Vegan Vienna Travel GuideEvery time I visit a new city in Europe, I’m astounded by the number of vegan options I find. You’d think I’d be used to it by now, but nope, it still gets me every time. I guess it’s because the vegan movement is so small here in…
Vegan Restaurants CanterburyMy first experience as a vegan traveler in the UK was unfortunately not very positive. It was an encounter with a server in a pub who seemed to have a real problem with vegans and told me the only thing he could offer me was a carrot. Well, that…
Are you terrified by the thought of having to count to 10 in a foreign language, much less trying to explain to someone from a different culture what you do and don’t eat as a vegan? Or maybe you’re fluent in six different languages, but it just so happens that Chinese…
Have you ever thought about going vegan, but then worried about all the things you would miss out on, like trying local specialties when travelling? As an avid traveller who’s spent years on the road and visited nearly 100 countries, this was a major concern for me. I knew that…
Évora, Portugal is a beautiful city of whitewashed houses with yellow trim, and its cobblestone streets are a joy to wander around and get lost in. The whitewashed houses of Évora, PortugalOf course, if you prefer to have a destination and a purpose to your wanderings, there are plenty of…
The Charles de Gaulle airport in Paris is not exactly overflowing with vegan dining options. In fact, there seems to be a scarcity of food of any kind; most of the shopping arcades are filled with luxury handbags, perfumes, jewellery, etc. Who needs to eat when you can look thin…
For those of you who have been following our trip through Extremadura via my last few blog posts, we’ve almost reached the end. Our last stop in Spain before crossing the border into Portugal was the somewhat scruffy city of Badajoz. While it had by far the largest population of…
Have you started planning your next vacation to Greece, only to discover that there are surprisingly few vegan or vegetarian restaurants in the country? Has your search on Happy Cow left you discouraged, wondering if you’ll be subsisting on Greek salad (hold the feta cheese, please)? Fear not! Despite the…
Seville hosts the most celebrated Semana Santa processions in Spain. The truth is that similar processions take place in towns and villages all over Spain. But the ones in Seville are justly famous for their elaborate costumes, huge numbers of participating cofradías (brotherhoods) and general religious fervour. While I’m not…
While Mérida as a whole is a fairly nondescript, modern city, it is dotted with some quite impressive remains of its Roman past, back when it was called Augusta Emerita and served as the capital of the Roman province of Lusitania. There were so many things to see, in fact,…
Hi, I'm Wendy. I'm an intrepid traveler, vegan foodie and animal lover. I travel all over the world (117 countries and counting!) uncovering vegan treasures to show you how you can be vegan anywhere. Read more on my About page.
