As I stand in the airport store, not one package is recognizable to me. My flight has been delayed ten hours, and I am stranded at the Rome airport ill prepared with nothing to eat. I scour the few shelves of packaged food and find nothing. They have no fresh […]
No Waffles or Chocolate, BUT a Splendid Trip “Can you tell me what is in the waffles?” I asked in Brussels at a restaurant where waffles were the ‘specialty.’ The man looked at my list with another waiter, and said, “I know we use margarine.” I looked at my chef […]
This week will be my first time traveling to Belgium with food allergies. I am excited to travel to a place where language shouldn’t be a barrier. I plan to spend the majority of my time in Bruges, which I hear is spectacular. My two substantial Belgian cuisine desires: I […]
Life in Italia This is my second year living in Italy with food allergies, and I am finding that this year is a significantly different experience for me as an Allergic Reactor. Between living alone, having no close friends return for another year and trying to make new friends, I […]
French Experiences On a recent family vacation to France, there were a few food encounters that I found interesting. I tried to write down my daily food encounters on the trip. Here are my notes: The first night I arrived in Cannes with my family, we decided to go out […]
Another Day Trip, Another Food Allergy Experience I spent the day traveling in Austria with food allergies on Sunday. As awesome as it is to say that I can spend the day there, it is also just as difficult to deal with another countries language and food differences. Of course, […]
