With the terrible exchange rate, I won’t be traveling to Europe any time soon, but that doesn’t stop me from reading stories on budget travel while I save up for a vacation in like 2012. Or maybe sooner if Elizabeth and I can figure out how to use Elena’s connections to sell iPhones in Ukraine. But unless we make a lot of money on the phones, it will be all baguettes and beer (not that that’s a bad thing).
Last time I was in the U.K., I hadn’t taken much money with me so I subsisted on 2 meals a day. Between that and all of the walking, I lost at least 10 pounds. I’d have an English breakfast (eggs, sausages, baked beans, tomato slices, mushrooms and toast) around 10 a.m. and then in the late afternoon I’d eat something else, usually pub food. But my favorite cheap option was the Cornish pasty. For 99 pence, it was a meal-like empanada. Of course, according to a BBC story, now you won’t be able to call them Cornish pasties unless they’ve actually been made in Cornwall. Like a typical American, I don’t where that is — somewhere in England — and I’m not even sure if I’ve ever been there. I’m guessing not. I think.
Cornish pasties are crimped one side and have a chunky filling.
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esthela // August 5, 2008 at 7:20 pm
Those look like Bolivian Saltenas. The bread is sweet and theyre filled with chicken or beef, boiled eggs and an olive. Wait, did we eat some when you visited? They’re mighty tasty.