What's banal to you is exotic to me.

I've seen tourists in London marvel at the most commonplace thing - and I think that's delightful.

I love to see tourists in my American city marvel at squirrels.

Yeah I mean the whole "OMG I have to pre-order my vegan meals??!" thing. Back in the day we had to WALK to school and when on a trip we brought along our hard-boiled eggs and meatballs wrapped in aluminum foil.

> Yeah I mean the whole "OMG I have to pre-order my vegan meals??!"

yeah that got me . not sure specifically but it felt a bit weird. Also I appreciate this post is about the interrailing, but it felt after reading all the y did was catch trains for the duration, but no mention of anything that they did or saw in all these places.

WALK to school?! back when I were a lad, we had to CRAWL to school! what a great workout it was! and, for our packed lunches, we'd have a hard-boiled potato with a dod of ketchup, and some breadcrumbs if we were lucky, and we enjoyed it!!

Uphill both ways!

As someone who cycled to school and back in a pancake-flat landscape, it often did feel like you were up against the wind in both ways. I swear the winds just waited for me, in the morning and the afternoon.

Same, same. Actually, strong side wind was the worst.