I cannot say enough about the wonderful experience we had traveling in Italy and Germany. I am PA and I purchased some of those translation cards to take with me. In Italy, I felt like I could eat anything! It was like peanuts didn't even exist. Almost everyone used olive oil, and when they didn't use that it was sunflower oil. I was able to eat everything that I wanted without incident (I'm not TA, so I think that makes things a lot easier). The only place they even told us they used peanut oil was in Venice, and it turned out they were just confused. It turned out they meant "semi" (sp?) which is what they called sunflower oil. Germany was great, too. The bakeries didn't have a single peanut item in them! There were, however, all manner of other sorts of nuts. I was in heaven (as someone who rarely eats any sort of baked good here in the US). People were kind when we tried to speak the languages and receptive to our translation cards. I'm considering moving to Europe, although I'd probably gain 300 pounds if I could eat everything I wanted! [img]http://uumor.pair.com/nutalle2/peanutallergy/smile.gif[/img] I just wanted to share this story in case any of you are considering European travels.
yes, we were in Italy for our honeymoon last year and it was great.. didn't see peanuts anywhere! ate lots of pasta, pizza, etc
the gelato was delicious too!! ate it every day (although I am PA only.. there are some hazelnut flavour gelatos)
*Addicted*
*Addicted*