5 WAYS TO WANDER: Fries Done Right & No-Cost Museums
28 February, 2025 | Welcome to 5 Ways to Wander. Here are five fresh ideas to inspire your next adventure!
#1 This Week’s Travel Hack:
💡How to Score Free Museum Days in Europe. Museums can be expensive, but many of Europe’s best ones offer free entry – if you time it right. The Louvre in Paris is free on the first Friday of the month after 6 PM. Madrid’s Prado has free hours every evening, two hours before closing. In Rome, state museums are free on the first Sunday of the month.
Not to mention, many cities have free-at-all-times museums (like Dublin, London and Berlin).
So, when in Europe, save your euros for pastries, not museum tickets.
(Goes without saying: always check the museum’s website before visiting!)
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#2 Destination of the Week:
🏠 Bergen, Norway. Bergen is what happens when a postcard comes to life.
Colorful wooden houses? Check. ✅
Dramatic fjords? Check. ✅
More rain than you’ve probably ever experienced? Also check. ✅
But don’t let the weather stop you from visiting. Bergen is the gateway to Norway’s most spectacular scenery, plus it has a strong claim to the best cheese (Norwegian brown cheese – a rich, caramelized flavor that’s truly one-of-a-kind!) on the planet.
Just bring a good rain jacket along.
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#3 Cultural Insight:
🇧🇪 How Belgians Eat Fries. If you order fries in Belgium and ask for ketchup, don’t be surprised if you get a mildly disapproving look. Belgians take their fries (or frites) seriously, and the default topping is not ketchup. It’s MAYONNAISE.
But not just any mayo. Belgian fries are often served with tangy, rich sauces like Andalouse(a spicy mix of mayo, tomato, and peppers) or Samurai (mayo with a kick of chili).
Try it before you judge. You might never go back to ketchup. 🍟
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#4 Travel Quote to Ponder:
🧳“Packing is an art. Unpacking is a tragedy.”
― Tanya Bindra (just for laughs! 😛)
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#5 Question for You:
❔Describe your last vacation using only three emojis!
Here’s mine: 🇮🇪 🍀 🏰
Can you guess where this is?)
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