I have a confession to make. When it finally became clear to us that we were really going to Europe , what scared me most—aside from fitting all my belongings in a single hand-carry—was parting ways with rice for 12 days! Filipinos are notorious for devouring rice in every meal. We just cannot survive without rice—if you know me, you know that this is certainly true for me! And so, even if I was fulfilling the greatest trip of my life , European cuisine just didn’t appeal to me. Cheese? Sausage? Come on, give me some rice! But all my fears about missing rice flew out of the window when we finally set foot in Vienna.  ...