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35 Comments on Mirela's Excellent Adventure Through Europe:
I've been busy doing just about everything BUT real estate. I was going to FL this month but decided to go after the new year. I've missed you...glad to be back!
Join my Facebook page...just created it a few hours ago.
Kristin and Patricia: The picture of the grapes was taken at the Rothschild winery. My boyfriend is a wine aficionado and connoisseur. He has a culinary arts degree and has been teaching me about wine and food. Although I am not a wine connoisseur, I know what I like when I taste and smell it. My family used to make a rich and wonderful red wine in Romania. Kids are allowed to have a bit of wine and beer. It is not illegal. We were not given full glasses, only sips, or they used to combine it with "sifon" (like club soda or mineral water - called a "spritz"). Good red wine brings back pleasant memories from my childhood, memories of warm gatherings with friends, good food, lots of animated talk, joke telling and fun. Although I had not expected it, I became quite fascinated with the wineries and the science of making this "Nectar of the Gods".
I plan on going back to Bordeaux and taking some wine classes, which they offer in Bordeaux. The French are such lovely and interesting people. They talk a lot and it's not chatter; they delve into all sorts of deep subjects with regularity. They are animated, passionate and warm. I love their language, their food, their temperament, their wine, their customs.
The French love Americana. They love Marlon Brando. I was on another trip in Cannes, France, in July 2004, when he passed away and the French were very sad about it and paid him such loving respects. It was impressive.
I got carried away here... Thanks for bringing it up in me! Love those grapes too!
Chris, welcome back! I missed you too! Will you be back for the chat on Wednesday?
I saw that invite on my blackberry and although I have a page on Facebook, I have no clue on how to work it. I have it on my to do list for this week; I'm having my assistant teach me how to do it.
Kristin and Patricia: I took the picture of the dusty bottles of wine at one of the wineries we visited because I thought it was quite a feat to have bottles from 1937 to 1945, when World War II ravaged through Europe. They had wine in the vault from the late 1800's on up. Remarkable! Some of those bottles are too expensive to comprehend...
BTW, I forgot to mention that we caught Woody Allen filming a movie in Barcelona while we were there. I think the movie just came out, or is coming out. Here is a picture of it. Woody is the one in the blue shirt with the hat on.
We actually had to come back later that day and take a picture in front of the fountain, where hours earlier, Woody occupied it with his film crews.
Mirela,
Very nice maybe next trip but, actually this morning my wife and I are going to Asheville to the Richmond Hill Inn for a few days. We were married there last year at this time so that is where we picked to go on this anniversary. I am envious though I have missed going to Europes wine regions.
Larry: Happy Anniversary! I love Asheville! I've never stayed at the Richmond Hill Inn. I'll have to check it out. We usually rent a cabin in the mountains by Lake Lure.
You'll have a great time. You are visiting the Biltmore, right?
Here is an upcoming travel blog for you - St. John:
Mirela, these pictures are spectacular! You've also got quite a figure girl! You rock! xxoo
Susan: Thank you! As an inveterate tomboy, I knew something was up when the boys stopped wanting to fight me and started being so nice...
These are beautiful photos and bring back wonderful memories for me of my trip to Barcelona in 1989. I swung on the swings at the playground directly across from Gaudi's cathedral and at at a Pizza Hut that across the street from it as well! Looks like you had a blast!
Barcelona 1989... swings... just how old were you?
I am feeling ancient here; I was trekking through Europe in the early eighties as a young woman discovering the world. My boyfriend... he was swinging in the playground at that time also... I feel OLD!
Mirela your pictures are awesome! Thank you for this free trip to Europe.
No need to feel old! I was much too old to be in the swings, but I have retained a bit of my childhood exuberance! I was 18 and visiting friends in school there. My first major trip without the parents!
Some GREAT photos Mirela!
Love the ST John Shot. I think I know exactly where that is... West side of the island if I am not mistaken... There are always turtles in that cove....
Mirela- Fab-u-las my dear simply fab. I love Europe! My next trip will be central American though. I have been working diligently on my Spanish and plan to use it on my next trip. Maybe Costa, Yucatan or Mexico. Maybe all three!
"Travel is a sickness for which I desire no remedy." Not my quote but I love it all the same!
Mirela - Looks like a great trip. I recognized a few spots in Barcelona in that I may have stood on the same sidewalk at a different time.