Xich Lo - Oslo, Norway

We had the day off here in Oslo, Norway and I would have done more had I not realized that Oslo-ans make 4 times more money than we do in the states and therefore everything is 4 times more expensive. We found out that McDonald's employees make a whopping 130kr (~20USD) per hour! You can't go to Burger King and get a whopper meal for less than $15 USD. Needless to say it was going to be a challenge to try to find a place that would satisfy my yearning for good food and keep it under 20 bucks.

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Köbes - Köln, Germany

A trip to Germany wouldn't be complete with out me eating some Jaegarschnitzel! Something I have found to love about Köln is that there are a plethora of mom & pop shops that seem to operate out of the bottom floor of the building they live in. This place, Köbes, was just across the street from where we were staying. You walk in and it just feels like you're walking into someone's kitchen.

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Päffgen - Köln, Germany

We arrived in Köln at what seemed like 5am. In fact it was already 10am and there was so much that needed to be done. I needed to find a place to eat that was authentically German. I don't know if there is a certain way that finds you sitting in a Hausbrauerei (brew house) where you're surrounded by old wooden tables and old men serving you beer without you even asking for it, but I've done it.

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Ben & Jerry's - Amsterdam, Holland

Just a quick post here. Ben & Jerry's in Amsterdam serves these wonderful waffles. Crackerfarm and I were looking for some belgian waffles to eat and this was the closest we found in our general vicinity.

--Joe Kwon

Stoop & Stoop - Amsterdam, Holland

On this everlasting quest to find good food in a tourist trap, I was sitting at a gigantic bar in the Leidse Square. A bit deflated with the amount of rain that has already fallen and even more so about how much more was yet to come, Pete, Cracker, and me were attempting to stay dry. We had been to this bar before and the service wasn't all that great but we were bound to be persistent enough until they were forced to like us. It worked! We then asked the server what her favorite place was to eat in town, we were directed to the Stoop & Stoop Eetcafe.

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