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My birthday spent in Vienna – Austria – Day 1 – what to see and where to eat…..

01/20/2018 Keine Kommentare

(St. Stephan´s cathedral)

(Graben – shopping street)

(Hofburg from the outside)

(Hofburg from the inside – the coffee was on the right side here)

(Natural History museum of Vienna)

(view my travel outfit from the second picutre in this post)

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Hi guys and happy Saturday,

you might have noticed from my Instagram that we have been to Vienna this week for my birthday.

I had been there a few years ago and forgot a lot and Florian has never been in this city so we thought it would be nice to get away for a few days after the Christmas stress.

It is about 4 hours away from our home so we where there pretty quick. The weather hasn´t been any other than in our hometown so we packed lots of sweaters and boots.

After arriving at our hotel – we stayed at the Leonardo Hotel in the west of the city – we went into the old city right away. They have a great underground system pretty easy to adjust and I would really recommend buying a two or three day ticket cause you can get close to all the sights in a short amount of time.

The first thing we went to see (arrived on Sunday so all the shops where closed) was St. Stephen´s cathedral (was built in 1365). A huge cathedral in the middle a huge place where all off the shopping streets meet.

We also had been inside and it was even bigger. This is always so impressive to me how people where able to build such high and huge buildings many centuries back. I also love the colorful glass windows the old cathedrales have.

Our next stop was the Hofburg. The hofburg is a former imperial palace where the famous „Sissi“ lived. It was built around 1300. The area of it was huge. There where several other buildings like the riding school and big arcs where the carriages could drive thru. Nowadays there are also two museums located and two buildings for the parliament.

Vienna also has its own museums quarter but there wasn´t time to visit and we aren´t huge museum people.

After drinking a hot chocolate at the Hofburg café – cause it had been so cold after wandering around for hours – we went back to the hotel to shower, get changed and go out for dinner (coffee is around 5 Euro at the Hofburg so don´t be surprised).

We searched the internet for some restaurants to eat but here where just too many so we enclosed our search by restaurants in a walking distance from our hotel and we found an Indian restaurant. Since it was Sunday at that is our choice of food for Sundays we went there right away. The restaurant is called Rani and the food was delicious – in fact we wanted to go there every day. I ate the Murgh á la Rani which has been chicken with a savory sauce and a Naan which is the flatbread and Florian ate the Ghost Madras which has been beef in a spicy sauce with onions and pepper and he also ordered some Indian rice as a side dish. We had some red wine and just enjoyed our evening – haven´t been on a date night for such a long time with all the festivities going on lately.

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Day trip to Strassbourg – France – what to eat, what to see…

11/14/2017 2 Kommentare

^psl^

^Notre Dame^

^maison Kammerzell – the oldest timbered house in France – now a restaurant and hotel^

^scenic bistro like straight out of a french movie^

^petite france^

^the docks where the boat rides start^

^found a year round christmas store^

^quiche lorraine – tastes so so good^

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Hi guys,

after our stay at the Europapark Rust we dediced to vistit Straßbourg for our last day. This really made sense because the city was only about 50 km away so it was a quick 30 minutes ride to this beautiful small french city.

After being owned by the Germans and a short time as a free city, Straßbourg was earned back by the french people and still belongs to them until today.

The city is famous for different european courts but also for tannery. This happened in petite france. A small quarter a little offside of the city centre. But this kind of work has been discontinued for a long time now and all that still remains are the buildings which where famous for it.

If you enter the city from the car parks you are just a few corners away from a huge and impressive church called Notre Dame. It is really really big like if you are trying to get the whole building on one photo you would fall back. Before the church there is a huge place with lots of different cafe´s and bistro´s. We went for lunch to one of them after exploring the streets of Straßbourg.

If you are planing on eating lunch be sure to try out the Quiche Lorraine – a famous french dish including eggs, bacon and onions.

Right when we entered the city I found a souvenir shop that was right up my alley. Beautiful ceramic mugs, fluffy fleece lined christmas socks and gingerbread men all around.

You can wander around and explore the city by foot but it you really want to see anything I would recommend a boat ride. We did one and it was really great. Do wouldn´t notice that Straßbourg has so many bridges until you go on a boat.

