The Foods We Would've Eaten On Our Dream Interrail Trip

Like for most people born in 2002, this was going to be our best, most fun summer ever! The summer before most of us are either going to university or getting our first proper job has to be the most exciting ever. My best friend and I had planned the most amazing Interrail trip throughout Europe. We were going to go on a 3-week trip starting in Germany and going through cities like Budapest, Zagreb, Florence, Marseille… Sadly we have decided to cancel our trip, due to the situation we are currently living in, and especially because we were planning on visiting many different cities. We feel like it wouldn’t be responsible or safe to do this trip, so we have decided that, if possible, we will just be going on a weekend/ short trip to a single country towards the end of August, after my 18^th birthday.

This blog post is going to be about the foods we were expecting to eat at every city we were going to visit. It is going to be in order of the cities we were going to travel to. I’m going to include both vegetarian and non-vegetarian dishes, as my friend is not a vegetarian. Some of these pictures I have taken throughout the years and some will be straight from Google.

BERLIN

KARTOFFELPUFFER

Crispy potato pancakes seasoned with herbs. They are often dipped in dairy sauces and a fruit jam.

PRETZEL

The iconic German snack bread. Perfectly soft on the inside and chewy on the outside.

PRAGUE

TREDELNIK

A grilled sweet dough, topped with sugar and walnut mix.

LJUBLJANA

LANGOS

A deep fried savoury dough, topped with sour cream and grated cheese.

KREMNA REZINA

A custard and chantilly cream cream cake dessert popular in several Central European countries.

ZAGREB & DUBROVNIK

OCTOPUS SALAD

A fresh octopus salad, often topped with beans, herbs and arugula.

FRITULE

The traditional Croatian sweet fritters. Often topped with sweet fruit sauces and sprinkles.

KROFNE

Pillowy filled donuts, the filling is often sweat creams or cinnamon.

NAPLES,ROME,FLORENCE,VENICE,MILAN

PIZZA NAPOLITANA

The simplest of pizzas, just tomatoes and mozzarella cheese.

MILANESE COFFEE

This is from when we had coffee at the Lavazza coffee store in Milan.

CACIO E PEPE

A simple pasta dish made with just freshly ground pepper and Pecorino Romano cheese.

GELATO

ARANCINI

Deep-fried rice balls, filled with salty fillings.

PIZZA AL TAGLIO

We had this amazing ‘pizza al taglio’ in Bergamo.

PESCHE DOLCI

Two soft cookies, filled with custard. They are brushed with pink syrup and covered with sugar, to look like peaches, ‘pesche’ means peaches in Italian.

MOZZARELLA DI BUFALA

I mean…

NICE, MARSEILLE

RATATOUILLE

The iconic dish from a very iconic movie… we had to.

BARCELONA

CREMA CATALANA

This dish is the perfect dessert, especially on a chilly summer night.

Well, that is all of the food that we were looking forward to eating on our crazy summer travels. We hope to be going on a short trip at the end of this summer, so hopefully it will be documented on this blog.

Lots of love,

Lucia x