the start of the cruise blog posts

We had very limited internet on the vacation, but we're back now, and I can start posting in fits and starts what was good, great and not so good...

We'll start with the airline

We flew Continental from Austin to Newark, then from Newark to Rome. They had told S when she called ahead about the gluten free meals that they wouldn't be able to accommodate her on the domestic flight, as they only served a pizza-style snack, but that was okay. We packed protein bars and water and nuts that I could eat and GF pretzels.

On the overseas flight, however, they served dinner and breakfast, and they served gluten free meals much like they do kosher or vegetarian. S got her food first, in fact, and let me tell you, her chicken was way nicer than our regular meals. She got veggies and rice, as well as GF potato chips and a Jennie's macaroon. Her salad came with lemon juice and salt and pepper, since their creamy Italian was not GF, and what a wonderful thing that was. We decided to get some packs of lemon juice for S to carry with her from now on, as that was so much better than bare lettuce, and easier to pack than the big packs of single serving GF dressing.

Breakfast wasn't as great, as we non-GF people only got a roll and some fruit. S got a macaroon and fruit, which was a little less protein than a diabetic needs, but we had almonds in our purses, so it was okay.

Honestly, though, dinner was such a pleasant surprise that it didn't matter. Continental gets 2 thumbs up for their GF meals. Go them!