New here? Check out “Best Of” for some top posts, subscribe to my RSS feed - http://feeds.feedburner.com/MsAdventuresinItaly or receive email updates!Today I’m heading to a country known for its cheese and chocolate (and not France). I’m heading to Switzerland on business. Since chocolate is on my mind (I hope at least to bring back [...]

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I had read something about KaDeWe (Kaufhaus des Westens) department store before arriving in Berlin. I had heard that the sixth floor was a sight to see with its large selection of food items, but to be honest, I really wasn’t prepared.
Strangely on the Berlin trip I wasn’t in shopping mode which was probably [...]

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We were interested in going to the Berlin Zoo because it claimed to have the largest number of specimens in the world and we thought it would be a good break when many of the museums were closed on Monday (after Easter).
Before coming I had read about Knut (that’s pronounced Kah-noot), a little polar bear [...]

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Wow, Berlin!
The afternoon we arrived in Berlin, we had a beautiful blue sky and I walked around in a light jacket, but it soon turned chilly and rainy. With all Berlin’s been through, I felt that a more somber tone was appropriate. Over Easter weekend we were huddled up in thick rain jackets and [...]

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When I first moved to Italy, I spent a lot of time alone. I really only had one friend from when I studied here in 1999 and she was in Tuscany, and my timing wasn’t great because during the summer Milan empties out for vacation. The few friends of friends I had met at the [...]

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The freaky warm “winter” weather has followed me from Milan to California, where I am currently sitting under a sunny sky in San Diego, with 82F degrees (27C) outside. I haven’t had the opportunity to wear my wool jacket or scarf I brought with me, but I am not complaining!
Upon my arrival, I bought [...]

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[Internet vocab] Up to date with all the new internet buzz words? Or are you too busy ego-surfing and photolurking to know?
[Pandora] I’ve been playing a bit with internet radio Pandora. It definitely has potential and has provided some good holiday tunes - here’s my oldies Holiday station on Pandora!
[Menu for Hope] I [...]

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[Art] This “Falling Garden” exhibit looks amazing. I would love to re-create this in my living room.
[Fried Food Inventions] The inventor of Chicken Fried Bacon speaks. I have been to this Texan steakhouse, and it is damn good. Count how many “belly” shots the director uses in the video.
[Photos and Films] Make a Flip Book [...]

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