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Celebrity Travel: Go Away With Piper Perabo

By Jae-Ha Kim, Tribune Content Agency on

Since starring in the film "Coyote Ugly," Piper Perabo has kept busy adding to a long resume of movies and television work. After five seasons as CIA operative Annie Walker on USA Network's "Covert Affairs," Perabo now stars as a TV news producer in the new ABC series, "Notorious." An avid traveler, the actress credits her trips for getting her involved with the International Rescue Committee (https://www.rescue.org/). "I was working in Istanbul and there were so many Syrian refugees there," says Perabo. "Until then, it hadn't hit me how far many of them had walked with their families to try to find safety and work. That was an awakening for me."

Fans interested in staying updated on Perabo's work may follow her on Twitter at https://twitter.com/piperperabo.

Q. Your heritage is English, German, Irish and Norwegian. Have you visited any of those countries?

A. I have not. I just saw a lot of my Norwegian family at a wedding, but they came over here. It seems like they always come to us. I would love to visit all those places one day.

Q. What is your favorite vacation destination?

A. I remember being in Hong Kong and it was just one of those amazing places. The food was so good. They have these amazing pork buns that I have never forgotten about. I also loved that there were so many beautiful temples. They burned incense during the day and people could go in and pray throughout the day.

 

Q. How adventurous are you with food?

A. I'm pretty good. I eat a lot and really enjoy trying new things. I love looking for local things that people talk about. I'll see what travel food writers recommend and I try to check some of those places out. When I was filming in Barcelona, I remembered that Mark Bittman had written in The New York Times about the perfect ham sandwich place and I found it. It was a very plain sandwich, but it had the perfect slice of ham, really good mustard, some simple but delicious bread -- it was so good. Another time, I was filming in Marrakesh and walking around with some guys from our crew in a rough part of the city. We saw all these workmen lined up to buy lunch at this open stall. She had wedged her cart in between two buildings and was selling the most amazing food. Our feeling was that if these guys were willing to wait in line and pay hard-earned money for food from this little cart, then it must be pretty good. I can still taste the grilled eggplant, french fries and the delicious pita bread. I'll eat from a street cart any day.

Q. When you did "Covert Affairs," your character spoke 26 languages. How about you in real life?

A. (Laughs) I love languages, but I'm not fluent in anything other than English. I studied French in high school and can speak it like a little kid. Some of my early jobs were in Montreal and Marrakesh and I needed to be able to speak French to get along. But, really, it's pretty shabby. I can ask for directions. My next goal is to learn Spanish. Living in Southern California where so many people speak it, I'd love to be able to join in a conversation. It's so beautiful.

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