Welcome to Nicaragua
March 25, 2008 by Caitlin
Filed under On the Road, Places & Inspiration
Things work a little differently in Nicaragua, at least when it comes to officialdom. Scene 1: Border control The immigration officer checks my passport and asks for $US5 for the on-the-spot visa. This takes me slightly by surprise since I had been told there was no visa but thankfully I still have some US currency [...]
Stuck in limbo in Houston
March 25, 2008 by Caitlin
Filed under On the Road
I’ve been awake for nearly 48 hours and I’m about to shower and then collapse gratefully into bed. The plan was to sleep tonight in Managua in Nicaragua but I have only made it as far as Houston, Texas. I flew Sydney to Los Angeles with Qantas to connect with Continental flights from LA to [...]
Global Breakfast Tournament – Singapore
March 14, 2008 by Caitlin
Filed under Cookery & Recipes, Guest posts, Restaurants & Food Travel
Nilmandra is an ethnic-Chinese Singaporean currently living in the UK. She runs a food blog called Soy and Pepper which documents her thoughts and experiments on cooking and bento. Her love of food and cooking developed from recreating food from home that she misses. I was excited at the prospect of taking part and showcasing [...]
Global Breakfast Tournament – United States
March 8, 2008 by Caitlin
Filed under Cookery & Recipes, Guest posts, Restaurants & Food Travel
Our champion for the United States in the Global Breakfast Tournament is the lovely Pixie from the You Say Tomahto, I Say Tomayto blog. Pixie, who also has a sweet blog at A SweeTart, has been a guest blogger for The Gooseberry Fool once before, when she road-tested Nigella Lawson’s recipe for rhubarb tart. For [...]
How to survive a long-haul flight
March 6, 2008 by Caitlin
Filed under On the Road
The blog has been a little slow over the last week as I am in preparation to go away. There is always more work the week before I go away, not just with organisation for the trip but also with getting all my regular work complete. This week, we have also had house guests and [...]
Carnival of Cities for 5 March 2008
March 5, 2008 by Caitlin
Filed under Places & Inspiration
This is my first time hosting the Carnival of Cities event here on Roaming Tales. I’m delighted to be invited to host and welcome anybody who is here for the first time, as well as regular readers. This is a blog carnival; one blog hosts, and other bloggers send in one of their posts that [...]
