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Food & Travel : Quinoa Salad @ Salta

This is one of my favourite dishes of all times!

Just a year ago I visited Salta for a long weekend. I went from Salta to Cachi for a day trip and tasted the most delicious quinoa salad I´ve ever had.

It had grilled peppers (red and green), corn, tomatoes and quinoa: Fresh and fulfilling! The perfect combination!

I had tried quinoa before (in pies, with potatos, etc.) but never in a salad... and it was great!

But apart from its peculiar taste and texture, the quinoa has a story.

It comes from the Highest Andes Mountains and grows all over South America mountain countries.

It was one of the main foods among Inca civilization. It has more protein than any other grain which makes it high quality food. It grows wildly almost anywhere so it was helpful for people living in the high mountains! And it´s still is!

The high iron levels are said to help with altitude sickness, because it improves the oxygen levels in blood.

It recently became very popular and it´s exported to all over the world, but the origins are ancient and I´m sure it tastes different if you are having quinoa with a view like this...

Just fantastic!

Waiting For My Chance To Come

Well I'm just waiting for my chance to come
Just a silhouette against the rising sun
Watch the water, watch the sky
Count the days as they go by
I'm just waiting for my chance to come

Well it takes real guts to be alone
Going head to head with the great unknown
But there is no sweeter sound, on the kings round I'm bound
And just waiting for your chance to come

'Cause it's hard to feel like, you're worth something in this life
When you're walking next to me, I can hear my body speak
We're just waiting for a chance to come
We're just waiting for a chance to come

Your immortal smile is burned in me
When I close my eyes its all see
Among the canyons and the stars
You're the guide inside my heart
I'm just waiting for my chance to come

And you're just looking for a way outta here
Yeah, a way to see this old life all disappear
Take a gamble on your heart, it will lead you through the dark
You're just waiting for your chance to come

'Cause it's hard to feel like, you're worth something in this life
When you're walking next to me, I can hear my body speak
We're just waiting for a chance to come
We're just waiting for a chance to come

And no one's gunna get in my way
Gunna figure it out for myself
Yeah no one's gunna make me stay
Gunna figure it out for myself

'Cause I don't need nothing
I'm just waiting for my chance to come

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Bel & New York: Living the moment

Christian Svanes shows us this great moment waiting the metro in NY...
He describes it as "a moment in williamsburg that feels like a danish dogme film, to the tune of radiohead's "no surprises."
While you watch the video, you can feel you are waiting in the station...

no surprises (featuring the williamsburg subway accordionist) from svanes on Vimeo.

Antes que se pase el tiempo de vivir

Y miro adelante,
Y me quedo sin poder recordar,
Ni siquiera aquellas cosas que me ayudan a olvidar.
Es una canción que viene con el olvido,
Cuando viene, viene olvidándose el por venir,
Si la fortuna quiere que me acompañe,
Antes que se pase el tiempo de venir.