Florida Food

Breakfast Smoothie on Miami Beach

Cuban Coffee

Taqueria Morelia in Homestead Florida

Key West

Oysters and Drinks in Key West

Unhealthy and semi-healthy breakfast at First Watch in Sarasota

The last trip we took was back in February, we went to Florida. We spent a week traveling around the southern part of the state, from Miami to Key West and up to Sarasota. The weather was nice and for the most part warm. Here are some pictures of food and drinks we had during the week.

Later I am going to post some pictures of the actual trip, beaches, canoeing and of course driving.

Spaghetti Squash Pancakes

Baked spaghetti squash

Pancakes cooking

The final dish with some salad and tomatoes

It's been a long time... busy busy

here is a recipe for Spaghetti Squash Pancakes with Smoked Salmon Yogurt

For the Squash

1. Bake the squash at 180C for 40 minutes (or until tender)

2. Leave the squash to cool then cut in half and remove the seeds

3. Take a fork and break apart the inside (it really looks like spaghetti)

4. In a large bowl combine the squash with some flower and a pinch of salt (you should be able to make little balls of the spaghetti squash)

5. Heat a skillet and add butter

6. Place a small ball of the spaghetti squash mixture and flatten out

7. Cook on both sides

For the Smoked Salmon Yogurt

1. To a cup of plain unflavoured yogurt (or sower cream) add the smoked salmon chopped up in bitts, a teaspoon of lime juice and some fresh cilantro

2. Let the yogurt sit in the refrigerator for a few hours

Once the pancakes are done add the salmon yogurt and they are ready to eat!!!

Mekong Delta - Saigon

Dragonfly

Vegetation along the Mekong Delta

Rice paper

Crispy Rice

Choum Choum

Sun setting on the Mekong Delta near the city of Vinh Long

Saigon Cathedral built by the French

Another building built by the French: the Post office

Bees!

Iced Coffee

Cables cables and more cables

Breakfast in the park

Traffic

It's been a while since the last post... Here are the last pictures of Vietnam. The trip ended with the Mekong Delta and Saigon. The first is a very rural area, the latter is Vietnam's largest city. Both bustling with activity!

Hoi An

Girls with a kite before the rain started to fall

Old town

Cham Island

More pictures form Vietnam. These are from a town in the middle of the country called Hoi An.

Although the city is below the 17th parallel, and well into the territory that was heavily bombed during the Vietnam War, this city was saved. The city center is very quaint. Wooden houses date back a few hundred years, and at night the streets are light with lanterns. This was a very nice place to spend a few relaxing days visiting sites and going to the beach.

Marseille

Drinks on a terrace

Old water reservoir

Old port and Notre Dame de la Garde

A little break from holiday pictures! This weekend we headed down to Marseille, a city in the south of France. As always the weather is warmer down south than in Paris. The sun was shining, and historical monuments and buildings, which are normally closed, were open for the journées du patrimoine. So walking around the old part of the town we visited an old water reservoir, city hall, and had drinks sitting outside on a terrace. There is also lots of climbing to be done in the area around Marseille, but it was way to windy and we didn't have anything with us, it will have to wait for another trip.

Cat Ba and Ha Long bay

Cat Ba

Cat Co2

Floating village

Limestone pillars

Fishing boat

After another night spent on the night train and 5 hours spent on busses and boats we made it to Cat Ba island. Although Cat Ba is not in the same district as Ha Long bay, it is part of the same geological phenomena. The bay is comprised of thousands of limestone pillars and islands of different sizes. One of the most remarkable things about the bay (besides the big rocks) is that it is dotted with small floating villages. The best way to visit the bay is by boat!