Right there with them. I have more bakeries (and small hole-in-the-wall restaurants) saved than museums and other attractions in my various saved exploration/tourism maps. History, art,...
Right there with them. I have more bakeries (and small hole-in-the-wall restaurants) saved than museums and other attractions in my various saved exploration/tourism maps. History, art, architecture are all amazing and important, but I'd rather be in the countryside or the non-touristy parts of town getting to know locals, helping to prepare a meal, or learning how they harvest.
I've been taken on cruises where my favorite part was renting a Jeep to get the hell away from the port and driving an hour into the middle of nowhere to find real food. I've been treated to an all-inclusive resort in Jamaica where the most memorable day was when I just walked out of the resort and half a mile down the street to find a guy with a drum making food that no guest at the resort would ever dare eat. I'm much more of an Anthony Bourdain than a Rick Steves.
In fact, right now, my wife is trying to convince me to go in on a big family trip to the Caribbean later this year at an all-inclusive resort and the first thing I check is the restaurants. Why, oh why, are the restaurants at a Caribbean resort Italian, Mexican, and Sushi?
Right there with them. I have more bakeries (and small hole-in-the-wall restaurants) saved than museums and other attractions in my various saved exploration/tourism maps. History, art, architecture are all amazing and important, but I'd rather be in the countryside or the non-touristy parts of town getting to know locals, helping to prepare a meal, or learning how they harvest.
I've been taken on cruises where my favorite part was renting a Jeep to get the hell away from the port and driving an hour into the middle of nowhere to find real food. I've been treated to an all-inclusive resort in Jamaica where the most memorable day was when I just walked out of the resort and half a mile down the street to find a guy with a drum making food that no guest at the resort would ever dare eat. I'm much more of an Anthony Bourdain than a Rick Steves.
In fact, right now, my wife is trying to convince me to go in on a big family trip to the Caribbean later this year at an all-inclusive resort and the first thing I check is the restaurants. Why, oh why, are the restaurants at a Caribbean resort Italian, Mexican, and Sushi?