Air travel

We go to Europe each year to visit family and friends. It is also great for the girls as we are raising them bilingual to be emerged and around German speaking kids. The travel and air plane foods are a little bit challenging. But surely not a reason to stay home. It ALL can be worked out. Here is what we do. We travel on Lufthansa and unfortunately we cannot order the kids meals as they are surely full of milk products.

• I order special meals for the girls and myself. For the girls I order vegan, and for myself I order the lactose free meal => I have ordered a Kosher meal before was not ideal, but may be a great option for others
• We bring on additional food, and soy milk for the girls. The food we bring is enough to last through the entire trip, as we have to either take another flight, or two more trains to arrive in Tuttlingen
• We get a note from our pediatrician stating that our girls have CG and therefore need to bring their own food & drinks (for security)

So the trip is covered. If the girls want something once we arrive...well (hate to admit this) there is always McDonald's, or french fries, or fruit, or (if they are really hungry) schnitzel w/o the breading and w/o any gravy...We just really stay away from bread as I am too tired to find out whether its OK or not :)