Posted on 12/29/2007 6:49:59 PM PST by Coleus
LOL I WAS a tourist !........;o)
I was on a euro-rail pass vacation with my Wife and Son and France was just a short stop for us to get off the train and eat before we went on to Belgium.
Kids are tough to please and he asked for a burger after agreeing to eat some other stuff in Germany he didn’t like....he saw burgers and burgers it was.
Agree 100% on eating on the economy as we did all the time where we were stationed. Used to listen to tourists in Venice brag as to how cheap their trip was costing them ....only 5k for the week and here we had spent 30$ for a week in pensiones (sp?) with 3 meals a day included as we toured the city.....
I have friends in the Foreign Legion that have invited me to visit yet I think my travel days are over due BS TSA tosses at travelers..... I will not be subjected to such.
Hope yer well, have a merry new year and stay safe !
Rubber side down on the road BTW !!
BUMP!
I would like to see a typical Russian and a typical Israeli family.
And what about Canada, eh?
And a nice Chianti.
Actually, Hannibal Lechter, a man of supposedly good taste, made a bad recommendation. Chianti is too heavy and tannic to go with liver and/or fava beans. Your only choice among reds for such a combo would be a light Pinot Noir. ;-)
Canada= Copious quantities of coffee crisp and Tim Horton’s, followed with Molson aka Canadian Champagne.
In Spain, you must also remember to 1. avoid all tourist/fast food outlets, even the local places like VIPs and 2. NOT to eat in the "restaurant" section of a Tapas bar, as they increase the prices for the same food fivefold (in the case of a place I went to in Sevilla). Talk to the locals, or at least the front desk clerk.
BTW: There are excellent reasons NOT to travel with young children to any place besides Disney. Going out to restaurants is one of them.
What alot of folks in the states don't realize is how many Italians, even after marriage, spend time living with their parents in small apartments. The large house with a yard is a rarity in Italy, even moreso than in France.
Sangria BTTT !
My fave drink in all of Spain is Fino (dry) sherry. I highly recommend that anyone who goes to Spain stop in Jerez/Sanlucar/Puerto Santa Maria and hit any of the bodegas in the sherry triangle (illegal to produce sherry outside of these three towns, per EU law). Nothing like a DRY fino sherry with grilled shrimp and calamari.
Very interesting!
Last time I was there was 91.......they closed my Airbase down a few years after that. Madrid & Moron, Cadiz etc were my hangouts. Later I was stationed in the Azores and got a few TDY’s back and forth too Spain but never really traveled as much.......great food and drink in Spain. Never a complaint.
Stay safe and Thanks for the tip on the sherry...... I have given up drinking long ago so will pass on to my Girl Friday who does take a sip now and then !!
thanks !
You should also tell her (after she buys some Fino Sherry) that she may want to try Manzanilla. It is a young sherry (must be drank within a year of bottling), which is aged in barrels next to where the Guadalquivir meets the Atlantic in Sanlucar. As a result, the salt water air permeates the pores of the barrels giving it a slightly salty aftertaste. Tastes better than it sounds, especially with shellfish!
Will do Clemenza .......Thanks for the tips and education.
Stay safe !
re: 52, agreed Biglook.
And may the Father bless them immensely.
BTTT
Interesting PING!
Hey, I still enjoy Ramen noodles.
That works great on business trips or any other per diem travel in the States as well. I once fed myself, my wife, and two cubs with money left over from a US govt. food allowance by using an ice chest and the local grocery stores.
Cheers!
...oh, and Happy New Year.
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