All posts filed under: The weekend that was

Wine, Esslingen, some amazing views, oh and good friends to

Published by

Do you like wine?  Do you like seeing where the wine comes from?  Would you like to walk through hills that have wine carts setup, which let you try said wine, oh and see some amazing views?  If you answered yes to these very important questions, then the Esslingen Wine Walk is for you. A few weeks ago it was that lovely time again when a bunch of my friends and I trek our way to Esslingen on a Sunday afternoon, and take part in the Weinwandertag Esslingen or in english the Esslingen Wine Walk.  Esslingen is a lovely city right outside of Stuttgart.  People love coming here because its just a nice place.  It has a great river, where you can find a cafe and sit outside and just enjoy yourself.  This is truly my favorite event in the early part of the year.  Why?  Mainly because it lets you walk through the wine vineyards in Esslingen, take some really awesome pictures, and just enjoy being outside.  Not to mention that its pretty much …

Munich, they know how to give you some Christmas markets

Published by

Last week started the personal quest to see some of the best Christmas markets, oh and see if I can follow the schedule I made up to.  First on the list was München (Munich).  Like so many of my friends, we love going to Munich.  It is a truly an international city, which as I found out knows how to do some Weihnachtsmarkts (Christmas Markets). Going to check out this market was an idea by John, he mentioned it to me and our friend Anna.  He told us they have a lot scattered through the city, along with a gay one called Pink Christmas.  We were totally excited, I mean its Munich, who doesn’t love Munich, then you mention Christmas markets and a gay one, you know its going to be a good time. The plan was to leave on Friday, maybe see a few things that night, do up the town Saturday, with a nice brunch Sunday, and finish by seeing some more, then come back in the early evening.  I was ready for …

The most organized thing I’ve ever done, my Christmas market schedule

Published by

It’s December and do you know what that means? If you don’t, then you don’t live in Europe or Germany for that fact. It’s one of the most interesting times during the winter.  Christmas markets (in German its Weihnachtsmarkt) have started.  What is a Christmas market you may ask? They are great reason for you to not go to the mall or any other random place. The Christmas market allows you to do a lot different things.  First of all you can find gifts for your friends and family, get oraments for your tree, oh and try out some very food and drinks.  Now if you are looking for awesome electronics, then this isn’t your spot.  You will find simple things, like socks, shirts, kitchen stuff, and a lot of other random things.  Last year I bought my dad a pair of socks, along with finding some very cool necklaces, oh a cool ring.  The thing for me was the fact it wasn’t crazy expense. I know some of you might be thinking, “Isn’t it cold …

A cocktail to start the weekend with

Published by

We all have those weeks in which you just want it to end ASAP.  For me that was this week.  Sometimes living in Germany can be the best thing in the world, while other times it can just be a little annoying.  In any case I wanted a cocktail to start my weekend off right.  That’s where I remember a wonderful cocktail I had in Frankfurt back in October at the Luna Bar.  It was a ginger julep.  A few of my friends know my love of ginger, so once I saw this, I was sold. Now a traditional mint julep, which you would generally find during Kentucky Derby time, will have mint, sugar, and of course bourbon.  However for the one at Luna Bar, they used vodka, mint, ginger, lime juice, and soda.  Funny thing is I didn’t realize this until after I made my own, especially since every recipe I looked for to make mine said bourbon. You have several different ways to make a ginger julep.  For this time around I made …

The weekend that was

Published by

Trying this out This is a little late, but welcome to a review of my weekends here in Deutschland.  This time there are around are only a few things that I saw either while I was out and about or hanging with friends. It was a very delightful weekend as always here in Stuttgart.  I got to try out a new a restaurant Ambiente Africa, this was a very interesting place.  Since we didn’t make a reservations, getting a seat wasn’t easy, so we sat in the traditional seating.  This consisted of us sitting on the ground, Indian style or something like that.  This area along with a few other spots were covered by sand.  This was pretty cool.  The food was pretty solid, even though I probably should’ve gotten something else just because I wanted something with more sauce.  In any case though the food was very tasty.  The person I was out with had something that was pretty good as well. Pictures from the weekend Just like on any weekend I have around …