Snapshots!

This is a new feature on the blog where we post photos we like that are not necessarily attached to a post. Click an image to see it fullscreen! If you want to see some of our earlier photos from the trip, visit us at TwitPic. Click on any image to enlarge.

: 01. Rare Red Backed Squirrel Monkeys. More on this in a post soon!

: 01 Red Backed Squirrel Monkeys visit our villa!

: Endangered Red-Backed Squirrel Monkeys visit our villa in COsta Rica.

: Apparently this is what passes as 'research' for Lara. A big sip of a michelada…

: Say hello to my little Lucha Libre friend!

: When we visited the cat cafe here (http://bit.ly/duqc12) in Tokyo, the cats were already bored with the world cup.

: Terence & fishmonger from our latest post (http://bit.ly/c4LSre). Mistaken for a famous person again…

: #iPhone 4 grassroots marketing in #Tokyo. I'm sure Steve Jobs & 'Jony' Ives approved this personally…

: Pink shirt dude, I think I figured out why everyone on the Rialto bridge was laughing at you. It's in in yr pants.

: Not even a thunderstorm deters this singing gondolier from belting out 'Volare', sadly.

: When the local Venice organic markets have not opened yet, you have to do *something* while u wait!

: The best place to access the internet from our trulli in Puglia…

: Our latest post: http://bit.ly/9omzQm Can you believe that sometimes holiday rental owners forget to leave this for guests?

: Grandma and the dragstar.

: ^TC Had to share. Fave photo out-take from this shoot: http://bit.ly/9kmRof

: For our chanson playlist – http://bit.ly/ajpzW3 – we went to one of our faves, Au Limonaire.

: Been invited to dinner with locals in #Paris? Want to really impress? Take macarons you've made yourself!

: And just how cute is this bike outside our apartment building?

: Our personal Paris stairmaster…

: And what is this I spot out the window this crisp Paris morning? Good luck to everyone heading home.

: Locals tell us they're done with oysters for the season now. That's fine, we'll finish them!

: Tired of pot luck Parisian bistros? Not in town for 2 months for that *hip* restaurant booking? Why not do this?

: A different view of Paris in the spring…

: Went to see a chef about a recipe or two. His name is on the board. Apparently he's famous.

: Last night's côte de bœuf becomes today's snack…

: Côte de bœuf in the pan!

: I can't begin to tell you how great these garlic sausages smell. Just one piece of the cassoulet puzzle.

: We didn't know these two were an item!

: I can think of a couple of dozen reasons to stay an extra day in Perpignan…

: Dear rollergirl, have a hint for getting through trade fair traffic. Look right.

: Can't. Wait. Any. Longer. Burnt & cut fingers not fun. Eh?

: This is what we like to see waiting for us in the fridge of a rental apartment when we arrive!

: ‘Gran Cru’ chocolate 67%, olive oil ice cream, shattered bread, macadamias.

: ‘Blau de Muntanyola’ Artisanal Cheese, spice ‘bread’, orange marmalade.

: Iberian Suckling Pig (cooked sous-vide over 14hrs), apples textures, ‘ratafia'.

: Mini canelons, roast chicken, porcini béchamel sauce & white truffles.

: Wild Mediterranean Red Mullet (cooked in bag) w/farm fresh vegetable & lemon thyme.

: Baby clams with seawater gelée w/aspargus tips & lemon compote.

: Tapas: Maple syrup, chilled cream, cava sabayon and rock salt.

: 6. Solera 1847 Oloroso Dulce.

: 5. Nectar Pedro Ximenez Dulce.

: 4. Alfonso Oloroso Seco.

: 3.Vina AB Amontillado Seco.

: 2. Gonzalez Byass San Domingo.

: 1. Tio Pepe Palomino Fino, Fino Muy Seco.

: Lara likes it here in Jerez so much, she's decided to open her own shop. Details to come ;)

: Lara's reaction last night after finding out that the musicians playing are actually from Madrid, not Jerez!

: I guess this guy's piano accordion is being serviced here in #Jerez…

: Terence hard at work for GranTourismo in Essaouria! Apparently this is research…

: A shop owner in Marrakech takes it easy – not an uncommon thing here!

: Why a tad exhausted tonight? Oh yeah, because last night @ 2am we were watching this…

: This was our dessert last night @ the riad. How do you like them apples & strawberries & bananas?

: Perhaps the strangest sight on our walk through the local Marrakech medina Rue Bab Doukkala?

: Lara doing her souq research in Marrakech for this new post: http://bit.ly/93d2lQ

: The dichotomy of Marrakech.

: The dessert at dinner at our riad, Dar Rocmarra. Orange slices with cinnamon.

: The main course for dinner at our riad, Dar Rocmarra. A delicious slow-cooked lamb shoulder.

: The starter, hariara soup at our riad, Dar Rocmarra. We changed our location due to the storm!

: Dar Rocmarra dinner setting.

: Watching a belly dancer in Marrakech…

: Repacking camera gear, London.

: Stilton from Neal’s Yard Dairy in London. Yes, it's fabulous.

: Early morning view from our London digs!

: Breakfast. Using up some leftover peppered lamb with za'atar – always tastes better the next day!

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