Comments on: Rainy Day Travel: 5 Ways to Beat the Crowds When the Sun Doesn’t Shine

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Travel on a Shoestring Carnival: Asia, Oz #3 « Less Than a Shoestring — Sun, 17 Feb 2008 23:02:27 +0000

[...] Eva Holland of Vagabondish suggests five free or nearly-free places to explore when the weather turns sour in Rainy Day Travel: 5 Ways to Beat the Crowds When the Sun Doesn’t Shine. [...]

By: Lola

Lola — Sat, 16 Feb 2008 05:00:02 +0000

Just to echo everyone else, great list Eva. I, too, love perusing the aisles of foreign supermarkets and marvelling at the differences in packaging of the same items.

By: Amanda

Amanda — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 22:27:12 +0000

Lots of good ideas, Eva. I’m especially a big fan of foreign supermarkets, I can stroll them for hours. Have had a few bad purchase from them though (I wanted to make nachos once in Japan with some nice red kidney beans, which I thought I saw on the label, but they ended up being those super-sweet azuki beans which didn’t match well with cheese and meat …)

By: Chris

Chris — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 14:50:34 +0000

All great suggestions! I too have puzzeled over the various tubes of “goo” trying to figure out which one was actually the mayo, but that is the fun of traveling. I’d also add walking through the halls (or library) of a local University is a great way to pass time, see some great old architecture, maybe some old photos of student life, and people watch.

By: Lauren

Lauren — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 11:23:14 +0000

Great list, Eva. My favorite is the supermarket.

By: John

John — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 04:27:58 +0000

Interesting point of view, and it’s funny how we miss that sometimes..

By: Annette

Annette — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 19:48:22 +0000

Great post. I had never realized how many un-expensive and interesting places lied within even the smallest of cities. Keep up the good work.

By: Elizabeth

Elizabeth — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 16:53:30 +0000

Public libraries are also great institutions (beyond the books they hold) because of their historical and architectural significance. Many public libraries are sites to see in their own right–with or without rain.