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🇯🇵 What to Drink in Japan: A Sip-by-Sip Guide to Japanese Drinks Culture
If you want to understand a country, don’t just visit its museums. Go stand in the drinks aisle of the nearest grocery store. Watch what everyone else is drinking. Order something you’ve never heard of. I’ve spent more than twenty years studying wine and spirits, and whenever we travel, I am obsessed with what I…
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🍷 🛳️ What to Drink on a Cruise: A Sip-by-Sip Guide to Mediterranean Drinks Culture
Cruising is a double-edged sword. One of the things I like most about cruising (well, the two cruises I’ve been on, anyway) is also one of the things I like least. Cruising give you an opportunity to see many different places, and you only have to unpack once. Huge plus for me. But (and it’s…
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🍷 🇪🇸 What to Drink in Seville: A Sip-by-Sip Guide to Spanish Drinks Culture
One of my favorite things to do when we travel is to explore the local drinks (alcoholic and not) situation. I could spend hours in the local grocery/wine/liquor store just studying the shelves. Ken is not as enthusiastic about this activity, so I usually send him off to climb a mountain or something. When we’re…
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🍷 🇵🇹 What to Drink in Porto: A Sip-by-Sip Guide to Portugal’s Drinks Culture
One of my favorite things to do when we travel is to explore the local drinks (alcoholic and not) situation. I could spend hours in the local grocery/wine/liquor store just studying the shelves. Ken is not as enthusiastic about this activity, so I usually send him off to climb a tower or something. When we’re…
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Zombie Day in Munich & Salzburg: Planes, Trains & Friends
It’s Zombie Day! We’re traveling with our good friends, Haydee and Doug, this week. Reminder of one of my favorite Hemingway quotes: “Never go on trips with anyone you do not love.” We love these people to our core. Haydee picked up a new country today with Germany, and Doug picked up Austria. Ken and…