Checking things out! http://www.checkingthingsout.com Steve's blog posterous.com Sat, 20 Mar 2010 06:02:44 -0700 Toledo y la España Imperial http://www.checkingthingsout.com/toledo-y-la-espana-imperial http://www.checkingthingsout.com/toledo-y-la-espana-imperial

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]]> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/438764/myphoto.jpg http://posterous.com/people/eIKH96Xyoh Steve Joseph Steve Steve Joseph Sat, 27 Feb 2010 02:34:00 -0800 Weekend in Oporto http://www.checkingthingsout.com/weekend-in-oporto http://www.checkingthingsout.com/weekend-in-oporto

A rainy February weekend away in Oporto, northern Portugal.

Flew with Ryanair for the first time. Very cheap ticket, leaving some $$ to splurge on a great hotel, the Hotel Infante de Sagres in Oporto.

As expected, it rained the whole weekend, but it wasn´t really a problem (well, except for having cold, wet feet the whole time).

The gastronimic discovery of the weekend was Bacalhau a Braga : Fried, breaded bacalao, covered with sauteed onions, green peppers and garlic. All served on a bed of fried potatoes. Yum. Warms you up all the way down to your soggy socks.

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]]> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/438764/myphoto.jpg http://posterous.com/people/eIKH96Xyoh Steve Joseph Steve Steve Joseph Thu, 20 Aug 2009 14:49:00 -0700 Yaiza, night on the town http://www.checkingthingsout.com/yaiza-night-on-the-town http://www.checkingthingsout.com/yaiza-night-on-the-town

Dinner in Yaiza at La Casona de Yaiza. Another fine Lanzarote white wine - this one a Stratvs Malvosía seco. Dessert was a chocolate volcano with red berries. Yum!

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]]> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/438764/myphoto.jpg http://posterous.com/people/eIKH96Xyoh Steve Joseph Steve Steve Joseph Wed, 19 Aug 2009 11:51:18 -0700 Fresh fish in Ajuy http://www.checkingthingsout.com/fresh-fish-in-ajuy http://www.checkingthingsout.com/fresh-fish-in-ajuy Spent the day yesterday driving around the island, discovering new beaches. We stopped in Ajuy for a swim and lunch. Here you have a fine specimen of fried Bocinegra.

Steve

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]]> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/438764/myphoto.jpg http://posterous.com/people/eIKH96Xyoh Steve Joseph Steve Steve Joseph Sun, 02 Aug 2009 09:24:29 -0700 A new challenge: Caldereta http://www.checkingthingsout.com/a-new-challenge-caldereta http://www.checkingthingsout.com/a-new-challenge-caldereta Having survived the heat, huge amounts of food and drinks and dancing at yesterday's wedding, today we met up at lunchtime to face the local specialty of Cartagena: Caldereta

 The name means something like a "little pot" or a "little broth", but there's nothing little about it. A fish broth is made by boiling heap loads of local fish. Then rice is prepared with the broth. Then you eat the heaps of fish with platefuls of rice. Totally filling, and incredibly delicious.

Steve

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]]> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/438764/myphoto.jpg http://posterous.com/people/eIKH96Xyoh Steve Joseph Steve Steve Joseph Thu, 23 Jul 2009 13:43:43 -0700 This was for just one person http://www.checkingthingsout.com/this-was-for-just-one-person http://www.checkingthingsout.com/this-was-for-just-one-person Still discovering the joys of Czech cuisine. Here's a half duck, roasted. With red and white cabbage and dumplings.

 I'll probably regret it, but I ate the whole thing. Washed down with a delicious Moravian rosé (well, actually, 2)

 I like Prague.

Steve

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]]> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/438764/myphoto.jpg http://posterous.com/people/eIKH96Xyoh Steve Joseph Steve Steve Joseph Tue, 21 Jul 2009 05:49:25 -0700 Apple strudel http://www.checkingthingsout.com/apple-strudel-0 http://www.checkingthingsout.com/apple-strudel-0 Keeping up the energy level after a morning walking around Mala Strana:

 Czech onion soup
Beef goulash with dumplings
Apple strudel

After coffee, we'll head uphill (yes, uphill) to Petriny Park. Where we will probably fall asleep under a tree.

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]]> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/438764/myphoto.jpg http://posterous.com/people/eIKH96Xyoh Steve Joseph Steve Steve Joseph Sat, 18 Jul 2009 14:32:01 -0700 Discovering Czech cuisine http://www.checkingthingsout.com/discovering-czech-cuisine http://www.checkingthingsout.com/discovering-czech-cuisine

We had dinner at a place called Starocesky. Great food, but the English menu was a bit strange:

Check out dish number 20.

More from Prague tomorrow!

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