3 flights, 1 gluten-free meal.
When traveling, be prepared and don’t rely on the airlines to fulfil all of your gluten-free needs.
When traveling, be prepared and don’t rely on the airlines to fulfil all of your gluten-free needs.
My top 10 tips on how to make traveling with a gluten free child as easy as possible.
A summary of our 2 month gluten free travels across Europe
Traveling back to the U.S. from Europe and why it feels good to be home.
Thunderstorms, motorboats and amusement parks With a storm on its way this evening, we decide to sail on to a sheltered harbor, where we will also rendezvous with P.J. (M’s brother) and his family. It feels as if the whole world is out on the ocean today and there is a small ‘boat jam’ as we head through the canal [...]
Trains, sailing boats and “I do” We take a taxi to the train station and with M’s dad in tow, boarding the train to Uddevala (Swedish west coast) is a breeze, despite our ever growing luggage. We have another gadget-filled train trip. 4 hours of lap tops and Nintendo Ds’s, but the time goes quickly and before we know it [...]
Boats, sandcastles and timelesness Luckily – after all – all of our bags arrived at the apartment at the same time. After a quick re-shuffle of what we need for a few days on the island of Ljusterö in Stockholm’s archipelago, we pack our things into M’s dads new turbo Volvo and zoom out of the city, via a quick [...]
Missed flights, lost luggage and old friends After the last bag is packed, breakfast is eaten and a final few phone calls are made, we head off to the airport. Another part of our trip over, another farewell, another new beginning. At least that is the plan. 5 minutes after we leave my cousins apartment, his wife asks “Wasn’t your [...]
Heat, farms and beaches The heat continues to be stifling. Over a week of almost 40 degrees centigrade, no air conditioning, no fans and we are as s l o w as snails. We spend a lazy morning at the apartment. The kids pop outside for 20 minutes at a time, but soon come back inside to escape the heat. [...]
Lunches, stunts and sausages As soon as breakfast is done – gluten free, dairy free, chocolate covered cornflakes with lactose free milk (I had no idea all of these things existed a few months ago) for C, fresh rolls from the bakery for the rest of us – C heads off to my aunt and uncles for some alone time [...]