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Sarah Cooks: 8/1/06 - 9/1/06
Europe 2006

Venice

8/30/2006 09:34:00 PM
Venice in summer (or any time of year, really) is touristy, crowded, and overpriced. But why let that stop you? It’s one of the most beautiful places in the world, with gorgeous views, wonderful art galleries, local handicrafts and churches to hold your attention. I've been lucky enough to visit Venice twice now, and hope to return many...

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Austria

Vienna: The Naschmarkt

8/29/2006 07:31:00 PM
The naschmarkt is a fabulous food market somewhere in Vienna, which sells an amazing variety of produce - they have Middle Eastern stalls, Italian stalls, bakeries, delicatessens, fresh fruit and vegetable stores, cafes, and sausage stalls - just to name a few.Daniel's Meat StoreMmm... cakesStallsThe most exciting stall we came across was this Wurst stall we saw, which...

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Breakfast

"The perfect, all-out weekend breakfast"

8/27/2006 11:43:00 AM
Austria

Vienna: Teahouses

8/25/2006 11:53:00 AM
You don’t really need me to tell you about teahouses in Vienna. Vienna is justifiably famous for its many wonderful teahouses; and our 2-night stay was not nearly enough time to learn about and experience them all. Any guidebook will give you the names and locations of the more famous teahouses, and my only advice is to start...

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Austria

Vienna: Hotel Sacher

8/24/2006 04:18:00 PM
In her wonderful book, Old Food, Jill Dupleix includes her own recipe for Sachertorte, which has the merits of being "easier" and "faster", than the original, and most importantly, needing "no return airfare". This is obviously a different story when you're actually in Vienna. I do believe that it would be a culinary crime to visit Vienna without...

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