Tony Bourdain urged us to travel, to go to Paris, to take a table at a sidewalk cafe, order a coffee, or a glass of wine, or two glasses of wine and watch the world go by. To relax, observe, and learn.
Across the corner from the hotel in Paris was an amazing bakery, I went over for breakfast a couple of times, and brought treats back to the room a couple of times. Coffee and a croissant at a sidewalk table in Paris was a bucket list item for me. Ahh!
It was chilly while were in France, we rented a golf cart to tour the gardens at Versailles, back by the Petit Trianon was this coffee cart in the back of an Ape, heaven sent, a double espresso warmed me to the core.
The Viennese Pastries at the Royal Palace.
After one of the museums in Vienna, we wanted lunch and to get away from the tourist crowd, Google maps showed a local restaurant a couple of blocks off of the beaten path, and Aperol Spritz and Apple Strudel.
Lunch at Dom Schnitzel in Vienna
There is this tiny shop that sells cured meats and cheese on the square in front of the Pantheon in Rome. The line to get into the Pantheon was massive, we skipped that, toured the shop and inhaled deeply. We really should rent an apartment for a couple of weeks in Rome.
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ReplyDeleteWanna go back?
DeleteYES!!!!! There are many strudel with my name on them.
DeleteI will have to try making some when the apples come in later this year.
DeleteIf I've said it once, I've said it a thousand times, get a room, guys!
DeleteHis face says so much.
DeleteBravo to your stubbornness in French! See how you were rewarded!
ReplyDeleteI speak French like a two-year old,
DeleteI'm like wait...is today Friday? You have fooled me! I can only imagine the meals on the trip......
ReplyDeleteSome days we need one of the boards like in hospital rooms where they write the day, the month, the season.
DeleteOne of my favorite things, no matter where we are, is to find a place to eat outside and watch the world go by ... especially with an Aperol Spritz!
ReplyDeletePS The food porn is off the charts!!
My first Aperol Spritz was in St. Marks Square in Venice.
DeleteEgad! I had a world-class muffin top going on there. As I recall, I was wearing a jacket that day and so had the shirt tucked in; thank God for the jacket...
ReplyDeleteA bad camera angle.
DeleteThat's a lot of good looking food and 2 handsome gentlemen!
ReplyDeleteLots of great food on this trip.
DeleteLooks like you found lots of delicious food to eat. In Rome was the first time I saw an Aperol Spritz. I tried one but didn't care for it. On my next trip to Italy, I discovered a Hugo Spritz and I've been ordering those ever since.
ReplyDeleteI will have to try one of those.
DeleteI've got to remember to eat something before I visit on Foodie Friday.
ReplyDeleteNext Friday is funky, not foodie (well except for the Sub left in the Subway.)
DeleteYummmm...so much good food! We both mentioned Anthony Bourdain in our today's posts.
ReplyDeleteHe was one of the great non-fiction writers of the past 30 years.
Deletethat lunch photo may be my favorite photo of you two that ever was.
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