We're back in Europe again, and I've been waiting patiently for the motivation to add to this blog. It finally hit last night, after a month of eating myself into digestive disorder territory. Our trip started in France, with a five course table d'hote meal, quickly followed by a visit to a Bouchon Lyonnaise for lunch, where we sat in stunned silence as the elderly couple at the next table tucked into half a calf's head each while their teenage grandson delighted in his plate of tripe.
On to Italy, from Piedmont to Sicily to Bologna. Pizza, pasta, seafood, and many meals containing pig. And cake for breakfast every day.
To put it into context, for the past year or so (due to a health scare) I've been trying hard to be a cave-girl. I found that eating in the Primal/Paleo style suited me by relaxing the digestive issues I have been suffering with for nearly 30 years, and providing me with more stamina.
I realised with our planned bike-ride from Ulm to Bratislava, I should be able to stick to the Primal guidelines pretty well. The Germans typically provide breakfast of yoghurt, muesli, bread, ham, cheese, eggs and fruit. Except for the muesli and bread, perfect Primal. Dinner should be easy enough as long as I can recall enough high-school German to read a menu. Lunch and morning and afternoon tea will be challenging, especially as I'll need to gather enough fuel to ride 35-85 km per day.
Today was pretty good, and it was just a driving day to our starting town of Ulm. Yoghurt, cheese, ham, cucumber and an apple for breakfast. A banana and sunflower seeds for morning tea. Warm processed pork on a white bread roll for lunch had me worried, but then dinner of greek salad and a mixed grill made me feel somewhat redeemed. A day of lots of veges, a little fruit and plenty of protein. Sure, contrary to Paleo guidelines the meats wouldn't have been free-range and grass-fed, which bothers me, but I just can't go back to vegetarianism - I did it for 10 years and campaigned actively for animal welfare, but my health suffered too much.
I'm nervous and excited about setting off tomorrow with a ridiculously small amount of clothing in Beautiful Husband's panniers, but also hoping I can avoid too many meals of schnitzel and fries!
On to Italy, from Piedmont to Sicily to Bologna. Pizza, pasta, seafood, and many meals containing pig. And cake for breakfast every day.
To put it into context, for the past year or so (due to a health scare) I've been trying hard to be a cave-girl. I found that eating in the Primal/Paleo style suited me by relaxing the digestive issues I have been suffering with for nearly 30 years, and providing me with more stamina.
I realised with our planned bike-ride from Ulm to Bratislava, I should be able to stick to the Primal guidelines pretty well. The Germans typically provide breakfast of yoghurt, muesli, bread, ham, cheese, eggs and fruit. Except for the muesli and bread, perfect Primal. Dinner should be easy enough as long as I can recall enough high-school German to read a menu. Lunch and morning and afternoon tea will be challenging, especially as I'll need to gather enough fuel to ride 35-85 km per day.
Today was pretty good, and it was just a driving day to our starting town of Ulm. Yoghurt, cheese, ham, cucumber and an apple for breakfast. A banana and sunflower seeds for morning tea. Warm processed pork on a white bread roll for lunch had me worried, but then dinner of greek salad and a mixed grill made me feel somewhat redeemed. A day of lots of veges, a little fruit and plenty of protein. Sure, contrary to Paleo guidelines the meats wouldn't have been free-range and grass-fed, which bothers me, but I just can't go back to vegetarianism - I did it for 10 years and campaigned actively for animal welfare, but my health suffered too much.
I'm nervous and excited about setting off tomorrow with a ridiculously small amount of clothing in Beautiful Husband's panniers, but also hoping I can avoid too many meals of schnitzel and fries!
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