la joie de l'aventure

Current Travel Plans: Switzerland/ Turkey/ Bosnia/ USA MY TRAVELS [x] ABOUT [x] “Do you remember the Shire, Mr. Frodo? It'll be spring soon. And the orchards will be in blossom. And the birds will be nesting in the hazel thicket. And they'll be sowing the summer barley in the lower fields... and eating the first of the strawberries with cream. Do you remember the taste of strawberries?” ~JRR Tolkien

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Walking the streets

March 2015 | Urfa, Turkey

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By M.K.

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Gluten Free Carrot Cake | Ruggles Green

October 2013

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Gluten Free "Yummies" | Kroger

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Lugano, Switzerland | August 2013

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Stockholm, Sweden | August 2013

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Stockholm, Sweden | August 2013

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Stockholm, Sweden | August 2013

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Photograph by Sienna K.

Lugano, Switzerland | May 2013

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Cappuccino

March 2013 | Belgrade, Serbia

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Arch of the Sergii

March 2013 | Pula, Croatia

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Food at Ristorante Grand Cafe Al Porto* [Salotto Room]

Birthday Lunch

April 2013 | Lugano 

*The 1803 above the fireplace is the date it opened — and also when Ticino joined the Swiss Federation. Once a convent (notice the finesgraffito facade), the café evokes the 19th-century days when Giuseppe Mazzini and fellow Italian patriots would huddle here — safely over the border — planning their next move to unify Italy. Much later, as World War II wound down, US dignitary Allen Welsh Dulles met right here with Nazi and Italian representatives to organize a graceful end to the war and prevent the Germans from ruining Italy with a scorched-earth retreat. And in more carefree times, this is where Clark Gable and Sofia Loren dipped cookies in their coffee. 

Rick Steves' Europe: Lugano

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Paris, October 2012.  Taken by me.

I was sitting on the steps in front of Sacre-Coeur listening to street music when I looked across the street and saw this amazing man climb up a lamppost while doing tricks with a ball.  Just goes to show how amazing the human body is.  

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Croatian National Theatre in Zagreb

Zagreb, Croatia | March 2013

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Night of Lights 

Switzerland 2013 | Sukie

Photo by Cecilia

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Night of Lights

Switzerland 2013 | Cecilia

Photo by Cecilia 

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Orthodox Church

Belgrade, Serbia

Taken March 2013