Originally uploaded by scottpartee.

I had forgotten about how funny it was the last time I was in Canada. I had a pocket full of various countries’ currencies: US from mistaken change in Canada; Canadian; Euros and; bizarrely enough, Slovenian coins that were accidentally stashed [...]

[Read more →]

.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }
.flickr-yourcomment { }
.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }
.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; }

Eating Fresh Sea Urchins, originally uploaded by scottpartee.

We caught them, Theo cut them open, and dressed them with olive oil and lemon. They opened up a bottle of ouzo, which went perfectly with the clean, [...]

[Read more →]

.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }
.flickr-yourcomment { }
.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }
.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; }

Maple’s Third Birthday Party, originally uploaded by scottpartee.

We celebrated Maple’s third birthday in Greece.
We packed some party supplies so that we could have a little fest for her to celebrate the special day. We brought [...]

[Read more →]

Nearly three weeks of holiday went a long way toward restoring my vigor. Just before the break, work was nearly crushing me. Now, things seem under control. There’s imminent insanity, but it’s all manageable.
We went to Greece for our vacation and really loved it. We only hit two locales: Athens and the island of [...]

[Read more →]

Originally uploaded by scottpartee.

Temple of Olympian Zeus is the largest temple in Greece and was something like 700 years in the making. Peisistratos started it in the 6th century B.C., but the money ran out. Roman Emperor Hadrian completed it [...]

[Read more →]

Originally uploaded by scottpartee.

This is a photo of the world’s best toast. I made it myself. How do you make it? Easy:

1. Go to Lesvos, in Greece, very near Turkey.

2. Stay in Molyvos (Mithymna) and rent an awesome house just down the cobble-stone path from [...]

[Read more →]

Here is my list (a la Kottke):
Portland, OR
Boise, ID
Grand Junction, CO
Denver, CO
Baton Rouge, LA
Jennings, LA
Natchez, MS*
New York, NY
Vienna, Austria*
Llubljana, Slovenia
Trieste, Italy
Udine, Italy
Venice, Italy
Bratislava, Slovakia
Sliema, Malta
Toronto, Canada
7 Countries, 2 Continents, 6 US States, 1 Canadian Province. Also of note, this is the longest I’ve ever been outside of my home country: 11 months and counting. And [...]

[Read more →]

Fordiculous! on the Maltese playground.

[Read more →]

I love me some Toronto so far. It’s a great town with lots of diversity. I don’t just mean diversity in people, it’s also diverse in its urban fabric (houses, buildings, etc), amenities (just about anything you could ever need is generally really close to your abode), food (I’ve seen nearly every level and type [...]

[Read more →]

Originally uploaded by scottpartee.

The first half (yup, I said half) of our Venice pics are now on Flickr.

[Read more →]

Originally uploaded by scottpartee.

Our set of photos from our short trip to Bratislava are up on Flickr.
I’d definitely like to go back. The people seemed nice and the city was pretty cool, despite having been pretty thoroughly wrecked by communists and bad modernist architects and [...]

[Read more →]

Our friend Jennifer is in town for a few weeks. Jennifer is an educator and she is able to spend a few weeks in Europe and is using our pad here in Vienna as a home base for her Euroexplorations.
Jennifer recently headed off to Prague for a few days, and Maple was a bit confused. [...]

[Read more →]

Originally uploaded by scottpartee.

My set of photos from Trieste is finally on Flickr for those who are interested.
I took a lot of pictures—actually filled my memory card. For a four night trip, that is a bit excessive. What will I do [...]

[Read more →]

Something I hope to oneday soon put to the test is the following claim:
Seafood from the “Croatian” side of the Adriatic is superior to seafood harvested in the waters closer to the “Italian” side.
Venetian chefs are rumored to favor seafood pulled from the waters off of Croatia due to the fact that the sea bottom [...]

[Read more →]

Following Jason’s example: My Year In Cities

[Read more →]