50 Shades of Delicious: 2 Chewsy for the Catwalk

Remember the phrase from the Wizard of Oz, “Toto, I don’t think we are in Kansas anymore?”  This is what it feels like leaving home, climbing aboard an airplane and arriving in a new country.  For us, the clues began on our layover in Frankfurt, Germany where the airport was so large workers rode around on bicycles and the environment had militaristic precision and a cold air about it. But, the journey continued beyond and we soon found ourselves in yet another culture that of Italia.  What’s generally the case while traveling so far, is your body is exhausted from the time change and travel, but your mind goes on overload with all the new information it is taking in and trying to process.  The following is what we collectively imprinted as our initial impressions of Italy. Chocolate for breakfast is embraced.  We were reintroduced to Nutella (a chocolate, hazelnut creamy spread of the Gods).  We were so tempted to buy a huge jar of it (...

You may have thought, due to the gap between blogs that we’ve been away on vacation.  No, just self-inflicted busy with “normal” lives. Speaking of vacations we are just starting our Italian vacation.  Today is day one and it’s purely a travel day.  Up before the roosters and butt in seat for 20 plus hours (SEA to Chicago to Frankfurt to Venice).  We plan to blog about our overseas adventure as we are sure to find some delicious eats.   To get us in the Italian state of mind we rented movies that were either made there, took place there, or had some reference to Italy.  Here’s our top ten list in case you’d like to make a big bowl of spaghetti, grab a bottle of Chianti and take a cheap trip to Italy one night. 10.  Nine 9.    The Tourist 8.    The Wings of a Dove 7.    The Talented Mr. Ripley 6.    Eat, Pray, Love 5.    Three Coins in a Fountain 4.    The Ita...