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Ten years of FGV celebration cruise

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Ten years is a long time for a blog. A really long time.

I can hardly believe that in December 2020 I will be celebrating the 10th anniversary of being Fat Gay Vegan.

It has been a wild ride of a decade and to look back in a positive way, I am hosting a week-long vegan cruise on the gorgeous Danube river.

Wanna celebrate ten years of FGV with me?!

Prices start from $1,499 USD per person.

Join me and Vegan Culinary Cruises for a week-long 100% vegan cruise on the Danube traveling from Budapest, Hungary to Passau, Germany between December 31, 2020 and January 7, 2021.

Full details of the cruise are online here.

As the cruise is a celebration of the 10th anniversary of Fat Gay Vegan, it is set to be a vegan experience like no other.

The cruise will feature:

  • morning yoga classes
  • incredible vegan cuisine served across three meals a day
  • special guests involved in cooking demos and panel discussions
  • disco and karaoke nights in the lounge
  • 100% vegan toiletries in each cabin
  • Wi-Fi access
  • 24h coffee and tea station
  • Teatime and cake
  • Midnight snack in the lounge
  • All day water and ice-tea in the lounge
  • Electrically assisted bicycles

Optional extras on the cruise will include:

  • city and vegan food tours
  • drinks packages
  • airport transfers

Cruise schedule

  • Day 1 December 31 Budapest
  • Day 2 January 1 Budapest
  • Day 3 January 2 Bratislava
  • Day 4 January 3 Vienna
  • Day 5 January 4 Villages of the Wachau Valley – Durnstein & Melk
  • Day 6 January 5 Linz
  • Day 7 January 6 Passau
  • Day 8 January 7 Passau: Depart

We take over the complete ship meaning this is a fully vegan cruise.

Help me celebrate my 10th anniversary as Fat Gay Vegan. I have met thousands of vegans and vegan-friendly people over the past decade and it would be wonderful to share this huge milestone with familiar faces.

Click here to get all the details and if you like what you see, book a cabin!

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NYE cruise on the Rhine with FGV

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Here we go again!

I am beyond thrilled to announce my participation with the New Year’s Eve luxury river cruise on the Rhine with Vegan Travel.

Join me and book your cabin for a fun-filled and completely vegan week on one of the most stunning and legendary waterways of Europe.

If you have been reading my online musings for a while, you might know that this will be my fourth NYE cruise with Vegan Travel meaning it has become an annual tradition for me.

But you don’t want to read about my good times of years gone past. You want the facts on the cruise this NYE, right?

NEW YEAR’S CRUISE ON THE RHINE DECEMBER 27, 2018 – JANUARY 2, 2019

If you’re looking to celebrate the holidays and welcome the New Year in incredible style, this all-inclusive cruise is for you. You’ll sail through Switzerland, France, Germany, The Netherlands and Belgium along the legendary Rhine river and pass incredible sights on this unique itinerary. Explore charming old-world villages and Gothic cathedrals as you relax onboard your floating vegan boutique hotel.

So what is included when you join the cruise?

  • 6 nights aboard in your choice of stateroom or suite, all with private bathrooms and fine organic vegan toiletries
  • Ship exclusive to Vegan Travel – the entire ship is vegan for the entire week!
  • Vegan fine dining (full board)
  • All alcoholic and non-alcoholic drinks
  • Welcome & Farewell cocktail
  • All taxes, port charges and fees

Every ship I’ve journeyed on with Vegan Travel has been stunning and this year’s vessel looks to be no exception.

The ship has beautiful dining rooms, WiFi, bicycles available for shore use, a fitness centre, and even a 24-hour jacuzzi on the deck!

The itinerary for the cruise is the stuff of dreams. Check out this schedule:

  • DAY 1 – Basel
  • DAY 2 – Strasbourg
  • DAY 3 – Cologne
  • DAY 4 – Amsterdam
  • DAY 5 – Rotterdam
  • DAY 5 – Antwerpen
  • DAY 6 – Antwerpen
  • DAY 6 – Brussels
  • DAY 7 – Brussels

I don’t know what else to tell you. All your meals, all your booze and non-booze drinks, cruising along one of the world’s most fabulous and famous rivers, stunning scenery, a gorgeous cabin, and stops in some of the most historic locations in Europe.

Oh, I almost forgot to add. You also get to hang out with me in the bar!

This NYE cruise is fully booked every year and this year is already about 50% gone. Make your enquiries now and join me for a fabulous cruise!

Click here for all the details and booking.

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Amazing vegan food in Amsterdam

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Amsterdam really has come on leaps and bounds over the last few years. While not so long ago vegan visitors had to seek out the few decent places, today that same visitor is spoilt for choice.

One recently-opened example is the Vegan Junk Food Bar, which doesn’t really need a description as it’s all in the title.

And it’s as tasty as it looks! Pictured below is a “golden crunchy seaweed sandwich” (a burger really, but filled with these crispy nuggetty bits of deliciousness) and “Loaded VJFB” fries, which came topped with all sorts of crazy goodness.

Prices are as expected for Amsterdam, and it’s proven so popular that they frequently sell out before closing time, so if you’re going (and if you’re in Amsterdam, you must) don’t get there too late.

Follow Vegan Junk Food Bar on Instagram.

Copenhagen 2016

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You know, I’ve got no excuse to go on holiday to Copenhagen again. There are so many new vegan places in Berlin that I’ve failed to tell you about (though that will soon be rectified, I promise!), yet here I am trotting off to Denmark again.

Anyway, the good news is that since my last visit a year ago, Copenhagen’s vegan selection has improved considerably. In addition to seeing more vegan options in non-vegan places, there are a few new all-vegan restaurants too (and they’re not of the faddy health food variety that dominated previously). Here’s the low-down on two of them.

I think our favourite new place was Souls. Located on a quiet but pretty square in the residential area of Østerbro, Souls is a real step up for vegan fare in Denmark.

We had two sandwiches, and they were not only huge but incredibly tasty too. Photographed here you can see a “Soulful BBQ” which includes grilled mushrooms and tofu, and the Kidney Bean which includes something like Mexican-style refried beans and guacamole, among other ingredients. One sandwich (or “sanger” in their Australian parlance) is plenty of food for one person, but you can order some sweet potato fries now, if you have room.

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They also have a (US-style) pancake brunch, which we never made it to, much to our regret!

We also visited Café N which has a wide range of food available. They have some tasty croissants (the best vegan croissants I’ve had, maybe) and enjoyable sandwiches and sides, as well as full-plate meals (and the portions are generous here, too). You can see a big sandwich crammed full of mushrooms and tofu, with some chunky fries and home-made mayonnaise dip artfully blurred in the background.

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My only complaint about Café N is that they stop taking orders at 9pm, but their website doesn’t mention this (just says they close at 10pm). Come on guys, it’s easy to put that information on there! The staff were very friendly and directed us to another restaurant that had some so-so vegan options, but it was still disappointing, especially as we could have got there earlier if we’d known.

Anyway, those are my latest recommendations for Copenhagen. I hope the city continues to expand for vegans… maybe one day it will catch up to Berlin!

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