Berlin Paleo Convention 2015

Hello!

I'm a little late posting this but we went to the first Paleo Convention in Berlin a couple of weeks ago and I wanted to share a few pictures.

 

The venue was Neue Heimat, which I'd been meaning to check out for a few weeks. It's very Berlin style-wise but the vibe was much more chilled and less posery than most places like it. AND the bar stocks gluten-free organic beer. So, obviously I am going to live here now.  

There is a nice sunny courtyard with loads of benches, where a lot of food stalls were set up. There was a fish BBQ, a pulled pork van and a few smaller stalls with things like paleo waffles and chutneys and smoothies. We actually went for brunch before we came to the convention because I didn't know what kind of food would be available and I had visions of everything being covered in agave and honey and dried dates. There was a fair amount of that kind of food but there was also a lot of just nice fresh simple food.

 

I was already pretty impressed, especially considering it was only 2 euros to get in, but then we realised there was another hall full of stalls and demonstrations.  The middle of the hall was home to a climbing wall for the kids, a yoga workshop and some seriously impressive demonstrations from a local Crossfit gym. They were just insanely strong. All around this stage area, there were business handing out free samples of their paleo products and we bought quite a few different things that we haven't seen in Germany before. Obviously, most of the sweet things were out because of honey and dates but we picked up some savoury goodies.

All in all, it was just a really nice, chilled out day. My other half has been a bit suspicious of paleo as he presumed it was a fad diet and was reluctant to try it - probably because my intolerances mean we've had to cut out so much already. But this day really changed his mind - everybody looked so happy and healthy and strong, all the stallholders were lovely, and the atmosphere was very accepting and welcoming. So, since we got home that Saturday, we have hopped on the paleo bandwagon and are cutting out grains and the last of the few processed items we were still eating. The change over the last couple of weeks has been astounding actually, we both feel better than ever. So, expect to see a lot more paleo recipes on this blog!