MISC EUROPE PICS MAY 2015
WELCOME AND ENJOY!!
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Late April-early May 2015, Italy/Serbia and various points inbetween
MIXED BAG OF PHOTOS, IPHONE
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Late April-early May 2015, Italy/Serbia and various points inbetween
MIXED BAG OF PHOTOS, IPHONE
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PAJO HERE IN THE BACKGROUND
THE CAPPUCCINO WAS NOT BAD, AND THE SWEETS WERE NOT BAD EITHER. SERBS MAKE VERY RICH, THICK, CAKY DESSERTS. ENJOYED THIS TREAT
ON THE WAY TO VISIT LAURA CALVITTI'S GRAVE, A SHORT WALK FROM THIS VISUAL TREAT.
WHOEVER MADE THIS EITHER CELEBRATED THEIR DECEASED RELATIVE'S IMAGINATION OR THE FACT THAT SAID RELATIVE LEFT THEM WITH A NICE HOUSE
AT A WHOLESALE-TYPE SUPERMARKET. THESE ORIGINAL PARMIGIANO WHEELS RANGE FROM 80-84 LBS, AND AT ABOUT $18/LB ARE WELL OVER $1200/PER(THE WHEELS ON THE RIGHT ARE THE RELATIVELY BARGAINED-PRICED GRADA PADANO)
THE AVERAGE SERVING OF PARMIGIANO, AROUND 2-3 TABLESPOONS (between 1/3 and 1/2 an ounce) HAS MORE PROTEIN THAN A SERVING OF CHICKEN.
IS A DOUBLE-EDGED SWORD, IN THAT THE RELATIVELY LATE PROLIFERATION OF LUXURIES LIKE VIDEO GAME CONSOLES HAS ALLOWED
TRADITIONAL, MIND-SHARPENING GAMES LIKE CHESS TO REMAIN HUGE IN SERBIA. I LOST ABOUT 95% OF THE TIME,
IN SOME 40 MATCHES. SINCE I WAS NOT ALLOWED TO WORK I ENDED UP SIPPING ON RAKIA OFTEN, WHICH AFFECTED MY STRATEGY.
STOPPED BY THIS RESTAURANT JUST OVER THE UMBRIA BORDER IN LAZIO. RANDOM PICK. OUT OF FOCUS, THIS IS.
SOME TIRAMISU'-TYPE SWEET WITH A GELATIN BOTTOM. REAL GOOD, BUT THE ESPRESSO I HAD WITH THIS WAS OVERLY BITTER AND RUINED MY TASTE BUDS FOR THE DAY.
A ROAD ADJACENT THE OLD CITY WALLS HAD SOME REALLY IMPRESSIVE FASCIST-ERA ARCHITECTURE. THIS IS A GAS STATION.
DESPITE ITS UNFORTUNATE POLITICAL AND HISTORICAL LEGACY THE FASCISTS GAVE ITALY AND ERITREA SOME REALLY COOL ARCHITECTURE.
ITALY IS A LONG PENINSULA SURROUNDED BY MANY SEAS, LONG COASTS, AND MANY FISHES FROM THOSE SEAS.
THIS DRIVER EXPRESSED HIS ITALIANNESS BY DRIVING FROM THE LAST IN LINE INSIDE THE FERRY AND AHEAD OF THE LINE OF SOME 10 CARS,
EVENTUALLY CUTTING IN FRONT OF ME. I LET HIM WITHOUT A FUSS AS I ASSUMED THOSE FISHES WERE SPECIAL.
STOPPED BY A RANDOM RESTAURANT JUST AFTER MOSTAR. DROVE THROUGH THE CENTER BUT THERE WAS NO PARKING AVAILABLE THERE.
THIS WAS A SANDWICH-TYPE KEBAB, AS OPPOSED TO THE WRAP-STYLE. WAY TOO MUCH BREAD DILUTED THE FLAVORS BUT OTHERWISE OK.
ODD OBSERVATION: DRIVING TROUGH TUZLA EARLIER THAT DAY I SPOTTED NOT A SINGLE RELIGIOUS VEIL. IN MOSTAR THEY WERE EVERYWHERE.
SICILIAN RESTAURANT INSIDE HISTORIC CENTER OF AMELIA. ONE OF THE BEST MEALS AT A RESTAURANT EVER.
LASAGNA WITH MAZZANCOLLI, WHICH IS A SHRIMP/LOBSTER-LOOKING HYBRID, ON TOP OF AN EGGPLANT SAUCE.
DISAPPOINTING MOJITO AT A BAR/LOUNGE/CLUB WITH HUGE EXERIOR COURTYARD. NO ICE!
DREARY, COLD AND RAINY SATURDAY MORNING. I WAS THE ONLY CUSTOMER BESIDE A PAIR OF GIRLS INSIDE THE BAR. HUGE PLACE.
PRETTY GOOD PASTA DISH WITH ASPARAGUS, FLAVORED JUST RIGHT WITH SMALL PANCETTA STRIPS.
41 EURO FOR THE APPETIZERS, COFFEE, WATER, WINE, AND ESPRESSO. GOT THERE A BIT EARLY, ME AND 3 OTHERS WERE ONLY CUSTOMERS.
THE FISH SECTION OF THE STORE REEKED OF FISH, WHICH IS A GREAT THING IF YOU LIKE FRESH FISH.
THIS IS SWORDFISH, FOR THOSE WHO HAVE TROUBLE INTERPRETING THE POINTY THING AT THE FRONT OF THE HEAD
THE SLIDE SHOW FORMAT CUTS OFF THE PRIVATE PARTS OF THESE FIGURES, WHICH DENOTE THE BATHROOM IN THIS PRIVATE RESIDENCE.
REAL CUTE
THIS WOULD BE CONSIDERED BY MOST PEOPLE TO BE POOR COUNTRY FOLK FARE. IT'S REALLY ONE OF THE BEST MEALS EVER.
TETOVSKI PASULJ, THOSE BIG WHITE BEANS ARE CALLED, INSIDE A BACON-FLAVORED SOUP THING. W/COLE SLAW, BEER, BREAD..A+++
INTERIOR SNAPSHOT OF MY CABIN. A LITTLE UNKEMPT. REAL COMFORTABLE THOUGH. BATHROOM OUT OF VIEW AT RIGHT