Food and Travel

I have been to numerous places around the World. In every place I have experienced things both good and bad. I have gone zip lining in Costa Rica, hiked for 6 days and 5 nights in Peru, gotten stuck in a flea market in Hong Kong, and lost in a subway in Austria, DC, and Paris. I treasure every experience because they all made me appreciate that country even more. One of the best and worst things about visiting all these countries is eating their native cuisine. I myself am a very picky eater so I used to find it especially hard when I traveled to find places to eat. As the years went by and my travels became more exotic I experimented with food. In Hong Kong I ate shark fin soup and fried grasshoppers, in Costa Rica frog legs, and in Peru guinea pig. Some of these delicacies, like shark fin soup, were not my favorite. Others, guinea pig, were quite delicious and easily became one of my favorite dishes. Traveling is experiencing everything a country has to offer. It is opening up yourself to new experiences. Traveling gives me a joy nothing else does.