On non-camping days on the continent, groups usually eat the continental breakfast provided by the hostel, pension, or hotel. Groups often stop at a grocery store nearby to supplement the breakfast with extra food. Lunches are almost always picnic lunches bought in grocery stores or markets, even in cities, When you're not camping, your group will eat out, usually in inexpensive restaurants, creperies, etc., where you can get enough to fill you up and where the food is familiar enough to be liked. On all trips, your group will eat at least one dinner in each country in a restaurant which serves food for which that country is famous. You may choose to try a regional specialty, or to stick to something more familiar on the menu.
Many regional specialties are also available in grocery stores.
Many countries are well known for delicious, mouthwatering specialties , from main dishes to desserts. Groups have no trouble finding the sweet things - there's at least one person in a group who has a homing pigeon's instincts for such things. The better restaurants which parents would choose are often very expensive in Europe, and serve portions too small to fill up a hungry teenager who has just cycled 30 miles. At most hostels, each hosteller is asked to do a quick chore before departing in the morning - this helps keep the costs down. Most hostels are closed during the daytime.