I always say I never notice that I’m vegan until I’m put in a position to notice. When I’m living my everyday life, I’m just in my zone. I cook almost every meal and occasionally visit my favorite vegan spots in town. But when I venture out into the world, I take with me the understanding that I do not live in a vegan world. I am a fairly new vegan as I have only been in the game for almost three years. However, the longer that I am vegan, the easier it becomes and naturally the better I get at it. Not only have I become “good” at being vegan at home, I have a good handle on being vegan while I travel. I wanted to share some of my tips for traveling as a vegan. I will be breaking it up into two parts so stay tuned to read about what I recommend doing in transit to your destination.
1. Get to know the language
There are certain buzzwords that a vegan is familiar with: milk, eggs, milk fat, butter; just to name a few. If you are traveling to a country in which you do not speak the language, I highly recommend getting familiar with what these words are (or at least look like) in the language of the country you are traveling to. When I went to Amsterdam, I found myself having to ask a store clerk to read the ingredients to me on a crackers package to make sure that I was good to go. While this was very nice of her, it is not ideal. Well, not for me as I HATE looking clueless when I go to another country. I feel like it makes me stick out too much. Ever since this incident, I make it a primary point to be able to recognize my vegan buzzwords before I get to my destination.
Now, some languages are harder than others especially when their structure are different from your own language. For example, I must admit that when I went to Korea, I preceded with a bit more caution in the grocery store, as I had no point of departure for the Korean language. And in times like this, I did what I did in The Netherlands, I asked. I remember being in an outdoor market in Seoul and really wanting to try a bean pie. I typed out my questions about ingredients in Google Translate to make sure that it was okay to eat...Read the rest HERE!
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