The school year’s over! Let’s lighten things up for the summer months & step-back a bit from the more serious topics we usually tackle here at ISR…
An interesting topic, Just for FUN, recently appeared on the ISR Forum. Responses from participants caught our eye & aroused our curiosity, so just for fun we’ve decided to share this intriguing transplant from the Forum with the entire ISR audience:
It’s summer & I’m dreaming about traveling overseas.
Just for FUN, let’s talk about the following: |
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Best overseas food |
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Strangest overseas food you’ve tried |
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Best beer/spirits |
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Best festival/event |
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Best place you went for vacation overseas |
Here’s how a few Teachers responded:
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Mike |
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Best overseas food: Japan! |
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Strangest overseas food you’ve tried: raw Sea urchin
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Best beer/spirits: Polish Beer tents on warm spring day! |
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Best festival/event: Thaipusam festival in Kuala Lumpur |
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Best place you went for vacation while overseas: Kenya Safari
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PsyGuy |
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Best overseas food: Italy! |
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Strangest overseas food you’ve tried: Monkey Brains, China |
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Best beer/spirits: Cold draft Tiger beer, hot South Asian day |
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Best festival/event: Full Moon, Thailand |
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Best place you went for vacation while overseas: Brazil |
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Anon |
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Best overseas food: Everything on a Kerala houseboat |
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Strangest overseas food you’ve tried: Squiggly white African grubs |
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Best beer/spirits: German beer |
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Best festival/event: Munich’s birthday |
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Best place you went for vacation while overseas: Camera safari-India |
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Now it’s YOUR Turn to Share YOUR Favorites!
Just copy the list with the yellow squares (above) into memory. Then paste it into your reply box – next, supply the answers.
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Best overseas food: mezze in Syria (or Lebanon)
Strangest overseas food you’ve tried: cuy (guinea pig) in Peru
Best beer/spirits: kaiciyava rakiya (apricot brandy) in Bulgaria
Best festival/event: New Year’s Eve Fireballs in Stonehaven, Scotland
Best place you went for vacation: Safari in Kenya
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Best overseas food : Curry – Indian
Strangest overseas food you’ve tried: Horse’s hoof – in China
Best beer/spirits: Indian dark rum
Best festival/event: Ye Ping Lantern festival – Chaing Mai, Thailand
Best place you went for vacation overseas: Antarctica
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1. Best overseas food: Käsknöpfle [Liechtenstein] and Blowfish sushi [Japan].
2. Strangest overseas food: Barbacoa [Ciudad Juarez, Mexico] and Nkhaat – المقلي الدماغ من الحمل deep fried lamb brain [Saudi Arabia].
3. Best beer/spirits: “Groaerd” Riesling Grevenmacher [Luxembourg] although I’m partial to French Merlot and I don’t like beer as it doesn’t like me back.
4. Best festival/event: EuroPride 2008 [Stockholm, Sweden]. For a brief moment I became straight-curious that I almost changed my passport.
5. Best place you went for vacation while overseas: Minneapolis [Utterly gobsmacked by the Minnesota Nice!] and Hong Kong.
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1) Thai
2) Cobra in Vietnam
3) Lagavulin 16 y/o scotch
4) the Thai military coup in 2006
5) Indian Himalayas
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Best overseas food: Thai
Strangest overseas food you’ve tried: Gammelost/Norway
Best beer/spirits: Austria
Best festival/event: Jordi Savall, Barcelona
Best place you went for vacation overseas: Kew Gardens/London. Free museums!
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Best overseas food: bleenies in Russia, soup in Turkey
Strangest overseas food you’ve tried: Cow intestines soup Poland
Best beer/spirits: Blood orange and vodka Turkey
Best festival/event: Munich Oktoberfest
Best place you went for vacation overseas: Turkey pammukale
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Ah, Turkish soup! Yogurt corbasi, was my fav, and they make the best tomato soup in the world. It has completely ruined me for eating it anywhere else!
