Your turn…caption contest.  GO!

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Dinner at Schneider Weisses Brauhaus.  Kat finally called me out for saying the “potato soup is fantastic” when I reached the 50th time.

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A picture of Bavarian hops taken from the train from Munich to Bamberg at a speed of 200 km/h.

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I’m addicted.  Unique to Austria, heuriges are informal dining & drinking venues usually attached to a winemaker’s house.  Traditionally, only their latest vintage of wine is served; the food is cold and includes breads, soups, sausages and salads all homemade on the premises. You will find them all over the country, with some bordering on […]

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On a sunny day this April, we made our way to the château of winemaker, Nicolas Joly*, in France’s Loire Valley.  What transpired was the greatest navigational nightmare I’ve ever fallen prey to.  After hours of being squawked at by a maniacal GPS device, we finally rolled up to his estate…this video documents our day […]

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There is a strange, new law in Austria: Any one who does NOT eat Wiener Schnitzel with a glass of Gruner Veltliner on their first night in the country, is to be dragged from their hotel and flogged publicly in the town square. Luckily, we had advance notice of this law.

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Tonight’s our last night in Prague.  Just got back from the world famous Pivovarský Klub, which claims to have the “largest beer menu in our country.”  Over 200 beers in bottle and six on draft–pretty awesome. In lieu of exchanging our remaining Czech Crowns for Euros, I handed our trusty bartender the last of our […]

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A little Czech humor for the day.  This pic was taken inside the men’s bathroom at The Palladium mall in downtown Prague.  Above each urinal is a slightly-larger-than-life picture of a girl looking at your privates while you pee. Please note the cheeky girl in the foreground with the ruler in hand.  Watch out, fellas.

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U Fleků: the only brewery in Central Europe that’s been brewing consecutively for 500 years.  (Plus, they make a damn good Goulash). Within 30 seconds of sitting down, two huge glasses of dark lager appeared on our table.  My confused response of, “oh, we didn’t order these”, was met with the statement from our waiter: […]

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Athens metro to Eleftherios Venizelos airport, Czech Airlines flight to Praha, bus to city centre, metro to Karlovo & walk to hotel. Time to drink some Czech beer.

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At Filistron restaurant last night, the following quote appeared on the menu: “Quickly, bring me a beaker of wine, so that I may wet my mind and say something clever” – Aristophanes, 5th century BC And, yes, for those observant ones in the group, that IS the Parthenon in the background of this picture. Greece, […]

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It’s 8 pm and we’re on a ferry somewhere in the Aegean Sea.  In a couple of hours, we dock and begin our journey through Athens. But before we get swept up in the cradle of Western Civilization, it’s only appropriate I give one last nod to the isle of Santorini. Leaving you today was […]

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After sailing between islands, tromping over a volcano, swimming in a hot spring and eating fresh calamari straight off the grill, nothing satisfies like a cool glass of Assyrtiko. At least that’s what I always say…

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Santorini is mind-bogglingly beautiful…kind of like Tattoine, but on top of a volcano.  Still searching for the Mos Eisley Cantina… But, in the meantime, the German Sekt waiting in the fridge was a nice touch.

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I’m becoming addicted to Greek coffee.  The slow caffeine drip of filter coffee can’t hold a candle to the rocket-power juicing of a frappe.  Hot damn.

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