When we take a vacation we rent apartments so that we have a kitchen, space to stretch out and laundry options. We enjoy food shopping in new places, and enjoy preparing evening meals together in our rentals where we can relax and enjoy ourselves after being out for the day and making plans for the next. We reminisce about the accommodations as much as the restaurant meals we’ve enjoyed in our travels. It’s just the way we roll.
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Eating out for 10+ straight days, breakfast/lunch and dinner, or even just 2 meals per day no matter how good the restaurant scene is in that particular city becomes more of a chore than an event for me. The cities I visit usually have fantastic markets, bakeries “deli’s” and fine purveyors of delicious meats, tinned seafood and cheeses, it would be a shame to miss out on them. There’s nothing like sitting on your balcony/terrazzo or even in your room and eating some fresh baked bread/cheese/meats with a beer or cheap delicious bottle of wine after day after day of schlepping around and dealing with restaurants, good or bad.
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As I posted earlier, I misspoke. I don’t know what I meant to say. Maybe it was something like, I wish more people could enjoy cooking or meal preparation. I appologize for my ignorance.
Nah, no need for apologies or anything like it.
Exploring markets, delis etc is always an important part of visiting new places but that’s more for a quick snack during the day when exploring. But at the same time we feel that restaurants, cafes, bars etc. are part of exploring a new city/country. We will soon be in southern Germany and Alsace for more than two weeks and I doubt we will cook/make a single meal
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@retrospek is the OP. And she wasn’t on vacation; she was hosting guests who were staying with them who expected to go out for two meals a day. There are both age and health considerations that weren’t taken into account by her guests. It was obviously too much for both her and her spouse. Hence, the original post and suggestions that she either encourage her guests (family members) to eat in on occasion OR eat out on their own vs. expecting everyone going out to eat all the time.
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But that’s you. Not everyone wants to eat out all the time, even while on vacation, as evidenced by this thread and comments. Different scenario for the OP. They were HOME. The family member guests wanted to go out because they weren’t (home).
Different strokes for different folks.
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Yeah, this thread is about whether you can and not whether you should.
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I believe Honkman is from Germany and commenting on his experiences with respect to wanting to eat Abendbrot, or not.
I thought this thread was about chatting about what I would do.
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That’s what all the threads are about.
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As far as eating out, Sunshine and I drove cross country about 2 years ago and we both got tired of eating out after about 3 days. One night she just got a pack of crackers as she had enough of food & eating out.
I was thinking about getting an electric tea kettle, so when we stop we can make soup or instant ramen or something along those lines. Moreover, we could have a relaxing cup of instant coffee in the morning (in the motel room), then make up a thermos of coffee for the road – before heading out.
I need to do more research, but I’m hoping someone makes a smaller (non-glass) electric tea kettle, that we could throw in the trunk of the car.
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There are lots of choices in that area and I’m sure you’ll find exactly what you need. We used a small immersion coil heater for years to get our morning cups of joe going and thus avoiding the motel issue choices.
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We have an Arona plastic electric kettle I picked up at target for just those purposes when we are on the road for completions. My kiddos figure skate and 6AM practice ice is a whole lot more tolerable with some instant coffee Also nice for the instant oatmeal, ramen etc
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OMG… Sunshine loves instant oatmeal, I hadn’t thought of that. Thank you so much for the suggestion!!
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We do a small plascit-y electric kettle for hot water…tea for him and I have a pour over set up for coffee I bring with us. Makes all the difference if we don’t have a kitchen.
Most places have a fridge at least for yogurt and milk.
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I kept a Melitta cone, filter papers, and a can of Illy coffee in my office desk drawer. Insta-hot water from the break room did the rest. Only years later did I hear of the fancy term “pour over.” People started “borrowing” my cone and coffee stash. I had to hide it.
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2 weeks X 2-3 meals a day is a lot of dining out, way too much for me and food is a major part of my vacation itinerary.
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I think that’s reasonable. When I visit my mom in Phoenix, we just take her car to grab our local favorites, then, we all go out for a dinner once or twice when we’re there. Then, after my Popeye’s chicken sandwich, I make something my mom likes. I can see why, in hotter climates, they eat out more as the temp rises. Just don’t wanna get that kitchen hot.
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