I’ve decided to take a break from the world of problogging, so I’m leaving Europe String. You can look forward to seeing a new blogger here in June. Thank you to all who have read and commented here!
I’ll still be keeping up my personal blog, This non-American Life, where I talk about my life as an expat in Munich, my travels, and whatever else is on my mind. Stop by sometime!
Switzerland and Austria are bracing themselves for the influx of soccer fans during the upcoming Euro Cup.
Friends and dinner in Paris
For a little taste of current European pop music, you can watch last week’s Eurovison song contest online.
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Back when I was recommending this cool little airplane headphone adapter, I wanted to recommend some noise-canceling headphones as well. Given that this is a budget-conscious travel blog, I stopped short of singing the praises of my husband’s fabulous but pricey Bose headphones. But then I came across these iceTECH noise-canceling headphones that go for a mere $30. That seems like a small price to pay for some deliciously silent time on a long flight. I love being able to escape from the plane’s engine noise!
Just when you thought fast food couldn’t get any more efficient: the Dutch chain Febo offers burgers, croquettes, chicken wings and more… all out of vending machines. There are over 20 Febo locations in Amsterdam, and over 50 in the Netherlands.
Photo source: personal collection
Ten budget travel tips for Europe
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There’s another Theme Day coming up here at b5’s Travel & Culture Channel, and the theme is the letter ‘T’. In that spirit, here are my favorite European destinations which begin with T:
Ticino – this southern, Italian-speaking region of Switzerland is the best of both worlds: clean and well-organized like Switzerland, passionate and full of delicious food like Italy. And it’s absolutely gorgeous, to boot. Ticino includes the lake cities of Lugano and Locarno, as well as castle-filled Bellinzona.
Taormina – this gorgeous Sicilian town is home to one of the most breathtaking ruins I’ve ever seen: a Greek amphitheater which …read more
Last weekend a friend and I headed to the Nymphenburg Palace in Munich. This tourist attraction is easy to reach – take tram 17 north from the main train station for about a 15 minute ride.
The weather has been ridiculously warm and sunny here in Munich this month, and the grounds of the palace were full of folks out for a Sunday stroll in the sun. The grounds are open to the public and free of charge.
There are also various parts of the palace and its surrounding buildings that one can pay to enter. There are various combination tickets available, …read more
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Thumbing through Zagat 2008 Europe’s Top Restaurants, I became nostalgic for the Zagat books I know from the US – guides which include great recommendations for restaurants at a whole range of price points. Not so for the European guide, in which the prices seem to range from expensive to very very expensive.
Not only that, but the recommended restaurants seem mostly tired and predictable – locales you can find in any upscale guidebook. There’s no insider’s feel to it (despite the fact that I myself have submitted a couple recommendations from the various European cities I’ve lived in . …read more
It seems like at least once a week a new travel community website is popping up, expecting to revolutionize the online travel world with their fabulous/unique/outrageous idea. They then contact me as a travel blogger hoping I’ll help them out. Their emails attempt to flatter and charm with expressions like ‘premiere travel blog writer’ and ‘exclusive invitation’, followed by a request to come to their site and submit content, lots of content, full of my travel knowledge.
Dude, most travel bloggers are not looking for places to give away their writing for free. If you want your website to be full …read more
How to choose the right voluntourism experience for you .
10 (well, 9) tips for not getting lost in a new city.
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