BEST of Bulgaria food : Monastery Gyuvetch !
Gyuvetch : best of Bulgaria food! Read our previous posting: “Best of Brunei food: Ambuyat!” Monastery Gyuvetch, an oven baked meat and vegetable stew, is a dish from Bulgaria with a very special history. It originated centuries ago in the kitchens of the Rila Monastery, the largest and most famous Eastern Orthodox monastery in Bulgaria….
Travel essentials for the frequent world traveler
Life is moving at an accelerated pace in the 21st century, and the art of travel is no exception. Nowadays, I consider that there are at least five travel essentials for the frequent world traveler, each of which now accompanies me on every single one of my trips overseas. They represent the evolutionary result of…
DELECTABLE TIDBIT : The hidden passageway atop the Ponte Vecchio in Florence
Ponte Vecchio. Millions of tourists flock to Florence (Firenze) every year, but only a handful get to take what may well be the best walking tour in the city. Actually, few tourists even know about the existence of the Percorso del Principe (Passageway of the Prince) tour, and even fewer visitors plan their trip sufficiently…
Eat like a tsar! Caviar Bar and Restaurant in St. Petersburg Russia
Eat like a Tsar! Caviar Bar and Restaurant in St. Petersburg Russia I have very fond memories from my childhood of The Russian Inn in Center City Philadelphia where I was first introduced to Russian cuisine accompanied with some background music and dancing. Plus my maternal grandmother had come from Russia and often made borscht…