Vitamin water (Amsterdam) - big glass jar fitted with a tap filled with ice, mint, lemon, orange and grapefriuit slices and still water. Delicious.
Chorizo/salami crisp boats with cauliflower puree and a dressing of pea shoots. (Somewhere in Poland on the way to Auschwitz) Would also be lovely with a drizzle of basil oil.
Sweetcorn on the cob simply boiled, and sprinkled with salt. Pool side in Budapest in the marina.
Cocktails: `old fashioned` `pegrino` `mai tai` `Negroni`
Iced coffee everywhere, but found in tetrapacks in supermarket (Budapest)
Hungarian wine, must add lists of grape varieties. Photos in gallery.
Doggy material apron.
Wasabi mayonnaise - Norman liked! Surprise!
Never forget those oysters in Budva. Fresh from the sea, straight off the boat, off the harbour side, served by the gnarly hand of the fisherman. Bliss.
Ginger tea - slices of fresh root ginger in a glass of boiling water. Honey optional.
Tapas and Sangria in Zagreb. Yep, I know tapas and sangria are Spanish and that Zagreb is the capital of Croatia, but when it works dont knock it!
Margarita (me) & Bob Marley (Norman) cocktail time in Zagreb.
Squid ink risotto with seafood in (Croatia) - remember to get some squid ink from `fish` in Shoreham and make pasta.
Pharmacy in Sibanik -
Me ` I need some insect repellant please?`
Pharmacy assistant `Would you like a chemical one or a herbal one?`
Me `I dont care as long as it works`
Pharmacy assistant `This one is popular, it contains natural ingredients, mint, lavender, ummm, ummmm, ........and other stuff`.
Norman collapses with laughter.
More cocktails - Bloody Mary in Budva (nearly knocked my socks off).
Wine in Croatia, wine in Hungary, wine from Serbia, wine from Slovenija. Wine from Albania. Wine from Greece. Wine from Turkey. Wine from Bulgaria.
People. Lovely people, funny people.
Raki menu in Budva restaurant downstairs from the apartment. Ten Raki`s, Five days, you work it out! :-)
Beach bags with applique fishing boats. Simple to make, blooming expensive in Paros. Also `make more floor cushions`! Note for when I get home.
T shirts with applique cats, and t shirts with applique houses..
Geraniums. Forgotten how colourful they are.
Note to self. Go on a rush seat making course.
Predictive text! I keep turning it off, it keeps turning itself back on. Now I leave it on because its sometimes very funny. The following are examples:
War - Wargermans
Chicken - Chickensandwich
Penis - Penisspoon (see Rhodes page to find out why I am writing about penises........what is a penis spoon? Do I need to go back to Amsterdam?)
Wife - Wifeburden
`I've had an elegant sufficiency of enoughness, and if I eat anymore I shall over-indulge an already satiated appetite.` quote from dear Ann & Peter on the Perla Del Mar.
Meze - vine leaves stuffed with rice and sour cherries.
Hamsi - like anchovies. Look for an equivalent or frozen at home.
People, people people. Everywhere lovely people. Welcoming people. And kids, funny kids.
Denim coasters in the cocktail bar in Sofia. Easy to make.
Hand made chocolates and orange slices served in a little glass dish in Thessaloniki.
Sushi in Sofia. Prawn, avocado, cucumber. Delicious.
Red card hearts strung from the ceiling on Valentines day with silly soppy love poems. `The sweetest kisses are stolen` etc.