Wife and I are both currently on leave of absence from our jobs
Going on 3 months in Europe, never want to come back lol this was kind of the same trip as to see if we want to move to Europe in the future.
Neither of us can work remotely unfortunately.. she kind of can but I can’t. Might have to find something to shift to thay gives me more flexibility
The trip thus far:
Frankfurt - Wurzburg - Nuremberg - Munich/Oktoberfest - Drogheda Ireland - Slane Ireland - Dubrovnik - Kotor - Mostar - Hvar - Plitvice national park - Opatija - Labin/Pula - Ljubljana - Venice - Sorrento - Capri - Positano - Naples - Rome - Lyon - Chamonix - Burgundy - Barcelona - Portuguese Algarve - Douro Valley - Porto
I won’t do a full write up as to highjack the thread but some thoughts from our trip this far. If anyone wants a bigger write up or more in-depth write up on any location I’ve done a trip report on a different travel forum I’m on and can PM the link.
- the food in Europe sucks. This is our 6th trip in the last 12 years and in shorter stints you don’t really mind but extended periods it really becomes apparent how lacking the food scene is throughout Europe. I mean sure, Italy is fantastic for what it is, France has its high points, but for how much flack the Vancouver dining scene gets, I think you’d be hard pressed to find the level of both quality and variety anywhere else in the world. With that said if Croatia had food like Italy does, it would be a 10/10. I haven’t been to asia yet but I think I can pretty confidently say I’d take a Thailand or Vietnam over the entirety of Europe for cuisine.
- from our entire trip to this point both of us agree Oktoberfest may still be the highlight, and we’ve done some pretty amazing shit so that tells you how fun Oktoberfest is. If you like to drink and Party it’s a bucket list item imo. I will go back 100% and the sooner the better.
Some pics
This may have been the best pasta I’ve ever had, not in Italy however, this was in Croatia north of Opatija where we were staying. This region is a region known for truffles and we found this 5 star home cooking meal in the middle of the forest basically, insane food and fresh truffle ravioli as in, truffles picked that week. I’m not crazy about truffles but what they put together here was magic
Insane pasta in Rome. The most hyped places were total let downs. This place, Enzo’s we went back two nights in a row and waited in an hour long line of locals both nights to get in. They served drinks in the line though so it wasn’t so bad lol