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Best overseas food: Swarma and Quoshary in Egypt
Strangest overseas food you’ve tried: Cow heel soup in Trinidad or Rocky Mountain Oysters-aka Bull’s testicles in Colorada, USA
Best beer/spirits: LLB, Lemon Lime and Angostura Bitters
Best festival/event: Carnival in Trinidad
Best place you went for vacation: Belize for 7 days diving on Ambergris Caye and then 4 days on mainland at Jaguar Paw resort along the 5 Caves Branch River
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Best Overseas Food: Sri Lanka
Strangest Overseas Food:Sheep’s penis
Best Beer / Spirits: A Cold bintang on Gili Trawangan
Best Festival / Event: Notting Hill Carnival
Best Place for Vacation: Cruising round Bali on an old motorbike
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Best Overseas Food: China
Strangest Overseas Food: Chicken Sashimi (breast, liver, kidney)
Best Beer / Spirits: Panama Ron Abuelo
Best Festival / Event: Japanese Matsuuri
Best Place for Vacation: Burma
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Best overseas food- Thailand
Strangest overseas food you’ve tried::-insects in Thailand
Best beer/spirits:- pubs in Mumbai
Best festival/event:- Goa Carnival
Best place you went for vacation overseas:- California State
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Best Overseas Food: anything in India
Strangest Overseas Food: baby eels, Spain
Best Beer: Khol, Madagascar
Best Event: San Fermines, Pamplona Spain
Best Place for Vacation: Kruger Park, South Africa
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Best Overseas Food: Any crepes in Brittany, France
Strangest Overseas Food: Liver dumplings in Germany
Best Spirits: Pims with fruit in Cornwall, England
Best Event: Disco at a Saudi Mansion
Best Place for Vacation: Nissi Beach in Cyprus….Crystal Clear refreshing water!!!
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Best overseas food: everything from the heart of Mexico City
Strangest overseas food: the giant ants, fried in Colombia
Best spirits: learned to LOVE mojitos in Ecuador
Best event: the amazing concerts in Eastern Europe (Pink Floyd)
Best place for vacation: Ankor Wat in Cambodia…wow!
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Best food: Anything in Lebanon
Strangest Food: Fermented yak’s milk in Mongolia
Best Beer: Penfort Dark (France)
Best Event: Aida at Asbestos (Turkey) or the pyramids.
Best Vacation Spot: Angkor Wat
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Best overseas food: Som tam, Gai Yang and Khao Niao and Shanghai dumplings are tied.
Strangest overseas food you’ve tried: Tarantula?
Best beer/spirits: Dead Guy Ale (not really from ‘overseas’ but I drank it at a beer festival in Hong Kong.)
Best festival/event: Hong Kong Sevens
Best place you went for vacation overseas: Turkey
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Best overseas food: home made beef rendang
Strangest overseas food you’ve tried: pig penis
Best beer/spirits: 961 Brewery, Beirut, Lebanon
Best festival/event: CNY anywhere with a large Chinese population
Best place you went for vacation overseas: Xinjian Provence, China
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The Best Overseas Food: Steak And Kidney Pie at Fortum And Mason in London
Strangest Overseas food you’ve tried: Steak Diane, Haggis, And Escargot.
Best beer/ spirits: Fenway Park, Boston. During A Yankees Game in the 2004 ALCS Game Four, I had Bailey’s Irish Cream with Whip Cream. We won 6-4 in 14 innings
Best festival/event: My father’s retirement on board The USS Constitution in 1983 and My brother’s wedding in Rome when he got married in 1994. I was his best man. It was held in The Vatican.
Best place you went for vacation overseas: I went to London, Paris, Rome and Vienna for four weeks and loved very much. I purchased 200 books from Foyle’s in London, Great Wine in Paris, Ties and Gloves in Rome, and Cookbooks in Wien.
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Best overseas food: Pat Thai
Strangest overseas food you’ve tried: Grubs
Best beer/spirits: Gallo Beer
Best festival/event: German Beer Fest in Germany
Best place you went for vacation overseas: Greek Island Cruise
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Best overseas food: Everything I age in Thailand
Strangest overseas food you’ve tried: Bear
Best beer/spirits The beer in Germany
Best festival/event Michael Jackson in Romania
Best place you went for vacation overseas Cambodia
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