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I was only diagnosed with celiac a year ago, so gluten-free travel is a fairly new experience for me. I've a few recommendations. First, I have an app for my iPhone called GF Restaurant cards (created by www.celiactravel.com). They have a library of restaurant cards in many, many languages (including Bulgarian!). I flew British Airways last month, and was able to request gluten-free meals when I booked my tickets online. I have to say they were the best airplane meals I've ever had. Finally, many European countries are much more used to requests from gluten-free diners than in the US. I was in Oslo over Christmas, and every restaurant I ate in offered me GF bread when I told them of my dietary restrictions--that has NEVER happened to me in a restuarant in New York City. Finally, I've found that supermarkets in Europe have gluten-free sections--and even if you don't speak the language there, many products are labelled in several languages, so you can usually figure out the ingredients fairly easily. Bon voyage!

Re-grout the bathroom, paint over a linoleum floor, please!

I've been using Farrow & Ball paint for years, every time I repaint a room, and I also love the colors and the quality of the paint. I use Modern Emulsion (better "wipeability" as Pilgrim stated) for most rooms since it is much more durable than the Estate Emulsion. Love the low VOC's. This is fantastic news about the Soho store--I'm going to save so much on shipping costs!