a veg life

(posted by Emily) Thursday 3 July Daily Step Count: 26,400 Thursday was a day that we had really been looking forward to. When we first started researching our trip, Rick discovered that one of our favorite bands as playing the British Summer Time festival in Hyde Park. There aren't many groups we would pay to see, but let me tell you--Arcade Fire was worth it.  We took the quick train ride in to London, and headed to Camden Town. I've been looking forward to checking out a vegan, gluten free bakery called Cookies and Scream for about a year now--we knew you had to get there early in the morning in order to get the best selection of baked goods. We had a Bowser, which is a brownie with a chocolate chip cookie in the middle. Rick knew he wanted a scream shake too, but we decided to come back after breakfast at InSpiral .  (sorry it's blurry!) We walked across the street to InSpiral, where we ordered their vegan version of a traditional...

(posted by Emily) Many of you know that we are planning a month-long trip to Europe this summer. We'll be based near London and are taking a few weeks to trek over to the continent, on what I am affectionately referring to as our EuroAdventure. I haven't started heavily researching what we could do in London this summer (other than restaurants we want to eat at--more on that later this week), but there are a few stand out things that I am looking forward to doing/seeing.  Top Ten: Things I am excited to see and do in London 1) Visit Cookies and Scream in Camden Town. I can't remember how I came across this vegan and gluten free bakery, but ever since I started following them on Instagram , I've been hooked on the idea of visiting them. In the irony of all ironies, they are located right down the street from one of our favorite places to eat in Camden Town, inSpiral Lounge. We must have walked past at least 6 to 8 times.  via 2) Eat at i nSpiral Lounge ....