Why I am so fat...

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Trip Start May 03, 2010 Previous
Entry Trip End Aug 09, 2010

  Plano, Texas
Monday, August 16, 2010

Clearly, I ate my way through Europe as you will see by these photos.

I think I would have gained 28 pounds had I not done all the walking, but the scale last Monday said I only gained 14. No big deal. I earned every ounce and enjoyed every minute doing it!

That said... I'm on a diet now that I'm back at home and back at work and it's off to a good start. I'm starting to reconnect with friends, family, and clients and am so happy to be back.

I will be updating this blog for the next month or so before I start writing my book, so stay tuned!

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My first German beer	Apple Struedel	Currywurst	Hofbrau Haus
Giant Hostel Breakfast buffet	Hot Chocolate at the top of the Alps	Big mistake - liver ball in broth. Ew!	Ham and Cheese Calzone
I didn't eat it all!	Train Snacks!	What else? Spaghetti Bolognese	My first Gnocchi
Vegetarian Pizza	I sure do love gelato	Brunello wine with Bruschetta	And this was just the appetizer
An $8 Gelato in Florence	Best fresh caprese salad and a glass of Orvieto	Maybe my favorite meal - Filet w/ shaved truffles	Can't leave w/o dessert and coffee
Da Michele in Naples has the world's best pizza	Salad at Pompeii	Seafood salad and Bellini	Espresso was invented here
Tomato and tuna pasta before Capri	Nasty little hostel dinner in Rome	Pizza lunch in Rome	Snacks in Rome's Jewish Quarter
Zucchini flower pizza	Steak and Rabbit with Pat	An average pasta in Siena	Picnic in Pienza
A tiramisu as good as mine	Salad and seafood	Amaretto ice cream	Seafood paella topped with a crepe
It's hard to get a bad wine in Europe	Fried mixed seafood	More wine!	More fancy ice cream
Milanese Risotto was supposed to be awesome	Meatballs and polenta	Steak and Frites lunch	Gotta love French profitteroles
More train snacks	Perfect outdoor lunch in an adorable village	Goat cheese on toasts with a refreshing mint drink	Chickpea Socca from the Socca Lady
Grilled seafood and veggies - YUM!	Normally, I don't like tuna but this salad was ok	Vanilla bean ice cream	Cous cous dinner
Seafood on the waterfront	I had a few samples from the bakery	Potatoes and veggies from the outdoor market	Simple zucchini and cheese crepe dinner
Wine with new friends at the castle	Lunch in Toulouse - duck, potatoes, salad	Cassoulet with friends	Love, love, love Asparagus mousse
Little profitteroles	Entry ticket into the chocolate museum	Champagne and patata tortilla	Various tapas at Barcelona's market
Orxata drink at the Valencia train station	Tapas dinner	Mussels and sangria in Barcelonetta	A $10 amaretto coffee
Good stuff to remember	Authentic Paella lunch at a beach restaurant	Tapas in Madrid	Roast suckling pig
Cheesecake	Some Spanish soup I didn't like	Authentic Cordoba Taberna salad	Sometimes you don't get what you think you ordered
A sweet, raisiny Spanish wine	Typical Malaga pastry	Empanada and a smoothie near Picasso's home	Toast topped with tomato sauce and olive oil
Potato bomba and ham bocadillo	I never had partridge before	Seafood appetizer	Famous Toledo pastries
Chicken salad lunch	Foods at a Lisbon street fair	All natural Swiss chocolate they said!	Seafood cassarole lunch
The waiter treated me to a glass of port	Indian food and beer	Chicken Masala	Cutest appetizer in shot glasses!
Salad and goat cheese toasts again	The best torte in Zurich!	Chicken salad dinner	Apple Struedel and Latte Machiato at the castle
Chocolate, choc. chip and green apple gelato	I had a cheap but good pizza on the street	so I could spend 10 euros on my Sacher torte	Fish, potatoes and chantrelle mushrooms
Viennese tortes are so yummy!	Sushi break in Vienna	Lychee for the first time. Different!	Yuck! Beets and fried brie salad
Beef goulash... too much paprika	Mushroom soup appetizer in cutest restaurant	Potato dumplings and roast pork	Onion, Bacon and Leek Flammenkuchen
Street Brat - see the grill? She works hard!	Sometimes you just need a glass of Proseco	Fresh squeezed oj on the street	My first spaetzle
Salad and Beer	My first Absinthe - YUM!!	German hostel breakfasts can be lunch too	Potato pancakes, salad and beer
Ask me about this chocolate shake!	Stuffed baked potato and 3 beers for world cup	Germans are not good at chips and salsa	I need to google Flammenkuchen-crepe like crust
Potato leek soup with salmon	Apricot cheesecake and latte machiato	Pork with hollandaise sauce, salad, and potatoes	A hot day and a cool glass of wine with snacks
Back to the Winestube to try their red!	4 pm and I need a snack!	Herb mousse, shaved salmon with olive oil & dill	Chicken and potatoes with breaded tomato
Pastries with my new relatives	Chicken Kiev in Karlstadt	Thorsten and dad at lunch	Final stop in the House of Bols experience
Frites and mayo after Amsterdam boat cruise	Salmon salad and carbonated ice tea	The Canadian pancake at the Pancake Factory	Yummy seafood salad sandwich
My first Belgian beer	Mussels in Brussels!	My first Belgian waffle	Lunch at the Cave restaurant
Flemish Stew... a little too meaty	My final Belgian waffle	More mousse and ground salmon patty	If only I could get $8 St. Emillion wine at home
French onion soup	Goat cheese, toasts, and salad	My first Irish cider. Thanks Aer-Lingus!	Apple crumble and a latte before train to Cork
Irish Boxty at Gallagher's   Comments!	Chocolate chip granola bar snack	When in Ireland eat potatoes	Veggie sandwich
Apple crumble again	Guinness at the Storehouse is tasty	They aren't sure they are the best. It was ok.	My first English pasty in Liverpool
Mushrooms, cheese and crispy music bread	Pasta dinner at Jamie Oliver's Italian	Corned beef hash appetizer	Really good quiche and unique salad
I ate my fish and chips while walking tower bridge	On my England night I will make Pimms!	Salad with warm pita bread	Yorkshire pudding at Windsor's oldest restaurant
Salmon and veggie pasta	London Indian food for my last night

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