Dede Sophie

Oh my goodness, my orchid cacti have been absolutely fine wintering outside for the past 6 years, then this year they have been absolutely smashed!  If you didn’t know before, Orchid cactus – Disocactus ackermannii is an species of epiphytic cactus that occurs in the cloud forests of Veracruz and Oaxaca, in Mexico. It is a gorgeous, evergreen plant with an arching trailing habit and produces dark green, long, flattened leaves which are only 2-3 inches wide but up to 36 inches long! Usually tough as old boots I like to grow it outside hanging from my trees. This year however a polar vortex descended on the garden and stayed for a couple of weeks, just long enough to kill a lot of my ‘on-the-edge’ hardy plants. Even the back up plan cacti in the greenhouse were frozen to mush! Luckily it wasn’t a complete disaster as you will find out in this video.

I entered Iceland pre-covid and pre being an actual vegan – I unfortunately ended up being just vegetarian in Iceland (which is not 1/2 vegan or almost vegan, vegetarian =/= vegan at all). This was mostly due to p!ss-poor planning on my part, but, to be fair to myself it really was harder to be vegan in Iceland back in 2016 than it was to be vegan in say  pork and sour cream lovin’ Hungary , adobo and lechon baboy Philippines  or even mozzarella and bolognese lovin’ Italy . I visited all four countries that year and Iceland was by far the hardest. First I’ll tell you why and then I’ll tell you how to (easily) be vegan in Iceland! 😀 How to Be Vegan in Iceland So whaling is on the way out (hopefully). Let’s get to it – how can you be vegan and live deliciously in Iceland? Luckily, you don’t go to Iceland for the cuisine, you go for sites like this: and this: and although here at VeganVsTravel we strive to give you authentic traditional food...