musings of a traveller and food lover

Travels

Cap Taillat, South of France

Nanny K enjoying a dip…. MY Little Jems MY Umberto V Season is almost over, last week we cruised for few days and so far this is the best place we anchored off for lunch just west of ...

….too many stories to share, but just busy

too many cooks… Ben, Clive and Mick these 3 men I work and live with, this was taken when we were in Trogir, Croatia. I went out with Clive to check the market and indeed it was full ...

Venezia, Italia

…La Serenissima, the Queen of Adriatic, the city of canals and palaces. And on the 7th day of our passage we finally arrived on such magnificent place to be especially when the yacht ...

Captain Ben’s Spaghetti alla Vongole

Ben said we have been eating too much meat lately…. hmm and I said we are in Italy lets enjoy as much as we could the seafood after all when the family comes, we dont have the luxury ...

Greengrocer at Vibo Valentia, Italy

After another ride over the swells when we left Naples, we arrived at Vibo Valentia of the Calabrian region of Southern Italy. As soon we were done with the wash down and clean up, I told ...

going away soon

elba where napoleon was exiled in 1814 for those who wonder I am back here in France and in few days a passage to Venice… then Croatia. a passage back to France along the coastline via ...

will get back…..

bikes… boats.. planes…. will get back to you… still cooking and living….

La Maisons des Desserts, Namur, Belgium

and yet another story that has been sitting on the draft charming post box Whats Namur? A town or village?I kept saying I really do not know, but my husband went on asking.. What made you ...

pranzo prefissato -leciri, italy

The first few weeks after I arrived in La Spezia last October and was literally talking to the cranes for days, the boat was out of the water and outside the yard is just darkness. After 6pm ...

a very tuscan lunch

One first word I learned when I joined the yacht in La Spezia was mangiare: to eat!!! Eating is considered one of life’s great pleasure in Italy. And what about eating somewhere above ...

satay

Just outside the Sheraton Hotel where we stayed in Lombok are where the locals hang around. The beach was full of kids and I found out that it was a holiday. As we walked farther I could ...