{"id":125,"date":"2020-01-20T08:47:19","date_gmt":"2020-01-20T08:47:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/travellogs.co.uk\/wordpress\/?p=125"},"modified":"2020-02-17T11:04:29","modified_gmt":"2020-02-17T11:04:29","slug":"if-food-be-the-reason-to-travel-book-now","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/travellogs.co.uk\/wordpress\/?p=125","title":{"rendered":"If food be the reason to travel, book now."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>It\u2019s a bit of a twist on Shakespeare\u2019s famous words from Twelfth Night, but as we start to put Christmas well behind us, it\u2019s time to start looking forward to making plans to travel in the future. Looking back to our first post, one of the reasons we like to travel is to experience the fantastic variations in good food on offer round the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/travellogs.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/IMG-20191019-WA0027-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"Empanadas - Madrid Market\" class=\"wp-image-126\" srcset=\"https:\/\/travellogs.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/IMG-20191019-WA0027.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/travellogs.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/IMG-20191019-WA0027-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/travellogs.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/IMG-20191019-WA0027-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>Empanadas<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Food offers a unique insight to the history and culture of a region or country.&nbsp; The empanadas pictured above were first documented in Galicia in North West Spain 100 years before Twelfth  Night was written, but today they are a part of everyday cuisine in places as far apart as Argentina, the Philippines and the Cape Verde Islands.&nbsp; <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Many other cultures have their variations on an empanadas, in the UK the pasty, in South Asia the samosa and in Russia the Pirozhki.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To get your cuisine travel experience contact <a href=\"https:\/\/www.travelcounsellors.co.uk\/maggie.bush\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\">Maggie<\/a> today.   <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Fancy tasting empanadas in Madrid. Book with the <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"http:\/\/amex.co.uk\/refer\/mALCOJphOv?XLINK=MYCP\" target=\"_blank\">American Express Platinum Card<\/a> and new card holders will earn enough points to exchange for 2 return tickets to Madrid. Click on this <a href=\"http:\/\/amex.co.uk\/refer\/mALCOJphOv?XLINK=MYCP\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\">link to earn an additional 5000 points<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s a bit of a twist on Shakespeare\u2019s famous words from Twelfth Night, but as we start to put Christmas well behind us, it\u2019s time to start looking forward to making plans to travel in the future. 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