We know that everyone is probably sick of our 'travel slides' by now but we would like to take a short break from our life in Columbus to reminisce about a few of our favorite things that we discovered while meandering through Europe... the FOOD.
ROME
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| The first thing that we ate after stepping onto Italian soil was of course Gelato... it was to be the first of many. |
Even a meal from a shameless tourist trap tasted better in Rome.
#1 BEST DRINK
"Had a LOT of hot chocolate in my life but this is by far the best... Heaven, pure heaven!" - Meg
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| #1 BEST PIZZA |
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| It wasn't until we left Rome that we began to appreciate the free running water on every street corner. |
FLORENCE
#1 BEST GELATO
(although this position would be challenged later)
Our most common breakfast/lunch/dinner - bread, cheese, and fruit...
...and then eat it somewhere AWESOME!
VENICE
#1 WORST DINNER
"This pizza kind of reminds me of my middle school cafeteria lunch." - Brendan
VIENNA
#1 BEST RESTAURANT
Meg's dinner - garden salad with an extremely flavorful lite dressing
Brendan's dinner - Fleischpalatschinke... what ever it was it was DELICIOUS
Aura Maria's dinner - same as Meg
Eric's dinner - Wiener Schnitzel
"Dang it. I want what ever it is that the guy behind us got... oh, that's what I ordered? AWSOME!" - Eric
"OOOOH, that's what a falaful is... yes please." - Brendan
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| Austrians put WAY more apple in their strudels than Americans do. |
The dried coconut and muesli would become our staple snacks for the remainder of our trip.
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| Hummus for dinner, except the yellow one might be an egg salad sort of thing. |
TRAVELING
This is how we ate most of our breakfasts/lunches.
MUNICH
Yes, that is a bucket of meat sitting on several liter mugs that were once full of beer.
No, we were not able to sample the meat or the beer.
Auria Maria is holding a jar full of a marshmallow/nutella cream which we shamelessly ate out of for beginning in Munich until it was unfortunately forgotten in Marseille.
#1 BEST YOGURT EVER!!!
"Why is it that yogurt is SOOOOO much better in Europe?" - Meg
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| We did not actually try one of these pizzas but we felt it our duty to document that they do exist. |
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| Speaking of vending machines... |
FRANKFURT
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| The beef soup was delicious but strangely lacking in beef. |
Guess which one we liked more, the German cheesecake (left) or the traditional German poppy seed cake (right)?
BRUSSELS
We stopped in Brussels just long enough for some frites and waffles.
PARIS
When we asked Kristin what she suggested to eat in Paris she said "Crepes, crepes, crepes!"
So we did as we were told.
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| It was this guy who made fun of Brendan's pencil behind his ear. |
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| Meg still eating her dried coconut. |
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| "Smell my ice cream" - Meg |
MARSEILLE
The macarones were great, the pie thing under the macarones was AMAZING!
LA SPEZIA
#1 BEST BREAKFAST... mostly because it was free.
This was our last dinner in Europe, eaten in that order.
#1 BEST GELATO
O'HARE INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT
CHICAGO DOG, first meal back in the states.
