Koyte
10-09-2006, 10:40 AM
I wasn't sure 'where' to put this!
My daughter and I went on holiday to Barcelona for ten days last month and my biggest worry was how we were going to cope with her milk and wheat allergy but it actually worked out fine.
There were quite a few Spa convenience stores, all of which sold soya milk (or soja as it is in Spanish) and even chocolate soya milk which made tasha very happy. The big Spanish department store El Corte Ingles had a great food allergy section though I couldn't find any milk free cheese. Their wheat free rolls were better than the ones tasha has on prescription. We ate out a lot and I'm really fortunate that Tasha eats a lot of things that most kids her age wouldn't eat, like mussels and fresh sardines with their heads, tails and spines still intact! She ate alot of fish and where possible avoided anykind of white sauce. We did have a few problems. For example one cod dish came with a creamy sauce which Tasha just scraped off. For some allergy sufferes I know this would still be a problem but with Tasha she can tolerate small amounts of milk.
We did find that she was perfectly ok with Crema Catalana which is a dessert similar to cream caramel. I checked out the ingredients in a shop and there was no sign of milk or wheat in it.
When we went I took two cartons of soya milk, our own cereal, pasta and flour. I didn't have a letter from the doctor which I know alot of people suggest you do but my doctor is pretty hopeless about that sort of thing. We didn't have any problems though the new security measures over liquids in hand luggage might have been a problem if they'd come into effect before our trip out instead of after it!
Our next trip will hopefully be to Rhodes next year.
My daughter and I went on holiday to Barcelona for ten days last month and my biggest worry was how we were going to cope with her milk and wheat allergy but it actually worked out fine.
There were quite a few Spa convenience stores, all of which sold soya milk (or soja as it is in Spanish) and even chocolate soya milk which made tasha very happy. The big Spanish department store El Corte Ingles had a great food allergy section though I couldn't find any milk free cheese. Their wheat free rolls were better than the ones tasha has on prescription. We ate out a lot and I'm really fortunate that Tasha eats a lot of things that most kids her age wouldn't eat, like mussels and fresh sardines with their heads, tails and spines still intact! She ate alot of fish and where possible avoided anykind of white sauce. We did have a few problems. For example one cod dish came with a creamy sauce which Tasha just scraped off. For some allergy sufferes I know this would still be a problem but with Tasha she can tolerate small amounts of milk.
We did find that she was perfectly ok with Crema Catalana which is a dessert similar to cream caramel. I checked out the ingredients in a shop and there was no sign of milk or wheat in it.
When we went I took two cartons of soya milk, our own cereal, pasta and flour. I didn't have a letter from the doctor which I know alot of people suggest you do but my doctor is pretty hopeless about that sort of thing. We didn't have any problems though the new security measures over liquids in hand luggage might have been a problem if they'd come into effect before our trip out instead of after it!
Our next trip will hopefully be to Rhodes next year.