CJU - the fun part!

As affiliate marketing manager for Luisaviaroma, I have been invited by Commission Junction at CJU to enjoy unforgettable networking in an engaging, campus-like experience along 78 acres of pristine Santa Barbara coastline! Exactly as they say, CJU provides the definitive affiliate networking and education experience. I had the chance to meet and refresh strategies with long term partners, find new business opportunities and develop initiatives for Luisa's business. As a perfectly organized American event (the Bacara resort was incredible), along the working side, we had aperitivos, welcome and goodbye parties, award dinner and many gadgets to bring home!

Santa Barbara

Along the Old Stage Coach Road

Santa Barbara Wine Country

Santa Barbara from the City Hall's tower

September 11 Tribute

American Buffalos

Half a sandwich (American portions)

News corner along the street

Typical American atmosphere

Organic veggies

The coast

Pelican (here his brother in Australia!)

Santa Barbara Pier

On the Amtrak train to LA... 

Casa da Vigia

Casa da Vigia, discover the taste of Flores island... Natural cooking...from the land...from the sea...vegetarian food, Italian specialities, Home-made cakes and ice cream... - Biological/organic products - Music & Books - Possibility to rent a house.
What else you might need?

Mom's island and restaurant, as usual, is the best place to be and recharge yourself...

Le parfait:

Vigia da Baleia

Comida Turca

Whilst wandering around Istanbul with Luis, my lovely ravenous Peruvian local guide (haha! I like this definition), trying different kinds of food became a must! Marvelous sweets, a full immersion into baklava's world; street barrows selling any kind of food around the city, all day and night long; fresh fish and doner kebab. We tried everything, and everything was wonderful!

After dancing all night long, you can have mussels filled with rice in the street, always full of people (I saw this amount of people in the street only in Japan, almost like in Shibuya). During the day you can stop anywhere to have a cai, tea, in those cute small glasses. There are food barrows in every corner and you can eat at any hour!

Cucumber, Simit and Kestane barrows.

Durum, Pomegranate and Churros barrows.

Lokum and Baklava

Turkish coffee, cai,viskender  doner and onions at the market.

Dried fruits, paprika, vegetables and sish kebab

Teas, spices, nuts and dry fruits.

Macum and gözleme.

Kitchen boats preparing balik ekmek, fish market, women buying fish at a local market, grilled fish cookers and those tasty sandwiches! 

Dondurma - Turkish icecream.

Verticales de Lisboa

Lungo weekend familiare tra Porto e Lisboa, tra pasteis e passeggiate, dolcemente ospitati...

Alfama.

Azulejos.

Pensao Amor, A Ginjinha.

Descobrir Lisboa.

Laos seaweed, the view, pasteis de nata.

Miradouro das Portas do Sol.

Food / Food?!

What is the boundary between what you would love to eat (mmh, tasty Asian food, fresh fish and veggies, white rice, coconut, Cambodian BBQ, raw fish packed in banana leaves)...

...and what you won't?

Khmer Psah (markets in Cambodia)

Every country has its own markets where to experience some real local life, discover the traditions, meet the population and try anything. Markets are the places I always want to visit, eat and buy, and of course experience. Cambodian Psah are colourful, with plenty of weird food but tasty food too, full of life. Bikes speeding between the narrow stalls, people in pijama laying on the hammoks hanging everywhere.

Some really durty and smelly areas, with garbage and cockroachs, meat hanging covered only by a kroma (traditional scarf) when the stand is close. Fresh vegetables, strange and marvellous fruits, fish alive or dried, spices and paprikas, pork heads along with clothes, utensils, medicaments, shoes, silver and gold, watches, wedding costumes, tools, furniture, money exchanges with huge wads of cash, silk, fabrics, mats and of course much more!

Markets in Siem Reap, Kratie, Banlung, Phnon Penh, Bangkok.