Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/09/25
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 04:53 PM 4/18/2004, Michiel Fokkema wrote: >When I travel I make a point of it to eat and drink the local food. >I detest the fancy British hotel where they only serve Heineken instead of >a proper English beer. I don't eat pizza in France but I take the typical >French menu. When I'm in Germany I drink 'hefeweizen' and eat sausage. In >Scandinavia I eat fermented fish but don't drink alcohol because it is too >expensive:-) >I don't like the big restaurant chains that serve the same food and drinks >all over the world. I'm afraid that one day the only choice in food I have >will be:pizza hut, KFC or McDonald s. To me, this is what travel is all about: to step outside of my daily life and experience something new and different...and that includes food and drink. I don't want the same thing I have at home. While a part of me is excited to see that I can buy a Cadbury's Flake from a gourmet shop here in Durham, NC, another part of me is sad that on my next trip to England I won't be as excited to bite into that beautifully textured chocolate bar from the airport shop.