Hello again,
I decided to post today the second part of my month of February. As I said before, February was a short month and I only had three destinations. Melbourne (which I covered here), Frankfurt and Munich.
Eventually pretty much every month I am sent to Germany! I don’t know why because I don’t speak the language and I have never lived there!! Well, mystery! Anyways, I really like visiting Germany not only because of the cities but also because of the amazing shopping I do there. Supermarket, gluten free products and beauty products are the best in Germany as well as my medicines and suplements.
However, I wasn’t really successful in finding new places or restaurants in these two cities. Either the places I searched were somehow closed or the arrival schedule was not the best.. Anyways, like always I made the best out of the situation!
I leave you with my Frankfurt adventure! I will share the Munich one really soon!
Frankfurt
Frankfurt is one of the most well known cities in Germany. Mainly because it is a business and exhibitions centre. To be honest, I was not expecting a city with a lot of personality. However, Frankfurt has some beautiful views and a nice contrast between the old part of the city and the new modern buildings. Also, I found some characteristic bookshops and a lot of small and cute shops.
The day started really cold and kind of sad because it was snowing and raining at the same time, so the snow woudn’t stick to the floor. Anyways, me and a fellow crew colleague decided to leave the hotel and just go in direction to the city centre. After a couple of hours, the sun decided to show up and so we just kept on walking in the city, feeling a little bit warmer. We went to a really nice bridge, a huge flea market and we just lost ourselves in the old city, near the St. Bartholomew’s cathedral.
Foodwise, and as usual I did my little research and I was really looking forward to eat some pizza at Pizzeria Sicilia. After 3,5h of walking and after climbing the cathedral’s stairs (what an insane idea!) it was time to check out this place. Lucky me: it was really close to the hotel, so thumbs up for that!
We arrived there and.. well, the restaurant was CLOSED! C-L-O-S-E-D! It really looked like it was not open for a long time. I felt so sad! You know when you’re waiting the whole morning for an amazing lunch and then all of a sudden you cannot have it? I was almost crying! Not only because I was imagining that pizza but also because I didn’t really had another option nearby and it was getting close to our wake up call.
Anyways, I needed to eat. And I also needed to buy food for the flight. So we just went to a big shopping mall nearby that had a supermarket in the ground floor. Gluten free shopping is usually easy in Germany because most products are labelled. However what is challenging when you’re buying food on a layover is that you have to buy food that can last around 6 hours in your suitcase and moreover it has to have the regular sizes so that you can take it with you. Also, I don’t know why but the supermarket we went was more of a «basic needs» supermarket because it didn’t have a proper gluten free section and the products were basically junk food.. Anyway and as always I would have to sort out someting… and I did. Behold my lunch!
As you can see, sometimes things don’t really go the way we would like them to go and often it’s really hard to deal with the frustration of not being able to simply order a burguer from room service. However, in the end if you don’t give up and if you chase your gluten free options like a hunter looking for food, you will always find a solution. In my case, I was able to do my return flight to Dubai with a suitcase packed with cheese, gluten free ham, smothies, yoghurts and a lot of tasty things!
You can do it too!
Beijinhos,
Sara
the gluten free journey 