Vegetarian Vacations
Portugal is a place where you always get plenty of vegetables with your restaurant meal--at least in contrast to Spain--but seldom see completely vegetarian selections on the menu. You might want to look into Vegetarian Holidays in Central Portugal. There you'll find holiday accommodation in Portugal owned by vegetarians or vegans who are willing to feed you pretty much like they feed themselves.
In other meatless news, Wednesday in Italy is National Bread Day. Good bread is quite a bit cheaper in Italy than it is in California, I've found upon my return to the left coast, but it's also a big business: "Bread baking employs some 330,000 people in Italy and the sector has an annual turnover of some eight billion euros a year."
Eight billion euros! That's a lot of bread.
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ur dr. phil sexci
*rawr*
I liked eating meat too! but I gave it up for reasons of conscience and health. It wasn’t easy - I was a semi-vegetarian for many years. But once I made the effort to acknowledge the consequences of meat and dairy consumption my sense of ethical responsibility became powerful enough to override my tongue’s blind preferences. (Same for my sweet tooth!) Going vegan was only the initial step in expanding my awareness, and I have since augmented my life with yoga and meditation. It’s such a good feeling to know that I am contributing as little as possible to suffering, waste, and environmental degradation. It makes every meal an act of kindness, and I feel less alienated from my fellow beings. I can’t recommend it enough.
Italian bread is so incredibly good. I made friends with an Italian baker and his American wife in Gaeta when we lived near there. He used to get up at 3:00 A.M. to bake the day’s bread during the summer, because it got too hot to bake - or even think - during normal work hours. Italian bakers have a difficult life.