Safranbolu, Turkey travel tips
Where we ate: Esra café 2 – Though they seriously undercooked the eggs in Todd’s sausage and eggs at first go, they fixed it without grudge. Their mantı (meat ravioli in yogurt sauce) was served Iskender style – with tomato…
Pamukale, Selcuk/Ephesus and Ankara, Turkey travel tips
Archway at Heiropolis | Photo by Lauren Girardin Where we ate: Edjer Restaurant, Selcuk – They had vegetables. I’m not talking tomatoes and cucumbers – real vegetables like pickled beets and sea beans and…well, ok, they’re not the most desirable…
Central Turkey travel tips
Our experiences in Central Turkey were limited by the tour we took, which covered a lot of ancient sites while neglecting some of the finer things in life – like a good meal. Here’s what was memorable.
Cappadocia, Turkey travel tips
Where we ate: All places are in Göreme, unless otherwise noted.
Istanbul, Turkey travel tips
As we’ll probably mention again later, prices of just about everything in Turkey is surprisingly high. In Istanbul in particular, we couldn’t afford to eat at the kind of restaurants we would have liked to, in part because of the…
Paris, France travel tips
We ate all this cheese | Photo by Lauren Girardin For the most part, we ate at home with our hosts in St. Mandé or picnicked. Food and booze prices in Paris restaurants are shockingly high for backpackers just starting…
Catalonia, Spain travel tips, including Girona, Cadaques, Figures, Port Ligat, and Ripoll
Where we ate: Vinil, Girona – We’d been told that the food in Catalonia is some of the best in Spain, because of the proximity to France. They weren’t kidding, this place was innovative and affordable: YEH!!
Donostia-San Sebastián, Spain travel tips
Where we ate: Kaskazuri – Has a nice, affordable pre-fixe menu with a lot of choices, and also includes wine. We felt a little screwed however, when we realized that our table of four got the same one bottle of…
Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain travel tips
We only had 24 hours in Vitoria-Gasteiz, so this is just a small sample of all there is on offer.
