Exactly 3 years ago, The Travelling Chopsticks was born! Time to crack open the bubbly!
What started off as a rather timid blog to keep my friends and family posted on my life in Mexico, it has slowly gathered momentum and morphed into the cooking and travel blog that it is today.
It has turned into my creative outlet and something I am immensely proud of. A project that is ever evolving, ever growing and in a way taking on a life of its own. What has been incredibly encouraging and rewarding is the warm reception that the TTC has received from my friends and family, and people who have stumbled upon it all over the world. Your comments and enthusiasm has really motivated me to keep on going. Thank you :)
As I was rather shy and self conscious in the beginning of sharing my blog with everyone, I feel that there is some really good content that has been overlooked, so as a little birthday homage to The Travelling Chopsticks, I have put together a list of all my favourite and most memorable posts I have written over the years and thought I would share them with you.
1. Hello World: My first ever post, written almost a month after I set up The Travelling Chopsticks as I was so nervous about writing in a public forum.
2. Corrida de Toros: My first (and last) bull fight.
4. Oaxaca
5. Shrimp Bisque: One of the best recipes I have come across and one where I was so impressed with the outcome.
6. Long Weekend in Guanajuato: A little trip outside of Mexico City
7. Survival Tips for an Expat Lady of Leisure
8. Saffron & Shrimp Risotto: My all time favourite recipe and comfort food!
9. Day of the Dead & San Angel
10. Roast Duck: A tedious recipe but one where I was very proud of the outcome
11. Tamales: One of my absolute favourite days in Mexico City, where my colleague opened up her home to me and taught me how to make tamales with her family.
Once again – thank you to everyone for all your support, encouragement and kind words. The last three years has been such an interesting journey and hopefully we will go on many more adventures together in the future!
Skål!
P.S The Travelling Chopsticks now has a Facebook Page…I know, I’m finally getting on this Social Media bandwagon! If you would like to see mini-updates of my life in Brasilia and around Latin America, please go ahead and ‘like’ my page :)
https://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Travelling-Chopsticks/424827514288003
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Congratulations Alex! I look forward to hearing how you will now tackle Brazil after so successfully handling the challenges thrown at you when you moved to Mexico. Keep up the good work and enjoy the new life.
F. Gray
Happy birthday, TTC! Enjoy reading all your postings, Alex!
Congrats on your blog birthday! There are so many meh travel blogs out there that is is a delight to come across one that really engages you– looking forward to catching up on all your older posts! I’ve always dreamed of living the expat life but for now I am enjoying living vicariously through all your stories. : )