Budapest had never really been on my list of ‘must visit’ destinations. We decided to look into it because a couple of our friends had been there separately and absolutely raved about it. We found some cheap tickets and got a recommendation for a good hotel, so why the heck not? Budapest. My liver was [...]
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Paul and I had planned a quick weekend getaway to Budapest some time ago. With somewhat short notice, a business trip to Brussels came up in the days preceding our mini break, and so Paul asked me if I wanted to come with him and then fly from Brussels to Budapest rather than coming from Stockholm. [...]
Thailand – Bangkok
Posted in travel, tagged Bangkok, thailand, travel on February 9, 2012 | 4 Comments »
Bangkok was the last stop on our Thai adventure, and the shortest. We arrived there really, really tired after a late night, an early morning, and a ridiculous day of travel. Paul is an extremely organized traveler and had printed us both out a packet with confirmations of every flight and hotel reservation for the [...]
Thailand – Koh Samui
Posted in travel, tagged Bangkok, Koh Samui, thailand, travel on February 1, 2012 | 4 Comments »
It was all well and good to spend some time in the city and have cultural experiences and whatnot, but frankly, we were ready to get back to the beach. We flew from Chiang Mai down to Koh Samui and settled in for a week of doing not all that much. I’ll admit I was [...]
tom yam soup
Posted in soup, tofu, travel, vegan, tagged cooking, food, recipe, soup, thailand, vegetarian on January 21, 2012 | 9 Comments »
Tom Yam soup. I’ve always seen this soup referred to as Tom Yum, but our instructor and recipe booklet both call it Tom Yam, so that’s what I’m going with. If you find yourself in Chiang Mai and are looking for a great cooking class, let me suggest May Kaidee’s Thai vegetarian cooking class. The [...]
Thailand – Chiang Mai
Posted in travel, tagged chiang mai, thailand, travel on January 19, 2012 | 6 Comments »
Chiang Mai was, hands down, my favourite part of the trip. Much of Thailand’s trekking industry is based out of Chiang Mai, and a short trek was high up on my must do list, as was a Thai cooking class. I definitely did not want to rent a motorcycle in busy city traffic. As it [...]
Thailand – Koh Chang
Posted in travel, tagged koh chang, thailand, travel on January 12, 2012 | 6 Comments »
Thailand, Thailand, Thailand . . . where to begin, but at the beginning? 12 hours before we were due to leave we got a call letting us know that our flight to Bangkok had been cancelled, but we were assured our return flight was a-okay. So we can’t get there, but we can get home? [...]
no frills apple butter
Posted in dips and spreads, gluten free, how to..., travel, vegan, tagged apples, cooking, food, recipe on October 21, 2011 | 8 Comments »
This post was supposed to be up a week ago, but somehow life happened and the post didn’t. One day I’ll learn to schedule posts. Last weekend we popped over from Stockholm to Amsterdam where we had a few days of glorious weather and Paul went for a wee (26 mile) run. He had a great [...]
black bean salad with spelt berries
Posted in beans, grains, lunch, mains, salads, sides, travel, vegan, veggies, tagged beans, cooking, food, recipe, salad, spelt, vegan, vegetarian on July 6, 2011 | 10 Comments »
Hello July! Summer is certainly upon us, regardless of what the wildly fluctuating Stockholm weather may be doing. We’ve had some smoking hot days followed by some cool and rainy days. On the nice days we’ve been packing up some drinks and heading about four blocks north of our apartment to a spot we refer [...]
tipico and not so tipico
Posted in misc, travel, tagged Costa Rica, food, travel on January 17, 2011 | 6 Comments »
I was extremely fortunate with my December exam schedule; I had reasonably spaced exams and the last one was to be written online, meaning I could be pretty much anywhere in the world for it so long as I had a reliable internet connection. I took a bit of a gamble on being able to [...]
