When I wrote about the first stop on our trip, Ho Chi Minh, I casually mentioned the “frenzy of traffic”. In Hanoi, Vietnam’s capital, it was just out of control. You know things are a problem when on the “Hotel information” sheet left in your room, point number one is “How to cross roads.” “How…
Tag: food
Bon appetit!
We were warmly welcomed by everyone in Paris (Disney staff excluded). The girls running Boulangerie Midore (our morning coffee/pastry shop) encouraged Milana with her French ordering. Wait staff in all bistros, restaurants, and boulangeries have been friendly and helpful, perhaps because we’ve been trying our best to do what we can in French, and not…
Supermarkets, Sausages und Schneeballen
One of my favourite things to do overseas is to go supermarket shopping. Deciphering the dish powder from the laundry powder; checking out the unusual fruit and veg; trying to suss out what is important to the locals depending on where and how much of it is in the store. Today’s Mission Impossible : working…
The Token Traveller 