We moved from Tuttlingen to Ludwigshafen at the Lake of Constance (Bodensee) a week ago. The apartment we are staying at is gorgeous. Views of the lake from every window, and only a short walk to the Strandbad (beach). You can take a view right here ->
http://ferienwohnung-seesicht.de/ It is so comfortable here and we really feel at home now. One of the things however that come with changing location and can be a little challenging is to find a new "safe" bakery, and butcher. On the first workday at our new location I set out on the quest to "safe" food for the girlies. I went to next larger town which is Stockach,
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stockach. It did take me a while to find a "safe" baker and butcher. The first three bakeries I stopped at did not have any lactose free/dairy free products. I am not sure, if they were just not willing to check into but I certainly did not want to take a chance. Same story at each of the bakeries I finally was on my way to the health food store but found it closed. I took a chance and ask one more person, who then told me to check out one more bakery. Voila!!! Even the Bretzeln are safe :)
http://www.ainser.de/, and right next to the bakery was a butcher who also only uses dextrose in their products and not lactose? I call that a double score :)
http://www.metzgerei-bechler.de/
It took me more than a couple of hours, but so worth it. I think the lesson when traveling in Germany is to find a bakery that indicates they are "Bio", "Bioland" I say that because the other day we took a day trip to Radolfszell and there we found a "Bio Baecker" whose breads, bretzels, etc. are also all "safe" - yay!!!
http://www.bioknoedel.info/
Here is one more vacation picture of the girlies from our day trip to the Pfahlbauten ->
http://www.pfahlbauten.de/
4 comments:
WOW! So glad you found what you needed and love hearing about your travels! I can only imagine how difficult it is to find safe foods anywhere... Will read more posts to learn more about you and your beautiful girls!! :)
Thank you so much, Chris! I very mich appreciate it :) ~ Bea
Are they honest in advertising? In the States, organic doesn't always mean organic and lactose/gluten free might not be. It's scary :-( So glad the girls had fun and you were able to find vendors to enjoy on the trip!
Thank you for your comment, Rachelle. We always read labels, and EU regulation as well as FDA regulation requires that allergens be declared on labels. It is so unfortunate that "organic" as become such a loose term :( it is reliable however when "Oregon Tilth" certified. In Germany the same holds true it is just a different certifying body :)
In Germany we always buy directly from the bakery making the bread, or from the butcher who makes the sausages. There are full ingredient declarations so we feel good with that! ~ Bea
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