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You’re Doing Europe All Wrong! Here’s the Travel Hack Nobody Talks About
I used to think real European travel meant paying triple for an espresso at a café with an English menu screaming Tourists Welcome!
Or elbowing your way through photo-bombing chaos for a shot of a landmark that looks better on a postcard.
Turns out, I was dead wrong.
The real Europe?
It’s tucked away in sleepy villages and cobblestone backstreets, where locals watch (half-amused, half-horrified) as you butcher their language trying to order something that, hopefully, isn’t a plate of mystery organs.
That’s exactly how I found myself in a no-name boulangerie in eastern France.
No overpriced lattes, no tourists, no pastries begging for Instagram (this was before social media), just warm, flaky perfection.
And the best part?
