I'm just back from a long weekend spent in Germany, Regensburg and an afternoon in nearby Munich. I didn't get many pictures, but I found Regensburg good for vegans. I have found that in my trips to Germany that there is an awarness about veganism and vegan options in supermarkets and restaurants. So even if, like me, you haven't got great German it is easy to find labeled vegan options. We went to Kaffe Dada for dinner one of the evenings, which is a vegetarian pub with mostly vegan menu items and all vegan desserts. I had a nacho cheeseburger and a slice of cheesecake and was well pleased. There are also really good vegan options in supermarkets, I got Wilmersburger cheese and vegan salami slices and nuggets in Kaufland.
Before my flight home I went to Munich for the afternoon with the plan to do two things- take the city bus tour and go to Veganz. I couldn't resist being so close to it and not going! It was easy to find too, I took the 58 bus directly there from the train station, I could see it on the corner as I got off the bus. I was in Veganz before in Berlin, but the Munich shop is smaller. It is still well-stocked, even though I got there a bit late in the day and there were gaps in the shelves. The two important things to keep in mind were that 1) anything I bought had to be under 100mls and 2) small enough to fit in my already over-stuffed backpack which was already pushing the boundaries of carry-on baggage.
So even though I was surrounded by lots of vegan goodies, I chose my purchases very carefully. I ended up getting a raspberry-filled Swiss chocolate bar and Veganz own-brand chocolate covered berries, cashews and crunchy balls. The latter I got because they reminded me of malteasers, something for which there isn't a mainstream vegan option available and would be hard to make yourself. I enjoyed them on the plane home, engrossed in a novel. They did remind me alot of malteasers, not exactly the same but close enough for me. I could suck off the layer of chocolate and then let the crunchy middle dissolve on my tongue, just like I remember doing with malteasers.
Below are a couple of new products I bought to try, The Body Shop Brazil Nut Define and No Frizz cream, and Terra Naturi sensitive face cream. I got the face cream from the chain department store Müller, their own brand Terra Naturi range seems to have alot vegan-labeled products. The one I got is an almond and chamomile face cream for sensitive skin. I love Müller, it sells everything including stationary, toys, food and toiletries and stocks vegan-friendly brands Lavera and Weleda.
I understand that The Body Shop is a divisive issue for many vegans, having a parent company that tests on animals, and to be honest this put me off buying products of theirs for a long time. However, I realised that I often buy vegan products from non-vegan companies. It is a complicated issue that I take on a case-by-case basis, but I think we need to support mainstream vegan options where they exist. There is a vegan list for the body shop here. I bought the D&NF cream as I was in the airport and had forgotten to bring hair product in a 100ml bottle. I am at the end of my North American Hemp Co hair serum, a tiny bottle of which lasted me months, but Holland & Barrett haven't had it in for ages. I've only been using the D&NF cream for a few days, but it seems to do the job with my wavy/curly hair.
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