1.0HappyCowhttps://www.happycow.net/blogveganjess86https://www.happycow.net/blog/author/veganjess86/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="7UCmqh0wwD"><a href="https://www.happycow.net/blog/new-zealand-vegan/">New Zealand Vegan</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.happycow.net/blog/new-zealand-vegan/embed/#?secret=7UCmqh0wwD" width="600" height="338" title="“New Zealand Vegan” — HappyCow" data-secret="7UCmqh0wwD" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ */ /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); /* ]]> */ </script> https://www.happycow.net/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/IMG_2890.jpg500333I love traveling and never let being vegan hinder me from going somewhere I want, though I admit food sometimes has driven me to visit certain places.  It’s true some places may be more difficult than others but from my experience it’s always possible to stick to my veganness!  For example today I was taking the only bus that was running from Queenstown to Franz Josef, and for lunch we stopped at “The Salmon Café”.  As usual I had pre-packed food but the driver asked us  if we brought food to “eat it outside”, in the freezing rain…so though the vulgar smell of dead fish would normally be enough to drive me out, I was hungry and the fireplace inside was too tempting.  After reading through the menu there was one vegan item, vegetable soup. I confirmed it had no animal products, made sure to ask for no butter on the bread, and was sold. It was a pretty good bowl of soup and the smell of the fire slowly drowned out that of fish. A few weeks prior another bus trip stopped at a sheep farm for lunch, and another at a Honey Café, both times there was something […]