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Entries from January 2008

Gandhi, Dandi Beach, and Eating Sugar Cane in India

January 31st, 2008 · 7 Comments

New here? Check out “Best Of” for some top posts, subscribe to my RSS feed - http://feeds.feedburner.com/MsAdventuresinItaly or receive email updates!Yesterday commemorated the 60th anniversary of the death of Gandhi, India’s “Father of the Nation.” His relatives spread some of his ashes in the bay of Mumbai / Bombay, in the same water I [...]

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Tags: Abroad · India

Fresh Fruit and Nutella for World Nutella Day

January 29th, 2008 · 22 Comments

In preparing for World Nutella Day on Tuesday (send us your entries!), I decided to have an empirical study (and by empirical, I mean whatever I decide is obviously correct) about which fresh fruit goes best with Nutella. For you Nutella Virgins, you may use my results but I suggest you find out for yourself [...]

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Tags: Nutella Day

Ms. Adventures in Italy is Back Online!

January 28th, 2008 · 1 Comment

For anyone that was checking my site over the weekend, there was a problem with my hosting’s database server and I was unfortunately punished. I’m sorry if you stopped by and found an error! That definitely didn’t help the case of the Januaries I had on Friday!
Hopefully I should be up from here on out, [...]

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Tags: Italy

The Januaries and a Little Self-Indulgent Shopping

January 25th, 2008 · 3 Comments

I was reading the Homesick Texan’s post about the Januaries, and that’s when I realized, I definitely have them! Today is the last day to comment on my Introduction to Italian Candy - Caramelle post to win free candy! Be sure to check back on Monday for the winner (who will then have to pick [...]

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Tags: Culture · Italy · Random

An Indian Wedding Ceremony and Feast in India

January 22nd, 2008 · 16 Comments

We went to India to be with good friends, but we were also lucky to be able to be together for a special reason: our friend’s wedding.
While in India, we also inadvertently crashed another wedding celebration while we there. In my friend’s father’s village in Gujarat, there was another wedding taking place. This time it [...]

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Tags: Abroad · India

World Nutella Day - February 5th, 2008!

January 21st, 2008 · 13 Comments

Reminder: Comment on my Introduction to Italian Candy - Caramelle post to win free candy! You have until Friday!
Who can remember the first time they were allowed to eat chocolate for breakfast?
Nutella is more than just a “chocolaty hazelnut spread,” it is a way of life. From childhood memories to oozing hot crepes, [...]

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Tags: Italy · Nutella Day

An Introduction to Italian Candy - Caramelle

January 18th, 2008 · 66 Comments

Sei golosa!! You’re a glutton! I often hear that in Italy. In America, I’m what you’d call a sweet tooth. Everywhere I go I tend to check out the candy counter.
I’m not talking today about chocolate or gum today, just “caramelle” which are considered usually hard candies or non-chocolate sweets in Italy. There are [...]

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Tags: Food · Italy

Mumbai - Bombay : Traffic and Bollywood

January 17th, 2008 · 6 Comments

We spent a lot of time moving around Mumbai as it was where we flew in/out of and the home base for the wedding, and we spent most of our time in Mumbai in a car. In Mumbai, a city where the distance between two points is measured not by kilometers or miles, but by [...]

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Tags: Abroad · India