Things to try

While I'm waiting for my bus to the aiport, I thought I would do a quick post on the foods and drinks that I tried overseas.

In Japan I had a Fanta Grape Zero which was a nice change the usually fizzy drinks. In Britain I had my fair share of Diet Cherry Coke. Yum, yum.

Italy, where do I start? We tried fresh mozzarella cheese in Italy with fresh pasta and pesto. Devine. We also drank red vino, which is amazing. Even the cheapest of brands were drinkable unlike the stuff we get in NZ. NZ red wine tastes kinda woody. Italian red wine was smooth.

In Austria and Germany try the gigantic pretzels. They come in several flavours, cheese, Nutella, and pizza just to name a few.

In Belgium we tried raspberry beer and cheery beer. The former tasted like lolly water and the latter was more like beer with a hint of cherry. Worth trying.

I'm running out of time so I will leave the post here.

My least favourite city

This post is not intended to offend anyone. It's just to express myself. So, here we go. My least favourite European city was Milan, Italy. I remember when I was planning my OE that three people discouraged me from going there because they thought it wasn't anything special. Thus I'm not entirely sure if my dislike for the place has anything to do with my friends' comments or that fact that I was harrassed by a homicidal pigeon during my visit.

Me and boyfriend only stayed there for one night because we were travelling from Rome, Italy to Nice, France and it is a very long trip to do via rail, in fact you can't do it in one day. So, we stopped over in Milan. I found Milan to be quite dull, dirty and full of hawkers. I do not like to be harrassed by people trying extort money from me for accepting their "friendship" bracelets when I'm trying enjoy the city. Not that it actually happened, but they tried. Not ideal for a holiday spot. However there were some nice shops (e.g. Prada, Hello Kitty, Chanel, Gucci, Armani etc.), we stayed at relatively good hotel (for Europe) and people watching was like watching a fashion show.