Vegan in Côte d'Azur (French Riviera) ~ Day 0

From Lisbon to Antibes

 For the last week I've been traveling through the south of France and thought I would share my experience as a vegan and as a tourist in Côte d'Azur. In the next few posts I'll share where I was, what I did and mostly what I ate.

[I forgot to take pictures of my food on day 0, but I did take some on the following days]

- Home (Portugal)-

This was not a good food day for me - I started by not having breakfast. We had been finishing up our food before traveling and so I didn't really have anything to eat in the morning, but I figured it would be okay since I had gone to Celeiro (a health shop chain in Portugal) the day before and gotten plenty of vegan food to take to the airport:

   .two ripe bananas, which I ate on my way to the airport;

   .a macrobiotic samosa;

   .a pre-made tofu sandwich;

   .a box of blueberry cookies.

- Lisbon Airport -

In Terminal 2 of the Lisbon Airport, there is a McDonald's (in Portugal, although McDonald's has a vegetarian burger, it is not vegan) and another cafe where you can ask to make a sandwich with only lettuce and tomatoes, as I once did - not the best meal, but it can be an option if you come unprepared. This was not my case this time (or so I thought).

When we got there, the non-vegans I was traveling with went to have lunch in McDonald's, while I had my samosa.

- Airplane -

I traveled through EasyJet, and you can order from a menu that had one vegan salad.

I had a bite of my sandwich, which I didn't like at all so didn't finish it, scared it would make me nauseous on my flight. Instead I had a few cookies.

- Antibes -

We landed in the Nice Airport, rented a car and, after way too much time in traffic, we finally got to our Airbnb, a lovely apartment in Juan-Les-Pins, near a Casino supermarket and also a Bio market, but we got there pretty late so both were closed.

                                  

We were all starving so we had to look for places to eat with a vegan alternative for me, and we found a restaurant near the shore that served Falaffel.

We found it quite difficult to talk to some french people, like the waiter at this restaurant, because both our french and their english was limited. However, from what we understood, most of the entrees were vegan (there was a potato paste and I think a radish one as well, served with bread). The falaffel came with a salad that had a white sauce, and since we couldn't understand what it was made of I asked mine to be made without the sauce.

                                                                                                      

We also visited a mini market that was open to buy breakfast to the following day.

And that was it! Hopefully this will be useful if you're traveling from Lisbon or to Antibes, but anyway, the following days were far more interesting!