Travel Q&A: Help for vegetarians abroad

Dear Travel Diva: Is there any way to travel anywhere if you eat only organic, healthy, whole-grain food — and you don’t eat meat or chicken or fish or butter or cheese or salad? My husband and I would like to travel somewhere, someday again.

— Hungry to Know

Dear Hungry: These days, it is easy to travel as a vegetarian. Eating vegan is a little harder, and your particular restrictions sound trickier yet. But it can be done. Find 17,000 vegetarian and vegan restaurants all over the world at www.happycow.net. Please do not let food restrictions imprison you.

Dear Travel Diva: I’ll be going to the Benelux countries this fall. What should I wear to blend in and not look like a tourist?

— Trying to be Fashionable

Dear Trying: The fact you are asking this question means you probably are not prone to wearing ripped Hooters T-shirts or baggy sweatpants in foreign lands. You also are unlikely to stumble into the beret or wooden shoe faux pas. Wear what you’d wear in any big city — neutral clothes, good walking shoes, a light coat, maybe a scarf around your neck. Bring a small umbrella in case of rain. Nice jeans are fine.

Dear Travel Diva: I am taking a surge protector to Europe with me so I can recharge my camera, phone and other electronics all at once. Will this work?

— Charging Ahead

Dear Ahead: Not unless it is a universal model that works at 110 and 220 volts. Otherwise — ZZZ! Your device will melt. You can buy a dual-voltage surge protector for under $30 (such as the All in One Surge Protector, $19.95, at Walkabouttravelgear.com).