World Tour: Travel=Food

Travel and food go together like a horse and carriage (*the theme song from Married with Children just popped into my head…). Last night I had the pleasure of attending a South African wine tasting at an acclaimed District Art Gallery. During one of my networking sessions, I was telling one of the members of the organization who held the event that I was a food blogger. How that equated to her telling me about her friend who runs a travel blog with cheap flight deals is beyond me…but it made sense when I got to thinking about the two side by side.

Travel equals food because you spend most of your trip eating out at the local dining venues. When I think of all the places I want to visit in the coming years, food is the focal point. Sure I want to see the pyramids of Egypt but what is Egyptian fare like? An Alaskan cruise sounds wonderful but what is the seafood about?? As I round out my plans for the Fourth of July, again food is the focal point. Vegas sounds great for Independence Day but in my opinion it is not a foodie town unless you’re ready to spend big bucks at Tao every night…

Basically, when you think about where your next American Airlines frequent flyer miles will take you, consider what type of food you will have to eat. Spending two weeks in a city like Tangier when you do not fancy a heaping helping of couscous could be a bad idea or even better when visiting Vienna (*like I did some years ago) if you do not like veal maybe you should limit the stay to two nights instead of the originally planned three. Now this is not to say the sites won’t fill you up but for a foodie, who wants to be lost in a mysterious land without good food? Not I.

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