La Cantina: When I asked the bartender – at the ungodly hour of 4 pm – when the kitchen would be open, she said my most recently-learned word: “now.” So, we plunked ourselves down and looked around for a menu. Apparently, the menu is primarily oral in nature, though the wines get a written list…
The view from the upper deck of the double decker buses isn’t so amazing. I saw into one restaurant from above, in a cool way, but everything else is pretty much the same as at street level. People seem to primarily sit up there if they are going longer distances, and they seem to stay…
Neighborhood: Shoreditch Also Called: East End (part of it), Spitalfields, Hoxton Pros: Something is always happening; for example, we discovered a free stand-up comedy show inside a barber shop Fairly safe to walk around alone because there are so many other people out, at all hours of the day and night Lots of interesting graffiti/ street art Lots…
We were in London for 12 days. Piccadilly Circus [Square]: This is London’s Times Square, and I liked it only marginally more than the NYC one – and only because it’s smaller. Nothing exciting to see here. (Also, don’t expect animals or tightropes: in British English, a circus is just ‘an open circular place where…
Ancora Capodimonte: On our way to the Leaning Tower of Pisa, we stopped to grab food here. B had a big burger, and I had a tomato pasta. Mine had too much oil on it, but B thought it was one of the better places we had eaten in Italy. The outside seating was nice, and…
We were in Pisa for approximately 3 hours: just long enough to check the ‘Leaning Tower’ box. When I was in high school, my physics teacher had some health issues which required him to miss a day of class a week for a few weeks. Whether on his suggestion or their own initiative, our substitute…
We ate out more in London than we normally do because (a) we met a bunch of friends and (b) there was a mouse living in our kitchen. Ew. Dishoom (Shoreditch – and Covent Garden): This place calls itself a Bombay cafe, and they say that they specialize in street food. That attempt at casual is also why they…
Neighborhood: Lapad Also called: N/A, as far as I’m aware Pros: Fewer tourists than the Old Town, so you don’t feel like a crammed-in sardine Lots of places to eat, at almost all hours Direct access to the ‘beach’ (think pebbles, not sand): it’s harder to get to from Old Town Not far from Town:…
We were in Zagreb for 3 days. Funicular: We took this very small funicular the three minutes up from the modern town to the old town. It was cheap and it avoided a big hill climb, but it’s not an amazing tourist attraction you must see. However, it’s pretty cool that it’s the oldest public transit in Zagreb (one…
Here were 11 things that surprised us about Croatia: Zagreb The trams and the road in general weren’t well-separated from the sidewalks. As a result, every time a tram went by, I felt like I was very close to it, or like I could accidentally walk into its path. We saw quite a few people…