Food and Travel

How do you find travel meshes with a calorie counting lifestyle?  Do you continue to calorie count while on holiday or do you decide to let yourself relax and enjoy what you want and worry about the consequences when you get back? 

Personally, I find I'm kind of middle of the road.  I usually don't actually write down what I'm eating when I'm travellig but I do try to be mindful (not always successfully) of how much I'm eating.  I also find that where I'm travelling makes a big difference. 

When I was in Germany for a week I gained about five pounds because I was eating and drinking at beergardens amost every day. 

When I was in Egypt for a  full month all the healthy salads, baba ganouj, reasonably sized pitas and lean grilled meats and scarcity of alcohol actually caused me to have lost weight while I was travelling. 

Any other diet and travel stories?  Places that make it difficult or easy to watch what you're eating?