Travelling On Raw
I thought i'd share some of my experiences and tips for anyone planning on eating raw whilst travelling.
First of all I took some supplies with me. These were:
My juicer and stainless steel bottles
Raw chocolate
Homemade raw muesli - raisins, dates, sunflower seeds and almonds
Bags of cashews and pistachios
Packs of dried fruit
Herbal teas
Jars of olives
I also took mini cartons of rice milk with me to go with my morning cereal.
I can't eat hotel breakfasts as they usually consist of bread and cereal, so I took my muesli and rice milk with me each morning and ate that whilst the boys ate theirs. On days when breakfast was included, I had a bowl of fresh fruit and a herbal tea as well.
Dinners were actually easier than we expected, and in most places I managed to have a really lovely meal. France was probably the easiest, as my French is getting quite good, so I was able to explain what I could eat quite easily. We spent 3 nights in the South of France and I managed a lovely salad, which was huge, and a vegetable and rice dish in a lovely restaurant for the second and third nights.
Italy, as I expected, was a little more challenging but I actually managed some delicious meals here. The first night in Tuscany was in a small, rustic B&B high in the hills. We were very lucky that one of the other guests spoke very good English and helped me explain everything. He did say that if I would eat eggs i'd find it much easier in Italy, so I said that was fine. Everyone ate together, and it was a huge 6 course meal. As most of it included bread, pasta and meat, they made me a potato omelette and a vegetable dish which was delicious, with a large salad. We all thoroughly enjoyed our meal, and were certainly full afterwards.
I had a few more vegetable omelettes as we drove through Italy, which were very tasty. I also found that most of the service stations in Italy have salad bars, so I managed lots of salads and olives too.
We spent one night in the Austrian Alps, where we found a restaurant who served gluten free foods. they made me a vegetable stir fry with gluten free noodles. It was delicious, though slightly heavy for my stomach.
Both places we stayed in Germany were really lovely about making me something that wasn't on the menu. At the first place, I had a large salad with olives, and the second I had salad with homemade chips, not something i'd usually eat but they did fill me up nicely.
In Bruges, we ate out on the first night. I had a rice and vegetable dish in a tomato sauce which was lovely. The next 3 nights we ate in our apartment. We went to the supermarket and stocked up on fresh fruits and vegetables for juicing, salads, sprouted seeds, hummus, corn cakes and some soya yogurt.
I had the soya yogurt with my muesli and goji berries for breakfast with my juice, and some lovely salads.
The nights we spent in apartments were definitely easier, especially when it came to juicing. I really didn't enjoy washing my juicer in hotel bathrooms. Another challenge with juicing abroad was keeping the fruits and vegetables fresh in the heat. This was fine when we were staying in the same place for a few nights, and in apartments where we had a fridge, but not so easy at other times. I did manage to juice on about half the days we were away, and I managed to buy freshly juiced orange, grapefruit and carrot in some of the places we visited.
I think when we do it again, i'll buy a small fridge for the car, to store fruit and vegetables, and juices, and improve my languages even more, which luckily I really enjoy. It's much easier to explain what you can eat to someone when you can speak the same language!
It has been an amazing, learning experience and I know now that it really is possible to eat healthily and mostly raw whilst travelling.
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