Out of the way neighborhood restaurants is the way to do Rome. If it’s crowded with locals, it’s good.
As far as touristy - Alla Rampa under the Spanish Steps is as touristy as it gets, but still very good.
I don’t know if Bomba’s Love Shack still exists or has the full moon party on Tortola in the BVI - but that’s a fun excursion from St. John or St. Thomas.
For me it isn’t just eating better it is also about eating differently and different food. Trying to eat like a local wherever you go is the best part of travel imo.
I’ve lived in LA for 20 years - my heaven is sitting on a deck surrounded by pine trees.
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I wrote that post with domestic travel in mind. What you say is a lot less applicable with domestic travel than it is with international travel. And I’d agree that with international travel this is a good strategy to have.
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That’s true of most cities in Italy, France, Spain, Portugal etc.
I think you could argue it’s true of any city anywhere. If you are eating somewhere surrounded by tourists you are fucking up basically 100% of the time.
I typed that first then realised it doesn’t apply to London lol.
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Is that true in your neck of the woods for barbecue joints? I think tourists generally do a job of sniffing out the barbecue places locals will go themselves.
I would say in general for OKC tourists(to the extent they exist) mostly do not go where locals go no. I also don’t think OKC has particularly good BBQ restaurants for whatever reason.
Overheard at a convention in Vegas -
“Hey, they have a Chili’s here. Lets go there for dinner.”
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I thought you were in Kansas, for obvious reasons.
When i made the sn on 22 in 2004 I was. Dumb and terrible sn but here we are.
Nice! Gf and I are arriving to Paris Christmas Eve and staying a month.
I’m paying $1350 for the month on AirBNB in a 30 sq m. apartment in Folie-Méricourt in the 11th. Honestly that price seems like an absolute steal compared to the prices almost everywhere in Portugal, Spain, France, and Italy at the moment.
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I’ve been doing a combo of this and also had good success checking AirBNB experiences and looking for tours that way. Found the best tour guide ever in Natal, Brazil. Dude seemed relatively well off and didn’t care about the money, just had an extreme love affair with his hometown and wanted to show foreigners the best spots. He even took us out to a local restaurant that was delicious and paid for my gf and I. He absolutely refused a tip afterwards. Extremely nice guy.
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I’ve got Big City-itis. I’ve mostly lived in very large cities for 10 years, including Mex City (21 million population) for 3 years, but every time I travel I still want to be in a bustling city centre in a city with loads to do. I’ll see nature if it’s very highly rated, but otherwise I’d rather walk in bustling areas dripping w/history and beautiful architecture.
Also if there’s a large menu at the entrance that has 60 different dishes with pics, then you’ve really fucked up.
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I’m going to Paris for a 2-week writing course next summer. Really debating if that that should be the impetus to quit my job, then bum around Europe for a while afterwards.\
Or I could try to work from Europe - which is doable but annoying. And I wouldn’t flat out lie to my work, so I’d have to get permission, which would also be annoying.
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If you want to bum around a really long time, there are quite a few places just outside Europe that make it easy for Americans to stick around.
Albania and Georgia have 1 visa on entry.
Turkey you can get a 1 year visa very easily.
Couple others like Croatia and Estonia have 1 year digital nomad visas.
That’s if you’re planning to do more than 90 days and run out of Schengen time.
My plan is basically:
Arrive in early December, spend 3 months in Spain, France, Italy, Greece
Then spend 6 months-1 year in Istanbul, Tbilisi, or Tirana.
After that, we’ll probably look for a permanent stay somewhere in/near Europe.
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what prana said, most of my travel is during the winter months and i live in the frozen tundra
When I’m in travel mode I get super bored being at a place that is beach and only beach. But for a lifestyle choice it’s pretty great. I spent the lockdown of March/April 2020 on Little Corn Island in Nicaragua and I had the whole beach to myself everyday and it was kinda awesome
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