Vegan Sustainability Magazine - Autumn 2015

of the rest, just in case we got hungry later.
The next day, after polishing off the various
dinners and cake we had brought back to our hotel
for breakfast, we headed back to the main square
and this time we dined upstairs. Among their many
dishes was something I had been craving for years,
stringy, stretchy, cheesy pizza. After placing our
orders we sat in the window and watched a parade
as it passed below. “I hope my pizza will be amazingly
melty” I mentioned to my friend who had witnessed
my disappointment on many an occasion
when vegan pizzas had looked more barren and dry
than the lunar landscape when placed in front of
me. I needn't have worried because the second
miracle in as many days was about to occur, and in
front of my very eyes there appeared the ooziest,
meltiest pizza that there ever was. Manna! I was
speechless. My friend was delighted for me and for
himself when his as-they-should-be hot-dogs arrived.
Vegan Holiday in Paris
by Regimantas Lukosius
Travelling is something I loved ever since I
had an opportunity to do it. Meeting different people,
experiencing various cultures, traditions. Travelling
was the reason I have decided to take up photography.
And that has changed the experience significantly.
I am not talking about the bigger camera
bag and a tripod, but the perspective it gave me.
It made me more aware of the surroundings, made
me look more, go further. Another major shift in
travelling experience happened after I went vegan.
I had been vegan for about 4 months before I
went on my first vegan holiday to Paris. Although
it was only for a few days, it taught me a few valuable
lessons. The most important one is to think
and plan in advance. Paris is a brilliant place for
food (I have been there few times before) but the
notion of veganism does not seem to be all that
popular, even frowned upon in some places. I was
lucky to meet a Parisian guy at one of the vegan
meet-ups in Dublin just weeks before my trip. He
explained to me how unfriendly and even hostile
some people might be towards vegans, especially
when it comes to food and dining out. I have also
Wroclaw is a beautiful town in which to wander
and in between eating sessions at Vega we
stumbled across a few other vegan cafes during our
walks. We even happened across a 100% vegan
grocery.
It is easy to be vegan in Poland. Every city we
visited had a few fully vegan cafes, restaurants,
even ice-cream shops. There's no need to load yourself
up with names and addresses of potential restaurants
and maps before you head off, you'll find
vegan signs and wonders easily, just don't forget to
bring loose fitting trousers!
Our favourite finds:
Wroclaw: http://barvega.wroclaw.pl
Krakow: www.glonojad.com
Gdansk: http://avocado.info.pl/
Irene Sheedy is a globetrotting translator, committed
vegan and a dedicated student and teacher of
yoga. https://yogavestra.wordpress.com/
learned that there aren’t that many restaurants in
Paris that would cater specifically for vegans. He
did give me the name of one – “Gentle Gourmet
Café”. At the time I figured that one restaurant will
be enough for a couple of days, surely I will find
some place that serves simple salad? Big mistake.
Anyone who’s been to Paris knows that there is no
shortage of restaurants, cafes and bars. However,
unless you don’t eat any animal products, you
rarely notice how little choice you might have on
their menus.
It took me half a day to realise that I should
have done more homework. After arriving at our
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