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See the World for Free

The idea here is to TRAVEL THE WORLD regardless of time or budget. It dawned on me one day that even if I had unlimited time and money (which I definitley do not), I still couldn't see everything in the world that I'd like to see--I'm simply not going to live long enough to do it.

But I had a bit of brain wave and soon after the travel envelope was born. This is an actual physical envelope. I typed the name of every country in the world, plus every state in the US on little slips of paper which I then put into the envelope. In the beginning we (myself, my husband, Dave and daugher Catherine) would draw out a slip at random at the beginning of the month and that's where we would go---at least in our minds. We grab some books about the country from the library and put them in our bathroom to look at. We also check out some videos about the country if any. We check it out on googleearth, listen to the music, try the food, maybe even attempt to learn a dance or celebrate a festival.

After the first two years we discovered that even virtual traveling can be tiring, so we travel now whenever I happen to be in the mood.

It's great fun. I especially love it when people I meet have been to the place I'm "visiting" in real life, or get excited and have some virtual adventures of their own. I hope that anyone who comes across this blog will feel welcome to come with us on the trip!



You have a standing reservation to see it all!

Oct 7, 2010

What a Trip

Well what do you know??  Pot--as in marijuana has been traditionally used in Moroccan cooking. This, according to a web search and a dimly remembered passage from the last African cookbook I checked out. This might be more of a trip than I bargained for!
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Oct 5, 2010

MOROCCO

Visiting Morocco has been great already. I like visiting countries where there is a lot of information to be found at the library.  In this case two cookbooks among other wonders.  I made the "country bread" which is basically normal bread but with a little cornmeal and formed into flat circles.  The bread must have known what it was supposed to do, because even though it was made with the same yeast as the Serbian bread which rose like crazy, this stayed relatively flat.  Like all bread--very yummy.  A traditional Berber breakfast is this bread with the local fruity olive oil.

Morocco to me is lavish--a decadent feast of the eye.  Pictures like the above water fountain in Rabat are everywhere.  It's wonderful to browse through the travel guides.

Also, I'm looking forward to showing Catherine one of my all time favorite movies--Hitchcock's "The Man Who Knew Too Much" which begins in Morocco--Doris Day--Jimmy Stewart--adventure, just doesn't get better than that!  Also, she's never seen Casablanca. At the risk of offending the great gods of film--I confess I didn't care for it all that much when I saw it many years ago, but maybe I just wasn't in the mood. I think it deserves another chance, and everyone should see it at least once. 
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