European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 15, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                F o o d -.-.,.-. The Washington Post Donna Zeigfinger a travel agent who books vegetarian trips with source books. A no problem Fri of this agent by Carole Sugarman the Washington Post Donna Zeigfinger looks More like a Model than a booking agent for the bean sprout set. There she is on the phone at All ways travel in bethesda/md., making an. Airline reservation for a foot-tall seventh Day adventist vegetarian minister headed for Geneva Switzerland. It s All in a Day s work. These Days most of Zeigfinger s work is for vegetarians from the casual to the militant. R after the minister s reservation is made a woman wants names of vegetarian health spas. A group of animal Rescue workers needs the cheapest fares to flooded Georgia. An All vegetarian family is looking for a. Meatless cruise of greek islands Isawa Market out there Zeigfinger says simply. Anybody can order a vegetarian meal on a flight to Spokane Wash. But when it s Zeigfinger who s sending off the airline ticket the traveler also gets a list of local vegetarian restaurants. Zeigfinger also suggests hotels that will be accommodating. What she provides is a sensitivity to and an awareness of what s available for the Tofu Bent traveler. That s because for the past 11 years Zeigfinger herself has been a vegan shunning both meat and Dairy products. Nothing that Ever had a face she says with a laugh then corrects herself. Well potatoes have eyes. Nothing that Ever had a  Zeigfinger stopped eating animal products for ethical reasons she also won t Wear leather shoes and asks that a photographer not take her picture sitting on a leather chair. She jokes that she s Able to have an i Nelda Marcos sized closet of footwear since Man made materials Are so much cheaper than leather and describes herself As the Only weird one who works at the travel Agency where her desk is cluttered with animal trinkets. The animal touches Are no Accident Zeigfinger worked at an animal shelter before becoming a travel agent seven years ago. She thought the travel business would be a More uplifting Job. Before that she was a dog Groomer something she still does at night. In fact some of the dog owners Are her travel clients. And in some cases the dogs probably Are too. When in foreign lands one needs to communicate meatless preferences. Here Are a few translations that ought to cover a lot of ground i am a vegetarian Ana la Akul Laham arabic Jeger vegetal danish in Ben vege Trier flemish Jesuis vegetarian vegetarian be French masculine feminine Ich bin vege Trier German Jemai Hor Tofalos greek Ani to Simhoni hebrew main Sha Kahari Boon hindi Sono vegetarian vegetarian italian Wata Kushi a Sais Hoku Shu Gisha Desu japanese Jeg  norwegian eur Sou vegetarian vegetarian portuguese a Tolko Pedu of Voshchin russian to soy vegetarian vegetarian Spanish Sili Nyama swahili jag a vegetarian swedish Ben Veneter Anim turkish Carole Sugarman but for the human kind of traveler Zeigfinger can offer first hand advice at least for the places she s visited. Her toughest trip Alaska. She was stuck eating Frozen vegetables. Easiest Belize because of the country s Large asian and Indian populations. Most surprising find a vegetarian menu at a redneck truck Stop near the grand Canyon. Plus there is literally a whole world of resorts vacation packages bed and breakfasts computer databases and specially publications catering to the vegetarian. It Only makes sense Given the growing number of vegetarians and the Many people who Are eating less meat Zeigfinger has about a dozen books she regularly refers to including sara/7 Brown s Book of vegetarian Britain by Sarah Brown Tho sons publishers 1989 and the vegetarian journal s guide to natural foods restaurants in the . And Canada vegetarian resource group 1993. Or. Abdullah cordially invites you to visit his Oriental Rug display at my we #8&s  own Bazaar september 15-18 bargain prices on tribal rugs Klims thuries Kashmir & China silk Kashmir Chain stitch and Many More. Ii him # free shopping bags # free drawing sep. 17 saturday # take away plan # Large selections of carpets from China India Persia Tibet Nepal Etc. You can count on out 20 years of experience september 15, 1994 stripes Magazine i 7