Friday’s Featured Food: Semla in Stockholm, Sweden

Today on Friday’s Featured Food I should be celebrating this, which is my 2,000th blog post on Don’t Stop Living, but hey on with the usual show!! And that means catching up with those foods I have tried down the years on my travels. I’ve been to Sweden four times so far (counting side trips to Read more about Friday’s Featured Food: Semla in Stockholm, Sweden[…]

Friday’s Featured Food: Top 5 Drugs This Week

It’s not really food but it is consumed – drugs this week, top 5. I’ve not much energy to type this and will get round to reflecting when I hopefully recover from this breakdown and wake up call. So I’ve not been neglecting the blog or been lazy or lacked stories (2,000 waiting to be Read more about Friday’s Featured Food: Top 5 Drugs This Week[…]

Friday’s Featured Food: Lunch in the Sobrino de Botin, the Oldest Restaurant in the World in Madrid, Spain

I recently found myself backpacking in Spain and headed to the capital city Madrid. Madrid is famous for a lot of different things down the years such as Real Madrid, the gay scene, Franco’s parades but did you know that Madrid has the world’s oldest restaurant? Neither did I until I turned up here, neither Read more about Friday’s Featured Food: Lunch in the Sobrino de Botin, the Oldest Restaurant in the World in Madrid, Spain[…]

Friday’s Featured Food: Guyanese Food at Germans in Georgetown, Guyana🇬🇾

It’s not immediately obvious which food is Guyanese and which is not when you tour Guyana. We decided to ask the tourist board for the most authentic and real place to try Guyanese food and oddly, it turned out to be a restaurant called “Germans” in the capital city, Georgetown. Where is Germans? It’s on Read more about Friday’s Featured Food: Guyanese Food at Germans in Georgetown, Guyana🇬🇾[…]

Friday’s Featured Food: Fish Stew and Stout in Pingvinen, Bergen, Norway

In catching back up to my huge catalogue of meals I’ve eaten yet never written about on Friday’s Featured Food, I thought I’d do a recent one – my only meal eating out in Norway. There are a few reasons why I didn’t eat out in Norway. One was that everywhere I stayed included breakfast, Read more about Friday’s Featured Food: Fish Stew and Stout in Pingvinen, Bergen, Norway[…]

Friday’s Featured Food: Dinner at the Sir Christopher Wren Hotel and Spa, Windsor, England

On my return to England in 2014 I hit up a few new cities and towns including Christchurch in Dorset and the famous Windsor and Eton. In Windsor, I hunted down a special cosy hotel for the night and I stayed at the delightful Sir Christopher Wren 4 Star Hotel. I’ve written about my fantastic Read more about Friday’s Featured Food: Dinner at the Sir Christopher Wren Hotel and Spa, Windsor, England[…]

Friday’s Featured Food: Cepelini and Gira in Forto Dvaras, Vilnius, Lithuania

Lithuania is awesome. That’s your starting point. Now you want to try the local food, meet the people, learn the history, cross the border into the Republic of Uzupis and be the only backpacker in Siauliai. Well you can, and quite comfortably. Lithuania asks for nothing from you, but leaves you with it’s soul. “I’ll Read more about Friday’s Featured Food: Cepelini and Gira in Forto Dvaras, Vilnius, Lithuania[…]

Friday’s Featured Food: Sausage and Beans in Bar 120, Escaldes Engordany, Andorra🇦🇩

What? Are you serious? You went all the way whackpacking in Andorra to eat sausages and beans? Yes and what’s wrong with that!? My first proper meal back in Europe on my first proper trip back for 6 years and I hunted down restaurants and bars in Escaldes Engordany for some “authentic Andorran food”. Sausages Read more about Friday’s Featured Food: Sausage and Beans in Bar 120, Escaldes Engordany, Andorra🇦🇩[…]