Try this! No I won't. ( semi rant)

Anyone can't know what kind of food will get when he travel to another country, except if he was there before. Food and flavors are different around the entire world. People have also their preferences and the same food doesn't like everybody. But in the countries there is a kind of standard food that could be liked by everyone. And McDonalds there are almost everywhere. By the way I like MacDonald, although I'm not an often visitor.

I agree with you on this. I will not eat anything either if it is not well done. I don't eat McDonald's because I am diabetic and that food is bad for me in many ways. But you're right, there are people who like to eat what they want to eat and watch TV at home. I would rather spend my money on a good meal at home and watch a good movie, then go on a plane and go to some other country to eat something I may not like. Why? So I could say that I was there and done that? No, no need. If the desire came upon me to want to go somewhere, now thats different all together. I live in New York City, and there are plenty of different cultural foods around. I have my pick on what I want to eat right here at home.

I have no idea!!! For me the point of traveling is to go somewhere and try new foods. Since I can not really afford to travel at this time, I take part in all of the local festivals. Yesterday and Friday, I was at the Serbian food festival. Oh, the food was good! If I wanted McDonalds, I'd go up the street from my apartment, and get it.

Well sometimes they do and if they don't they should find a way to bring a few things with that will help to cover them until they can get back...I have found that most of the time there are things you would like...but to each their own!

A 2-D experience will never be as fulfilling as actually being in a place. I'm considered a "picky eater," since I don't eat beef or pork (staples in the area where I grew up), nor would I eat anything from McDonald's, KFC, or their ilk. In fact, I tend to follow a vegetarian diet most of the time. However, I will eat a much wider range of foods than the people who call me "picky." My boyfriend is actually a picky eater, though. That hasn't stopped him from enjoying international travel, nor has it prevented him from usually enjoying food at restaurants that I've chosen (I love the cuisines of Asian countries, while he doesn't so much). Rigid food rules undermine one's ability to not only enjoy exploring other countries, they also undermine your routine social interactions. Sometimes, for the sake of being a good guest, you eat things that might not be your first choice. Despite generally avoiding certain ingredients, I have a "see no evil, hear no evil" policy in social settings; I do draw the line at things such as beef or pork (and anyone who has known me for any length of time knows this), but I try to always find something to eat--even if it is loaded with HFCS and an extra helping of refined sugar.

I am also a picky eater. I agree with you. Even if I had the money to travel, I don't know if I would because I don't think I would find one thing that I would actually put near my mouth! If it's a new food and I so much as don't like the smell of it, it won't go anywhere near my mouth! I'm bad I know. So true though. I would not bother going somewhere where I could not eat what I love to eat. Wouldn't happen. I like my normal food and fast food too much! LOL

I think that Mcdonalds is a great but non-nutritious meal! But not for all the time. I know what you are saying though some people think they can have whatever their hearts desire served on a silver platter. That's just not what happens in the real world!

hi sarahruthbeth22 I like my food well done too. And i am choosy about where I go to eat, but I sure as hell am not fond of the disgusting hamburgers at McDonalds either.I am not great at trying stuff offered to me by others. I pick out the places where I know they serve what i like and thats where I go. overseas forget about it have no money for such as that. lol lol.

I am a picky eater and won't go anywhere where I think there's a chance I won't like the food. You're right, they have the internet and dvd's to see the sights, and if I wanted to go see the sights for myself, then I'd be sure I'd know where to eat so that I could eat WHAT I wanted to eat.

I am pretty sure wherever you travel there's bound to be food you would eat. Italians don't just eat Italian food. Japanese don't solely survive on sushi! Plus mot big corporations like mcdonalds have worldwide connections. As long as you weren't planing a trip to the middle of the Amazon I think you could find food. I would never let food tie me down so much that I would not visit a place. Not sure if this would be possible, but if I were too paranoid about food I would just pack my own.

I am a picky eater also but not picky as you, for me as long as I want the food and it's cleanly done and the way it serve is nice, then it's already fine with me.

Food isn't the only aspect of a culture. There's a ton of other things! Such as art and language. Watching a tv show about the culture in a certain place in the world is not an accurate, nor fulfilling representation of that culture. I've traveled outside of the country before, and I hate to think that something like the local food would have kept me from such amazing experiences. Taking a virtual tour or watching a tv show of a chapel in Italy is in no way the same experience as standing in awe in front of the larger then life artwork yourself. Looking at the beaches of a South American country on the travel channel, is in no way the same as feeling that sand beneath your toes and hearing the Spanish language being spoken all around you. In most tourist economies all around the world, there is a variety of food in order to fulfill the needs of those visiting from other countries. Food is only one aspect of a culture/place, and it's not needed to enjoy the immersion of another country.