I’ve decided that we’re going to eat and drink our way through Eastern Europe. Screw the sightseeing. Not that it’s a bad thing – the food is yummy and during winter it’s easy to ignore the fat content of these oh so hardy meals. The beer is ridiculously cheap, more often than not less than a pound for a pint.

And to give you an idea of what we’re up against…

Ok, I did cheat – this isn’t a picture of a meal that we ate but it’s pretty typical for this entire region. I’m just warning people that they shouldn’t expect us to be scratching at their doors begging for morsels of food when we next see you