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Guten Tag, liebe Freunde!

Okay, I haven't entirely forgotten my English yet. :huh:

I flew to Germany with Air Transat (a Canadian Charter airline out of Montreal) from Toronto to Hamburg, Germany, on a direct flight. The first flight home without having to transfer somewhere, which was a treat.

Air Transat offers gluten-free food on their flights. Of course, you have to let them know well ahead of time. Their gluten-free food looked tons better than their regular fare, especially the breakfast! For the first time I was glad to have celiac disease. B)

I found amazing food here, and know that I won't be able to get it when I go back to Canada. I am already sad about that.

They have a buckwheat bread that looks and tastes just like regular rye pumpernickel! I am in heaven. Also, I found Swedish Wasa crisp bread. Since it gives ingredients in Swedish, Danish, Dutch, German, Italien, Spanish, and French, but not in English, I don't expect that they export it to any English speaking countries. Rats. :(

So, while I am here, I can eat bread, but will have to give up bread again entirely when going back to Canada.

The best place to buy the pumpernickel bread is a chain called 'Budnikowski', because it is less expensive (and easier to find) than the health food stores, called 'Reformhaus'.

But the Reformhaus has a much greater selection of gluten-free foods, several shelves of it. I's amazing.

Okay, I have to go, my brother calls.

Will be back soon.

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aikiducky Apprentice
aikiducky
Posted

I'm glad you're having a good time, Ursa!

I thought the Wasa kn

jerseyangel Proficient
jerseyangel
Posted

Yea for great gluten-free bread!!! It does my heart good to hear that you're enjoying yourself and eating so well.

Take care, Ursa, and thanks for checking in :)

PS--You are missed here ;)

Jestgar Rising Star
Jestgar
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Take care, Ursa, and thanks for checking in :)

PS--You are missed here ;)

!!!!!!!!! :)

blueeyedmanda Community Regular
blueeyedmanda
Posted

Guten Tag Freund!

Hast du bin?

Hi Ursa,

nice to see you again, I took a few years of german in Highschool and I still speak to my german teacher using german all the time. Enjoy your trip!

AndreaB Contributor
AndreaB
Posted

Thanks for checking in Ursa!

I'm so glad to hear you are having a wonderful time. Much needed. Maybe you could bring some bread back home. :unsure:

stef-the-kicking-cuty Enthusiast
stef-the-kicking-cuty
Posted

Na, Ursa, wie geht's? Ich war lange nicht mehr hier im Forum...

Now I just checked back into this forum yesterday and today and what do I read? Ursa is in Germany! Cool, I might go back at the end of August, beginning of September, but I'm not sure about that yet. Did you find glutenfree "Kaiserbroetchen" over there? Because I can't ask my mom that, she's absolutely lost, so I thought, I ask an insider... Oh, btw, I'm sending myself food packages sometimes, when I find a nice bargain over there. Have fun, while you're there!

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Hi Ursa - I'm glad you're having a good time! You deserve it! :rolleyes:

By the way, Pauliina's right. Who needs clothes? You can always buy more when you get home.

Cindy

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