Last Travel log of 2015

Hi

I must take a few moments here to acknowledge, be grateful and express my immense gratitude for having travelled so much in the year 2015. I feel overwhelmed, as I sometimes think of it sitting alone in my contemplation mode that I have really had the opportunity to turn my dream travel destinations into a reality and thus I feel immensely thankful for each step I walked, miles I drove and flew.

Antalya, Turkey

Travel Diary - Southern France November 2015

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This time the travel itch took us to the south of France . I had always and really always wished to visit France and not the stereotype Paris trip but more inland and distant, blame it on my nomadic soul, the distant and unknown always pulls me, the ´Fernweh' as it is known is what I am a victim of.  So for the 5 day vacation that my husband had we got lucky with some good deals on airtickets to Marseille and then our Hotel in Nice, rest was for me to plan. Marseille is the third most populated city in France and I, the wandered prefer to travel and see less populated places. So upon landing in Marseille, as how we usually do, we picked up a car from one of the rental services at the airport and headed to Nice which is about 200 Kms away but a central point to lot of places in French Riviera (Cannes, Antibes, St. Tropez etc.) also widely known as Côte d'Azur, the Italian villages on the border and Monaco (one of the smallest countries in the world). 

View of 'Promende des Anglais' from our room's balcony (Radisson Blu / Nice)

Grilled Salmon

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Continuing with my clean eating plan and some nutritious dinner ideas and of course my obvious love for fish, had me pick up some fresh pink Salmon fillets at our weekly village market. This market is such a delight to shop in, well I am going to do a post about that soon because I am totally in love with this way of picking my groceries and the fresh produce from local farmers that one gets to buy there but that is for next time.  

This is what our dinner looks like at least 2 times a week. In order to get good amount of Omega-3 fatty acids and Proteins from our meals I love putting this simple, healthy meal together without feeling liking I am having to swim upstream. Ideally, in a week one must consume fatty fish such as this twice and at least once low-calorie high-protein fish like Cod.

Pan grilled Salmon served with steamed rice, salad and veggies cooked in coconut curry

Oat Cookies with Chia and Flax seeds

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I am in love with the concept of clean eating, making my nibbles at home to which I know what has gone in. I still crave desserts and didn't want to have the fat laden ones and to satiate my munching syndrome I ended up baking these 'Golden Goodness Cookies' as I call them. These are chewy, healthy and delicious all at the same time Oh Yes :)

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