Should Czech Travelers (and Everyone Else) Leave Their Food at Home?

Travel Blog  •  Eva Holland  •  06.11.08 | 12:10 PM ET

imageNearly 10 percent of Czechs take their summer holidays in Croatia, and most of them fill their cars with groceries from home before they cross the border. So when Croatia banned the import of meat and dairy products last week, self-catering Czech travelers were incensed. But, says Guardian blogger Kevin Rushby, tourists who travel with BYO groceries are missing half the fun.

He writes: “Visitors should eat the food of the place they are visiting. Marco Polo’s account of China would hardly be what it is if he’d taken a 24-year supply of pizza with him, would it?”

Photo by stevecadman via Flickr (Creative Commons).


Eva Holland is co-editor of World Hum. She is a former associate editor at Up Here and Up Here Business magazines, and a contributor to Vela. She's based in Canada's Yukon territory.


1 Comment for Should Czech Travelers (and Everyone Else) Leave Their Food at Home?

John 06.12.08 | 3:35 PM ET

So, the Czechs are bringing their own food because they want to save money and enjoy the “comforts” of home? But then instead of going to Croatia, they’re going to Adriatic Italy? Sounds more expensive.

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