Thanks for stopping by. Take care. See you.

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Travel recap – Halloween at the Europapark Rust….

11/08/2017 Keine Kommentare

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Hi guys,

this was something I wanted so badly for such a long time. Being at the Europapark on Halloween. I wanted to see the spooky decoration and the creepy shows as well as the monster parades and everything else which is happening during that time (did not know before that it would be so crowded you almost couldn´t ride a thing).

Our hotel:

We stayed at the Bell Rock Hotel – one of the to the park connected hotels. We had kind of a New England / lighthouse inspired theme all over the hotel. It is absoluetly beautiful. Walkig the aisle to your room you can hear pirates singing and the ship creak. The details everywhere are insane. You even feel like you are in another country.

The Bell Rock is a 4 star superior hotel. We had a normal double room and that was enough cause we were outside at the park the whole day. Just went back for showering and sleeping.

Eat and drink:
We took advantage of the great hotel restaurants twice. For dinner we went to the Harborside Restaurant – a buffet restaurant with meals from all over the world. And we also ate once at the St. Louis bar of our hotel. The Ceasar Salad and the Pulled Pork Burger are excellent.

Another tip is the pizza restaurant at the Collosseo Hotel (another hotel in the whole complex you can walk to within 5 minutes) and also the rooftop bar on the fifth floor.

There are many restaurants and cafés in the park where you can eat but the food isn´t as good as at the hotels (and quite expensive) and you probably have to wait a while until you get something.

The spa:
We were at the indoor pool on one day cause it was pouring rain and we couldn´t get out.The pool is created like you are standing in a ship. You have the portholes and the railing from the inside and the figurehead and the sail including the half ship on the outside pool.

The park:
I had been to the park a few years ago already but I had forgotten a lot. The park itself is divided into different countries and each of it has a special ride for example with the landmarks itself or important things the country produces. Also the food is always authentic. For the Halloween theme the park is decorated with about 300k pumpkins. They are everywhere and this is so cool. Also there where some rides converted for the Halloween attractions but they where way to scary so we didn´t do that.

^gemstone world in Austria^

^softest scarf from H&M / sunnies are on sale^

^Iceland^

^coffee house in Iceland^

^boat ride in Skandinavia^

^water ride in Spain^

^way to the Minimoys ride^

^France with its beautiful bridges and flowers^

^old town houses in Switzerland^

^the pantheon ride in Greece^

What do you think about big amusement parks ?

Thanks for stopping by.

Take care. See you.

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Visiting the black forest for fall foliage and a camel coat….

11/03/2017 Keine Kommentare

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pullover H&M / denim H&M / coat Orsay old similar here and here / bag New Look old similar here and here / boots Tamaris old similar here and here / beret H&M old similar here / scarf H&M (loop version) under 20€ and super soft
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pullover old similar here and here
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pullover even&odd / scarf H&M (loop version) under 20€

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Hi guys,

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since fall is my favorite season ever. I think this will never change. It starts in the middle of August. I get this itch and then I have to get pumpkin spice candles and suede boots and felt hats and the list goes on and on….

Finally I got to go to a place this year where the foliage was at the peek of its colors as we arrived and it was stunning. I probably was standing there with my mouth open half of the time and just starring how beautiful mother nature created fall season at some places.

We went to the black forest a day before we got the Europa Park Rust (post will follow next week) and it couldn´t be a better start at all. I planned on apple picking the first day but of the cold weather in spring there wasn´t much to harvest cause all the blossoms died so they couldn´t even become fruits.

So we went up to an old ruine. It was so dreamy. The little old castle up high between fog and colorful leaves. We went there for coffee and a little exploring and after that we headed to a city nearby called Weil der Stadt. I have never heard of it before and it was one of the cutest cities I have ever seen.
Lots of pretty old half-timbered houses and a castle wall around it. Also they had such a beautiful church in the city centre.
We walked around and had dinner at a small restaurant. The food was typical for this area. I had roasted meat and bohemian dumplings for dinner which where delicious.

Do you have any plans for the weekend ? I am glad we are back home. I have to catch up on some work and unpack and do the laundry first.

Also I am going to make sugar cookies this weekend. So stay tuned for that.

Thanks for stopping by. Take care. See you.