I lived in Italy for three years and consider it my European home. Returning after five was the reunion that I had been missing. I hadn’t made visiting a priority, since I enjoy exploring new places. However, with my return I was jolted back into amore with this country, remembering […]
Majestic Verona- Eating out and About Known for its pasta dishes, the setting for Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet, and summer Operas in the Arena, Verona is a fabulous place to spend a weekend. Eating with food allergies in Verona, Italy would hopefully be just as splendid! Traveling There & Settling […]
My neighborhood grocery store, and a common chain in this area is called the Coop. I have lived abroad before, so I knew grocery shopping with food allergies in Italy was going to be an event in itself. My first trip to the grocery store, I had no idea what […]
The first time I lived abroad I found it challenging, but I realize now that it was an important first step. I lived in Australia, where they speak English (well, Aussie English…ha). I could order food and understand ingredients, yet there were still many obstacles. Almost everything packaged was labeled […]
I was in the grocery store picking up an ingredient for dinner, when I started thinking about all the different grocery stores I had been to. I have traveled around the world in grocery stores. Throughout my travels, grocery stores have always been a place where I have scavenged shelves […]
