2015-08-12 13:00:17 [The_Conscious_Traveller, Italy, Marches, South_Tyrol, Alto_Adige, Suedtirol, Veneto, bio, biologico, eco] [direct link · table of contents]
Austria has one of Europe's most reliable and ambitious train companies: The ÖBB ("Österreichische Bundesbahnen") is a driving force in the revival of a trans-European railway network.
For many years, their "DoN" diningcars however, had not been offering any organic food items. Fortunately, this is a thing of the past: On the Railjet train from Salzburg to Vienna and Bratislava (taken February 2023) the menu offered one vegetarian and one meat-based organic main course (spicy rmushroom potato roast and paprika chicken, resp.), an organic goulash meat stew, assorted organic cheese, prepackaged honey and rice wafers, fruit juice and smoothies, tea, one type of each, organic beer and wine. There was no fully organic breakfast, but butter, jam, cereals and honey are.
2015-06-12 13:00:08 [The_Conscious_Traveller, Austria, bio, eco] [direct link · table of contents]
2015-04-30 23:10:00 [The_Conscious_Traveller, Czechia, bio, eco] [direct link · table of contents]
Paris is so easily accessible by a network of highly comfortable high-velocity trains, the TGV, both from within France as well as from its neighbouring countries that any other means of long distance transport is simply out of scope.
The car restaurant on bord of the TGV offers a number of organic items, all clearly marked "BIO" on the menu, among others a vegetarian salad, plain yogurt, cranberry biscuits, almond-popped rice chips, potato chips, lemonade, apple juice and tea. At the so-called bar you may also purchase single tickets for the Paris underground, but unfortunately not the "Paris Visite" day (and multiple day) flatrate tickets for the Paris public transport which I strongly recommend as the Paris metro will easily and comfortably take you here and there.
2015-02-28 23:00:07 [The_Conscious_Traveller, France, Paris, Parigi, bio, biologique, trains] [direct link · table of contents]
The most comfortable and environment-friendly way to travel Germany is without doubt by train: According to Deutsche Bahn all their long-distance trains (ICEs, ICs and the German-driven ECs) are powered by renewable energies, and all destinations listed below can be reached by these trains directly or (as in the case of Heidelberg) by urban trains from the next ICE hub.
ICE and IC trains usually come with a restaurant car offering a number of organic items on the menu so that you (as of April, 2024) can have vegan organic porridge or an organic roll for breakfast, two, sometimes three main courses, a variety of teas, lemonade ("Völkel" and "Vio" brand), and hot chocolate as well as vegan potato chips, ice-cream and an oat bar with chocolate and peanut crunch. The coffee is fairly traded, yet not organic, and none of the vegan meals is organic. When you came with your own mug to buy hot drinks you had been entitled to a 20 cents discount for a while, but I don't know whether this is still applicable. Make sure to ask the service for multi-trip crockery to avoid waste.
2015-01-31 00:00:01 [The_Conscious_Traveller, Germany, Baden_Wurttemberg, Berlin, Bremen, Bavaria, Bayern, Hamburg, Hesse, Hessen, Lower_Saxony, Niedersachsen, Saxony, Sachsen, Saxony_Anhalt, Sachsen-Anhalt, Thuringia, Thueringen, bio, eco, trains] [direct link · table of contents]