Travel in Europe - eating out in Europe

It has become so much easier to shop in Europe thank's to the still fairly new EU Labeling Law. Milk, and its derivates now have to be declared. What a difference, now you can actually shop in regular grocery stores and no longer have to rely on health food stores. Don't get me wrong, I love health food stores, but sometimes especially when you are in a small town, there may not be a health food store, or if you are in a big city you have to find them...

As for restaurants we have found that people are (generally) really, really nice and there is ALWAYS something for the girls to eat. Stay away from ham, sausages, salami because you just never know and they most likely do not have the labels in the kitchen but here are some options. Of course, always ask to make sure its OK

• Pasta with olive oil & garlic
• Pizza with tuna, veggies (just make sure that the dough is w/o milk, and the sauce w/o any milk products)
• Schnitzel (w/o gravy, no breading) and fries; any type of meat w/o breading
• Salad --> get it without dressing as a lot of dressings in the Germanic world contain buttermilk, sour cream, etc.
• Speck
• Plain pasta

These are just a few things that we have found work for our kids. Keep in mind that coffee shops, etc. do generally not carry soy milk so you should always bring that along. Our kids are still small and I learn so much more every trip we take.

If you have any experience with travel I would love to hear from you...