I traveled to France with three other adults recently. During the first five days, we were in Paris. And in the second week, we were on a ship on the Burgundy Canal. Then I spent the last week in Ecorsaint, a tiny village about an hour away from Dijon, near Flavigny, where the movie Chocolat was filmed.
We had rented an apartment with a kitchen in Paris, expecting to cook our meals because I had peanut allergy (花生过敏). But we couldn't really find anything to cook in the supermarket, so we ate lunch and dinner at the little restaurants that line the main streets. They all put their menus outside on the street, which makes choosing a restaurant a little easier.
Most restaurants in France seemed very careful about food allergies. I was almost always advised to eat a salad.
In some cases, even the salads were controlled. I ordered the salads without sauce and used either my own salad dressing (调料) or just oil.
The second week on the ship was great and I would certainly introduce it to anyone with peanut allergy. The meals were great and the chef checked everything I ate many times. If something wasn't safe, he would serve something else instead.
The last week we rented a vacation house. Next time I'll do this for the entire trip. We went to the open air on Saturday morning and went crazy buying fresh fruits, cheese and vegetables. We also did some shopping in stores. Many labels (标签) were only in French and perhaps German. One of my traveling friends is a good cook, so she had a great time doing all the cooking for the week!
During the entire trip, I avoided breads for two reasons. I had a look at a few bakeries and saw lots of breads with nuts, but I was also concerned about lupin flour, a kind of flour added to wheat flour in France. It's easy to cause allergies.
In spite of a three-week diet of wine and cheese, I lost 4 or 5 pounds. It's amazing, isn't it?
