Please join me in my latest attempt to blog, to write, to entertain, and to educate. I am back on within the Writing.com community and hopefully I'll hear from you, as you'll hear from me. While these are my thoughts or impressions or stories, I love the interactive nature of the blog and I look forward to your comments, your challenges, and your inspiration.
Not crazy... I like duck. Finally found it in Hualien in March towards the end of my trip in Taiwan. It's not uncommon but I don't speak the local languages and didn't know how to ask, but seeing a duck hanging in the window is a good clue.
Mexico. Had my chance to order crispy scorpions. But I didn't. I have eaten mealworms in Costa rica though. Maybe that counts.
I don't have too many problems with meat. Goat in Portugal? Check. Squirrel in Kansas? Check. Frog legs in Ljubljana, Slovenia last autumn? Check. Rabbit in Firenze? Check. Whale in Tromsø? Check.
When you wrote this I was in Taiwan taking photos. Actually I was in Zhiben... probably soaked from an unexpected rain. I took maybe 7,000 during a month long trip. I do write, but not as much when I'm traveling. I take pictures.
Now home for over three months. I'm writing daily... kinda... time to go on another trip.
Scarlett I have an aunt who is a vegan and she often criticises me because I do eat meat, but I've been on 7 safaris and post all of these wonderful photos of animals - and I'm against hunting. But I eat meat so therefore I don't really like animals.
And I think you win with the strawberry flavoured soap. Not even I would go that far.
Interesting and entertaining as always. I too need to tackle my bad habits, but I've been saying that for at least the last five hundred years.
I totally get your point and as my son frequently points out, if you can eat chicken mother why not other meat? Animals are animals after all and it's hypocritical to say it's okay to eat a fish, but not a duck. But sadly I fall into that category. I guess it's because I'm a big animal lover and a softy that I find it almost impossible to consume anything that looks remotely like it was once alive. Fish fingers, boneless chicken breast, mince and sausages are almost as ambitious as I get, because anything that bleeds, has eyes, bones or resembles a creature just turns my stomach. Daft I know and am perfectly aware it's a good job not everyone is like me. As some one pointed out to me once if everyone gave up meat there'd probably be a lot of extinct farm animals.
As taste goes I actually prefer the flavours of cheese (yes I know about rennet) fruit and vegetables so I don't particularly crave meat anyway. I suspect the neanderthal instinct is stronger in men. (hopefully that won't start a debate) I'm not a vegan or vegetarian and will generally try local dishes in other countries. I hate to see 'English' restaurants abroad and as you say it's never emulated properly anyway.
The daftest thing I ever ate was a chunk of strawberry flavoured soap 'cos it smelled delicious. (It wasn't ) The worst a chunk of octopus in what I thought was a spaghetti bolognese.
Longest blog comment I've written in ages. See how your blogs inspire folk?
I'm already in the queue for when this blockbuster reaches the shores of the U.K. Popcorn, ice cream and tissues at the ready. I just love a funny, flawed hero so I know I will love this film and it's characters.
The movie of my life would definitely be in the horror category.
zwisis I haven't been to Turkey for a few years as it always seems to be in the news for the wrong reasons these days, which is a shame, because it is a wonderful country and very open and accepting ... or it was. But no doubt you have some great memories of it.
David McClain I've always had the ability to adapt and make the best out of the situations I find myself in. This will be no different. And I've got an 11 hour time difference with home so I can Skype them before I go to work on the 26th and the whole family will be stuffing their faces back home. That'll be good enough for me.
PlannerDan No doubt you get nostalgic about those times in Venezuela. There will be many years in the future where I'll look back fondly of my Christmasses in Dubai and Saudi and smile.
Scarlett I do get the sentiment about fake sentiments and jollity. I see a lot of that out here too. My sisters visited me in October - their first visit - and it was wonderful. Possibly better than any Christmas I have had.
You may remember my sentiments about the season and if anything I have become an even bigger Humbugger. Thee are many people alone, hurting and parted from loved ones at this time and to me all the false jollity just makes matters worse.
I'm glad you have friends to enjoy time with and I'm sure there will be treasured times at home with family in the future. Christmas isn't needed to be with those we love. We should be doing it as much as possible at all times.
I remember spending Several Christmases in Venezuela as a kid and adolescent. Dad worked in the oil field and signed two-year contracts with the oil companies to drill for black-gold in the jungles and on Lake Maracaibo. We had to make do with what we had. As for me, it never bothered me. I had my family around me and there was the extended family of the other Americans who worked alongside Dad. I think it was roughest on my Mom, being separated from her family.
It's good that you have others there with you. And, being a little homesick at Christmas is not a bad thing. It's proof of some meaningful times in the past. Funny, but I sometimes get a little nostalgic about those times in Venezuela with all the friends we made. One thing for sure; there certainly wasn't any snow....lol.
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