England was fabulous. To be quite honest, I’m a pretty bad vegetarian. The main reason for our trip wasn’t food and fantastic experiences, it was actually shopping! I got taxreturns and all of that money went to England. Now, before we actually go on the the food there’s something I have to tell you. I’m a big chunky girl and here in Sweden it is such a hassle finding clothes that fit me. I’m about a size 18 american sizes, and a 20 UK and here in Sweden that means I have to find all my clothes in the fatties depratment of any store. Let me just say that the selection is rather poor. So, a lot of the money in England went to buying me some fab tops, shoes, trousers, accesories and makeup. I am such a spoiled girl now. If you’ve never been subjected to searching for ugly clothes in the darkest part of any store you cannot even begin to understand the happiness and sheer joy of going into a store and knowing there is something in there that will fit, will look good and won’t make you look like an old lady. So there, England has made a fat girl very very happy.

Now, onto what you’re REALLY here for. The food. Despite what I just said we did eat. And a lot at that. In Alex’s mum’s garden was lots of fresh vegetables. Potatoes, beans, carrots, beetroot, swedes, turnips, cucumbers, bell peppers, different kinds of lettuce, zucchinis and fresh herbs. Fresh lovely food picked straight from the garden.

1. Risotto with mushrooms, lemon thyme and courgettes, 2. Bangers with chips, gravy and steamed homegrown veggies, 3. Chips with salt and vinegar, 4. My artistical interpretation of fish and chips, 5. We had access to lovely fresh homegrown veggies every day., 6. English breakfast, 7. Spicy veggie sandwish @ McD, 8. Veggie deli!, 9. Shepherds pie and burger with chips., 10. An all english meal!, 11. Tasty vegetable pasty!, 12. Cucumber of love

Admittedly I haven’t done too well on the vegan front. Back at home in Sweden it’s different, we’ve ditched cheese (well, almost, I had cream cheese today) and eggs do not come into the house (we still have some quorn though) and it’s been long since I had dairy milk (although again, I do have dairy products sometimes). So overall, it’s going well here in Sweden. In England however I hardly even thought about it. The shepherds pie I had at that lovely vegetarian pub in Bath was fabulous and vegan as were all the chips. Except for the veggies most other things weren’t. We tried various kinds of different ready made products and they were all tasty. We bought vegan jelly, custard powder, worstersauce and different food colourings that we took home and also an assortment other foodie things (my favourite being a small measuring cup that does both cups, ounces and milliliters).

Everywhere had vegetarian options and lots of places had vegans ones too. England really is veggie paradise.