In Füssen, a lovely little
town in south Germany, there is a cute crêperie which has gluten free buckwheat
crêpes :) It's across the street from the Rathaus, and easy to find.
Füssen is very close to
Schloss Neuschwanstein (the castle which looks like an inspiration for Walt
Disney's castle) and if you are in the area take a tour to the castle and take
a walk around Füssen and stop for a crêpe by the Rathaus.
Read about the castle here:
http://www.neuschwanstein.de/englisch/tourist/index.htm
Love Erika
After leaving Berlin I
decided to make a two-day-stop in Prague, just because I basically was so close
to the Czech capital on my way from Berlin to München (Munich). I arrived in
the evening so I wen directly to a hostel I had looked up online - Traveller's
Hostel Dlouhá. I hadn't booked anything but I was lucky and got the last place
in a 4-bed-room for 20 euro per night, breakfast included (if I could eat
anything I knew I would be lucky...)
I left my things in the
room, lucky for me there was a locker for each person, and I went out to find
someplace where I could buy something to eat. I had passed a shopping mall on
my way to the hostel, so I decided to try there first. There was a food hall in
the mall, and there i bought yogurt, cheese and rice cakes (which had the
gluten free symbol on - the crossed-out wheat) I also went to a Starbucks and
bought myself a large latte before heading back to the hostel, where I had a
picnic in my bed.
The following morning I was
happily surprised. I was one of the first to get to the breakfast room and
there the ladies who worked in kitchen had prepared everything. There were
bowls with different kinds of cereal in (no gluten free ones), there were
plates with two or three pieces of ham and cheese, there were small pots of
yogurt, there were a big basket of bred (not gluten free) and two large bowls
one with butter and one with strawberry jam, there were tea, coffee, juice and
milk. I had brought my own breakfast cereal and bread (just to be on the safe
side and so I would have anything to eat for breakfast). So what I did was just
ask for an empty bowl (these ladies didn't speak English, but they understood
what I meant) I took a plate with ham and cheese and a pot of yogurt, then I
moved to the butter where I found a nice and "clean" corner and the
same with the jam. So in the end I had a really nice breakfast!
After such a good star on
my day I walked to the old town square where I joined Sandeman's free guided
tour at 11 o'clock. It was three and a half hours of a very energetic guided
tour of the city. I can highly recommend doing one of these tours, but bring a
sandwich and a snack... in the middle of the tour there's a 25-minute-lunch
break at a bagels cafe, and nothing there is gluten free, apart from things to
drink. It was a great tour and if you're in Prague - do it!
(Sandeman's has these free
tours in several European cities check it out here: http://www.neweuropetours.eu/ )
Directly after that I went
on Sandeman's Castle tour which also is very good value for your money (250 czk
for students). However, if I were you I would do this tour on another day, and
not the same as the free tour... To walk around Prague for more then six hours
can be quite challenging, and in my case I was starving (!) by then. Lucky for
me I had my small rucksack with water, snacks and fruit, otherwise I wouldn't
have survived.
The Castle tour finished at
the Strahov Monastery and from there I searched my way to my next goal, the
restaurant for the evening - Na Zlaté krizovatce.
It took me almost an hour’s
walk to get there from where the tour ended. We got a bus ticket from our
guide, but i was unsure which bus to take, so I thought a walk was a better
option. It was a little difficult to find, but if you're good with a map and
read the signs carefully (or use a GPS) it's no problem, and trust me it's
worth the effort!
I got a warm welcome by an
English speaking waitress. I was there early for dinner so it was no problem in
getting a table. In the menu it says that EVERYTHING which is cooked and
prepared in this restaurant is gluten free! The waitress puts bread (that they baked
at the restaurant), butter with herbs and tapenade on my table. I turn to the
menu, so many (ALL) things to choose from... This is not a luxury I have ever
experienced in a restaurant in my gluten free life! Eventually I manage to
decide to have a Pâté for starter. Then I have a Schnitzel for the main course
and it is served with a potato cake rolled in puff pastry. I'm stuffed, but I
know this is my chance to try as much as I possibly can so I have an Apfelstrudel for dessert - thinking this might be my only
opportunity to try it. And I don't regret my decision, it really is divine!
Completely stuffed and very
pleased with my day I took a bus back to my hostel...
If you're in Prague don't
miss to have dinner at Na Zlaté krizovatce!
Check it out here: http://www.nazlatekrizovatce.cz/en/index.php
Love Erika
