Brace yourself, I am about to write a glowing review of vegan food in France... Bordeaux wound up being my absolutely favorite place in France so far. I actually love it, and look forward to visiting. Bordeaux is not some sort of excessive vegan haven, but what they do have counts. 20 years ago France was aggressively disgusted with vegan food in my extensive experience traveling there. I was in a small town by the name of Gordes, and cried more than I explored while submitting to a[...]
France and I, we go way back. It's been mostly a terrible experience as far as vegan food is concerned. My heart was wide open for the Carcassonne vegan, as with much of the vegans living in France. Twenty years ago I was literally crying in a phone booth in Gordes when some guy who happened to recently open a pizza shop saw me and actually spoke English to me and made me some pizza because I thought I was going to lose my mind if one more person tried to feed me ham. But, I digress... Franc[...]