studentsineurope

I’m a big fan of any afternoon pick-me-up, but few variations compare to England’s clotted cream-complemented afternoon tea.
It’s a ritual as timeless as it is tasty and, though not exactly budget-friendly, must be experienced at least once while in London. For that one experience (and others, once the addiction sets in), a recent Rick Steves [...]

Sometimes, no matter how flavorsome the café au lait or flaky the croissants, a hearty American breakfast is simply and solely what the heart desires (particularly after a night on the town — the States have hangover food down to a tee).
So when in Paris and craving home fries, steak and eggs, a bacon cheeseburger or [...]

My initial post on Cakes For Haiti got you thinking about tying on your apron and whipping up some treats, right?
Good, because now that the Disasters Emergency Committee – the final recipient of Janet Mohapi-Banks’s brain child Cakes For Haiti – takes all types of credit cards, you have no reason not to do so.
I [...]

Leaving the school-week without enough travel-relevant words of wisdom? Here’s another round of recently published, feature-worthy writes for your weekend reading.
More accustomed to photo paper than Photoshop, and a veritable stranger to my own digi, I appreciated the SoSauce article on how to choose a digital camera. The write-up includes a little questionnaire of possible [...]

On her fortieth birthday, Janet Mohapi-Banks got word of the devastation in Haiti. An earthquake – 7.0 in magnitude – struck that day not far from Port-au-Prince, destroying the region’s infrastructure and killing, injuring and displacing its inhabitants.
Discontented by the thought of a simple donation, she decided to take efforts into her own hands. A [...]

As a student, sometimes you go hungry, especially in Europe where food can sometimes be really expensive. So, if you are ever in Austria or Germany and find yourself desperate for something to fill your empty student stomach, go for knödel – thick, round dumplings.

Spaniards have an unparalleled obsession with pork. It’s a wonder they don´t put a pig on their national flag. I know of about five different Spanish words for pork, and that’s not counting all the terms for various cuts and varieties of the animal, let alone all the words I don’t know.
Pork is no joke [...]

Ireland isn’t know for its fine cuisine, and to a certain extent this is an accurate assessment. To be fair, the comfort food is great. Shepherd’s pie and Irish stew are fantastic and I had some great fish chowders while I was staying in seaside towns. Irish soda bread or black currant scones with fresh [...]

The winter weather never gets really inclement in Italy. Sure, it rains in the winter. Sometimes it even rains a lot, like last winter when incessant downpours combined with snow-melt in the Italian Alps created an impressive – and destructive – Tiber flood. But compared to the winter disasters of northern Europe, Italy stays downright [...]

After a day of play in the Alps, you may have any number of cold weather cravings. I, though, only have one.
It’s knödel(n) – also referred to klöß(e) or kartoffelknödel and prevalent throughout Germany, Austria and the Alps as a whole, though many countries in Europe have their own form of the dish.
There are some [...]