Hello my blogletts, I've not been hiding from you all again, honest. Miles and I are in China!! Yay!

I wanted to post this earlier however the wifi in Our hotel is not the best and I wasn't able to upload pictures until now! I am currently sitting in a gaming lounge watching Miles get his gaming fix!

We have, seen some amazing views and places, and eaten some amazing food but I won't spoil the posts that are to come just yet (sorry guys & dolls) I'm starting at the very beginning... Our flight.

So we flew with Finnair, a Finnish airline. I'll be honest with you, before I booked the flights I had never actually heard of them before! But they seemed pretty reputable from research is done online so I thought what the hell!

As with any journey, we had to plan ahead and luckily we were able to book a gluten free meal for Miles online, through their website (mega handy) however after having issues with other airlines *cough* British Airways *cough* we were worried weather this request would have 'got through' to the airline.

So the morning of our flight Miles' mum (thank you!) drove us to the airport, we actually managed to find some gluten free food in the terminal too (LHR Terminal 3) which was gluten free for breakfast, amazing!

  

Yes, that peacan pie is actually gluten free and yes we are at an airport!

So... After the yummy breakfast let's fast forward a little to the flight. We take off, are offered something to drink and then eventually dinner time comes, the panic starts... The hostesses are bringing their trolley closer to our flight row, panic sets in. What if we have a repeat of last time... I had some snacks but not enough for the 8 hours left on the flight. So When the time came I said to the hostess "we ordered a gluten free meal for Miles?" And within seconds a hot gluten free meal appeared in front of him! Miles was very impressed here is what he got...  

I was so sleepy I forgot take a picture of his breakfast, but he assures me it was yummy!

We were really impressed with the service from Finnair, with other airlines and sometimes even restaurants we get a negative vibe when we ask for a gf menu or if we ask if gluten is in certain foods but Finnair treated Miles like nothing was any trouble at all. They were polite and the meal tray was clearly marked gf!

We will deffo be flying with Finnair again (not just on the way home) because they ticked all our boxes. Thanks Finnair for looking after Miles on our first steps in our big adventure to China!

So, my family spent a couple of weeks sunning it up in Florida! And my brother A, Miles and I looked after their house and 2 adorable Labradors! Maisy and Maddy!

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They're so cute!

Anyway, on my family's return we got a whole load of yummy new American Gluten free goodies to try out!

• Ghirardelli Chocolate Mini's: After seeing a live Q & A with Mrs Claws and Adam Koralik of Figure It Out, they told us all about Ghirardelli and how wonderful it was so we had to give them a try. They are sooooo delicious! They are little squares of chocolate with different flavours and fillings. In our pouch we got dark chocolate, milk chocolate with caramel filling, milk chocolate with sea salt and almonds (soooooo yummy!) and milk chocolate toffee crisp. They are just simply amazing and as a seasoned chocolate eater, and a female (hehe)- I honestly don't know what I have been doing without these little squares of love in my life.. and the best part... They're Gluten Free!

• Hodgson Mill Gluten Free Cornbread Mix: I will do another post soon to show you how easy this stuff is to make but its delicious. I hadn't actually had cornbread before, or at least I don't think I have, however it does taste like something I have eaten before but I cant put my finger on it. Anyway it is also yummy! I made up a batch the other night and we had it with our dinner. I had a little look on the Hodgson Mill website and they actually have quite a few GF bits which looked rather interesting! I will have to stock up!

• Peppermint Toads: These are also delicious! (I am a sucker for anything chocolaty!) You may recognise them from the Harry Potter films? My sibs are huge Harry Potter fans and were lucky enough to go to Universal Studios to do the Harry Potter experience! Anyway the toads taste a bit like after eight but without the liquid center. Sooo yummy, and because they are shaped like little baby toads, I think they would be perfect for Halloween or for Trick or Treaters! Only thing is... I don't want to give them out... and I honestly don't see them lasting that long hehe!

• Bertie Botts Every Flavour Beans: Another Harry Potter sweetie. We haven't got round to trying these yet (Partly because I don't want to ruin the packaging hehe!), but they look delicious! According to the packet, they literally are every flavour! From earwax to dirt and of course some more palatable flavours too! I will let you all know how we get on next time!

• Mice Pops: More Harry Potter merch woop! We were lucky enough to get one mice pop of each flavour! And so far Miles had a banana one and I had the apple flavoured one! We both agreed they are mega flavoursome and they last forever! We both got about half way through each and decided it was time for a re-wrap!

So there you have it! My first every haul post! Thank you for our lovely goodies fam!!

In February, my other half and I decided to do a trip to Amsterdam. Flights booked- Check, hotel booked- Check! Bags packed- Check!

Now, where on earth are going to be able to eat out there that is gluten free? So back on the internet I go, looking up if I can find anywhere gluten free for us to eat. There is actually quite a few places that serve up amazing gluten free meals for everyone to enjoy! From noodles to bagels, Amsterdam is rather gluten free savvy! And all very reasonable in price! However one of our all time favourite restaurants to eat at during our adventure in Amsterdam was a lovely little cafe called Pancakes!

We were starving after a lovely little mooch around the exquisite narrow streets of Amsterdam one morning and decided to find something sweet to munch on.

The pancakes were beautiful with the staff not hesitating to sort my other half out with a gluten free menu which clearly marked out what he could and couldn't enjoy with a large variety of pancakes for him to choose from!

After stuffing our faces with these delicious pancakes and watering it down with a couple of bottles of the most amazing chocolate milkshake 'Chocomel' we left feeling very full and very happy!

Thank you Pancakes! For our scrumptious breakfast in Amsterdam :)