George Clooney's was so enamoured with Italy that he bought a house.
The real estate market for unique property is there. Keep looking, Keep dreaming.

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Steak Tarta

The Savvy Traveler
too bad this radio talk show about travel is closed.
I now listen to Rick Steves radio show about travel. Rick talked to a Frenchman about steak Tarta, which is a raw hamburger! I mention this to my wife. She said yes that's what she was trying to describe to me the other day. Tarta is a very special wedding dish. She may ask Waldek's mother to make it for us. On the plate will also be rabbit. It's being aged now in the freezer. It takes two to three weeks to age the rabbit meat.

alain de bottons

Island

Tropical Vacations allows people to talk about their experiences of cruising to the Carribean islands. This is a cool site for the forum it has. People get together on-line to discuss their misquito bites, the favorite dive sites. I still remember fondly my trip to St. Lucia. I met a couple from Stoney Brook and another awesome couple from Santa Barbara. A family was sailing to another island.

i'm up...at this quiet hour. I'll be leaving in one month and I have not really told anyone of my plans. I will go eat a croisant now.
i wonder if it is like a piece of origami, and at the end (if there is an end, if this were linear at all) i'll be faced with a creased blank square.<

Marigot Bay Sunset

Marigot Bay Sunset
Originally uploaded by lexly87.

Tropical Vacations allows people to talk about their experiences of cruising to the Carribean islands. This is a cool site for the forum it has. People get together on-line to discuss their misquito bites, the favorite dive sites. I still remember fondly my trip to St. Lucia. I met a couple from Stoney Brook and another awesome couple from Santa Barbara. A family was sailing to another island.