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Lynn- You are reminding me of Ireland. We shopped ...

2009-09-16T09:47:16.312-07:00

Lynn-
You are reminding me of Ireland. We shopped at a Farmer's Market in Kilkenny. And had to wait for a herd of cows to pass on the road in Kinsale--a real hardship as we just stared out at the ocean while waiting :)

Adrienne--
I *love* New Orleans. That would be more of a food post. I usually schedule breakfast/brunch and dinner in NOLA. I'm a littly nutty with the restaurant experience thing. One of my all time fav experiences was Breakfast at Brennan's and afterwards we wandered across the street into this artist's little shop and chatted with him for over half an hour. :)

Oh I love this. I totally understand. I'm a bi...

2009-09-16T07:13:24.373-07:00

Oh I love this. I totally understand. I'm a big ol' fan girl of Venice. I cried when I arrived at the train station and I cried when we left --I did stop crying in the week between though. But if Venice was #1 then I think the top 3 would have to include Barcelona and New Orleans.

Being in the midst of a trip like the ones you'...

2009-09-15T12:09:49.399-07:00

Being in the midst of a trip like the ones you're currently planning, I love your post. :) Today we visited Hawes in Wensleydale, North Yorkshire because it was market day. We bought lots of Wensleydale cheese. We found a family butcher in Bainbridge and bought the kind of thick pork steaks with an inch of fat on the edge and the skin left on. Just like ones I saw Jamie Oliver cook in his outdoor oven on TV. We're going to cook them in an Aga, the next best thing to an outdoor brick or stone oven. These were all things I thought about ahead of time, Lisa, just as you described. Then there was a traffic jam in Hawes (due to the market and one of those three-wheeled cars that had broken down on the high street, so we took another road back. We discovered where there are sheep dog demonstrations on Thursdays, and we'll be back. So the unexpected opens interesting opportunities that no planning will even achieve. But the planning is a lovely thing.