November’s themed #TravelTuesday post is brought to you by my lovely co-host Courtney of  Adelante blog: ‘Best and Worst Cuisines’.  As an avid lover of food myself, who loves to write blog posts about where to eat, I have been looking forward to this prompt all week.

From my nomadic upbringing I stand behind the fact that a great way to experience a new place is to try the food.  So with that I begin this post by sharing the worst cuisines I have tasted.  Do not worry I do not have instagram pics to share with this portion.   I do have a big tip when traveling: Eat where the locals eat.  By pass the resturants near tourist locations.  Ask locals where their favourite places are to eat.  Find those hole in the wall places off the beaten bath.  From experience I have tasted just how the ‘tourist traps’ water down their food for the tourist palate.  Not to mention the prices on said cruisines also go up.

The best cruisines. Honestly my eyes light up when I talk about places I have been and the subject of food is not far off from my lips.

• There are the fresh strawberries I had when my family first arrived in Oslo, Norway.
• The germknodel up on the slopes in Austria in between my snowboarding adventures.
• The spaghetti and house wine at the resturant on the marina in Sorrento.
• Mama’s Thai fried rice around the corner from where we taught English in Bangkok, Thailand.

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Those are certainly not the only best cruisines I have had around the world and I know they will not be the last. However the important fact to me is that they have been experienced.

For that reason I love to try new places in my backyard in my expat life to share with you to experience too.  Some of my favourites have been:

The Tiroler Hut, an Austrian restaurant in London, England

The Cosy Club here in Bath is where I love to escape for a cup of tea and brunch.

Outside Bath in Bradford on Avon is the Lock Inn cafe which I love for all the details while you eat food that satisfies the tastebuds.

Another must try place in Bradford on Avon is the Bridge Tea room.  My photos from this post were also featured on BuzzFeed with 21 Absolutely Charming Tea Rooms You Have To Visit Before You Die

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Welcome to #TravelTuesday and next week will be our next themed prompt!  Courtney has chosen it this month and it will be: “best and worst cuisines abroad” If you have not participated in our themed posts before, I will share a bit on how it works.  You take the theme and run with it.  We do a themed travel tuesday post once a month.  You do not have to do a themed post to still link up.  On the last Tuesday of every month you can hop around and see everyone who has written about the theme.  We love it because it is a great way to get out of the norm, break writer’s block, and can help bring us together on a subject in an interest we share. 

Today I wanted to share another aspect of Travel that I love to participate in and that is Girl Gone International’s Instagram.  With girls from around the world doing weekly take over’s you you never know what photos to expect to find on the photo feed.  It is proven to fuel that wanderlust and help you meet new travelers around the globe.

There are now monthly photo a day challenges that are going on and you can participate too.  Do not feel like you have to share one photo EVERY day, but definitely share when you can. All you have to do is use the hashtag #girlgiphoto #girlgi and let us know what theme you are submitting the photo towards.  You may then see your photo highlighted as one our recaps for that day!    What are you waiting for…check out Girl Gone International on Instagram!

Now is your chance to meet and check out the blogs of the lovely new co-hosts for #TravelTuesday who are living in Spain,  Czech Republic, and South Korea. Courtney blogs at Adelante, Cynthia blogs at Adventurings, and Yalanda blogs at Laugh Anyway.

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Sharing an Instagram photo for this week as I play catch up with things going on around here.  The sun has definitely decided to give up the long summer we have had in England and the cold weather has returned.  However with the rain I have already seen amazing rainbows on two different days. Rainbows always remind me of my father, who passed away while we were living in Hawaii.  Despite the gloomy rainy sky, the rainbow just coloured the day full of hope and promises that the future can bring!

If you have been reading up, hopping around, and/or linking up with us these past few months than you may know these ladies quite well as they have been keeping Travel Tuesday running.  Before they go I wanted to highlight them here on the blog so you can get to know them better and make sure to know where to find them on their blogs and across the social media scene.  Plus each wonderful girl has chosen one of you to take their place for Travel Tuesday over the next three months! So have a fun read as I let these amazing cohosts take the lead today.

Hi! I blog over at Amy and the Great World (http://www.amyandthegreatworld.com). I started my blog a year ago as a way to chronicle my travels so I wouldn’t forget them, and to consolidate past blogs into one. It has evolved as a way to keep my family and friends updated on my new life abroad in Prague, and includes plenty of advice on how (not) to travel, a few travel-themed games, other life thoughts and random travel tips. Now that I’ve discovered the blogging community and the plethora of travel stories out there, I’m hooked! Come follow along as I try to make a life in Prague, explore as much of Europe as I can, and reminisce about my experiences in Asia, South America, and beyond! 

FIVE FUN TRAVEL FACTS

1. I am a travel fiend–to date, I’ve been to 23 countries.

2. I am currently fulfilling a lifelong dream of living abroad by teaching English as a Second Language in the lovely Prague.

3. I had never flown until I was 15. My first flight was overseas to Switzerland!

4. I accidentally ate congealed pig’s blood in Thailand thinking it was tofu. It was actually not as gross as it sounds but certainly was not tofu.

5. On my travels, I have been given nicknames in different languages, such as “MacGaw” in a northern Thai dialect which (supposedly) means “sweet pomegranate” and “XiaoMi” which in Mandarin means “small piece of rice.” My new names usually involve food…

Bloglovin': (http://www.bloglovin.com/amygreatworld)  Instagram: (http://instagram.com/amygreatworld) Blog: (www.amyandthegreatworld) 

The nominated new Co-Hosts for Travel Tuesday are:

Cynthia of Adventurings – http://www.adventurings.com. 

Yalanda from Laugh Anyway http://welaughanyway.blogspot.com/ 

Courtney from Adelante http://www.adelanteblog.com/

If you have been nominated can you send me an email at bonnie{at}bonnie-rose{dot}co{dot}uk  or comment on here with your email if you have trouble getting in contact.

On another note I have been forced to take the week off of work to take care of an injury so I eagerly await to see all the travel and expat posts for this week! Thank you for linking up!