Do you usually celebrate Valentine's Day? Did you celebrate yesterday? We don't have a special tradition and it usually turns out the way it does, but yesterday we actually had a luxurious dinner with prawns and crayfish. And some good cheeses of course... Why not celebrate when you have the chance?
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When travelling around Europe, you are of course also travelling around lots of exciting and amazing food cultures. There are so many good and interesting dishes to try around the European countries, that we have a hard time choosing which ones to write about. Here are ten tasty dishes in Europe that we like and think are worth trying when travelling, listed in no particular order. What tasty dishes would you recommend in Europe?
Can you eat well in Finland? What do you think of when you hear "Finnish food"? I guess I used to think of Karelian pies, carrot box or maybe some bland everyday meat and potato dish. But now I know that Finnish cuisine has more to offer than that.
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At lunchtime yesterday we landed at Helsinki airport. It was not quite as cold as we had been warned, but minus degrees, wintry and sunny. We were picked up by a minibus with organisers from Visit Turku and a bunch of travel bloggers from Finland, Estonia, Poland, Germany, UK and China. And so it was off to the Turku archipelago ...
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The last night on the island of La Maddalena, it was free camping in Sardinia. The main reason was financial. (We have budgeted 20 euros/night during our Euopa trip and now that we are approaching the high season, most campsites cost more.) Once we stood there, watching the sun sink into the horizon from our door, we realised that there are so many more reasons to free camp!
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Now we have arrived in the small town of St Florent in Corsica. "Oh, I want to live here!", I exclaimed when we arrived. Of course I don't, but the spontaneous feeling still gives it a good rating. The guidebook says that St Florent is "almost like a Corsican St Tropez". This is true to an extent - it feels affluent, the outdoor cafes are close to the harbour and there are a lot of luxury yachts. Still, I like this place much more than St Tropez!
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The Cannes Film Festival in France! Today we rubbed shoulders with celebrities at the Cannes Film Festival. Or did we? We've been watching from afar anyway! We find that Cannes is a beautiful city on the French Riviera with everything from the charming old town to the famous La Croisette promenade. Join us in Cannes, France!
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Welcome to Sete in France! Sete is located on a narrow spit of land on the French Mediterranean coast, just south of Montpellier. Full of canals, boats and outdoor cafés, this harbour town is almost like a little Venice.
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We got some really nice and cheap tuna fillets in Spain (2 euros per portion), which have been in the freezer for a few days. Yesterday we had tuna for dinner. Peter marinated the fillets and fried them briefly on each side. We served them with jacket potatoes and apple guacamole. Really good!
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During our stay in Spain and Portugal, we have met many people who would like to buy and cook fish - but don't know what to choose at the fish counter. The fish have different names and most of the fish sold are whole fish, not so much fillets. How do you cook fish in Spain and Portugal? We're not experts, but we love fish and have tried our hand at it. Here are our top tips. Feel free to share yours!
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