Tradition Christmas and the holidays are filled with tradition. Every year around this time our home overflows with smells of Scottish shortbread and French butter cookies. This year we changed it up a bit and added a few others to our regular mix, Middle Eastern date & almond triangles and German pfeffernüsse. Pfeffernüsse There are […]
Germany
Our stories of food and culture, and the recipes we collected along our way from our travels through Germany.
You Ate 1098 Meals in 2012
If you eat 3 meals a day, that means you ate 1098 meals in 2012. How many of those meals were memorable? Certainly not 1098, how about 500? 100? Could you name a dozen? Looking through photos helped us remember some of our most memorable meals (and snacks) of 2012. You won’t find anything resembling […]
4 Things To Do In Cologne Germany
Your Own Personal Brew House Crawl Cologne is the place for Kölsch. In fact there are over 20 different types of Kölsch brewed in Cologne. With that many beers, served in 0.21cl stanges, you could literally end up crawling back to your hotel room. Try some of our favourites: – Brauhaus Sünner im Walfisch, Salzgasse […]
Lifeventure Dakar 25 Review
This is a review of the Lifeventure Dakar 25 Daysack. I’d like to preface this review with a bit of disclosure. We used the bag the way people normally use things, which means not always following the recommended directions. On the Chain Bridge in Budapest Technical Info and Highlights: 3 yr warranty (original purchaser) dimension: […]
Gardening In Munich – OBATZDA
German countryside The train ride through the German countryside was beautiful and entertaining. A group of beer drinking American students on their way to Stuttgart for a soccer match were glad to meet some English speaking travellers. We chatted for a while which helped us forget that we had to stand the whole way, not […]