Today, John and Colleen discuss travelling and issues that inevitably arise around being on a sojourn. Colleen recently had a highly successful vegan experience in Prince Edward Island where she ate a lot of potatoes and Lebanese food. John hopes that he can replicate Colleen's luck in a few weeks when he heads to Argentina and Uruguay. There is no way to say "vegan" in Spanish, so one has to say: Yo no como huevos, leche, o queso (I do not eat eggs, milk or cheese). Note: The International Vegetarian Union has several pages with translated phrases for vegetarian and vegan travelers.

Colleen mentions her bake sale contributions which you can purchase on Saturday, August the 2nd from 12 to 4pm outside of Heart On Your Sleeve. All proceeds will be going to Rabbit Rescue.

No podcast would be complete without John and Colleen talking a lot about food. John discusses his experiences with buying a case of mangoes, the challenge of making three new vegan recipes a week, and a raw carrot/parsnip "noodle" dish inspired by the Millennium cookbook. One of John's new recipes was for delicious raw cookies (one cup each of raisins, banana, walnuts and macadamia nuts blended in a food processor then dehydrated). Colleen discusses her favourite smoothie which consists of one banana, one cup of spinach, 3 strawberries, spirulina, efa oil and a bit of ginger.

Colleen poses this question: "What was the first meal you ate where you were consciously going vegan?" For John it was discovering that soy milk tasted alright. Colleen couldn't cook in her pre-veg days, so with limited options in Kingston, she resorted to making a basic curry out of lots of tofu, broccoli, other veggies, soy milk and curry powder. This she ate all the time until she discovered that there were lots of good vegan cookbooks available.

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