It's not news that Germany has pretty amazing pretzels or bretzels in German. Trying to teach you the little German I've learned this far! So on Wednesday, after walking around a bit I had to take advantage when I saw the stand "Ditch" with all sorts of breads and pretzels I had to have one and oh man was it good. Warm, soft, sliced right in half and buttered in the middle. YUM!
That night, when Jim got home from work we went out sightseeing some more. There is SO much to see just here in Wiesbaden that I could probably spend all my time here. Don't, worry I won't! I have way too many other things I also want to see. ;)
We ended up at this restaurant called HVL Lounge with outdoor seating under big umbrellas which is very common here and people will sit there for hours. It's very different then in the US where wait staff push you out so they can make more tips. Here since you don't really tip as much as you round up to the next euro the waiter/waitress will let you sit there for hours and you have to reach out and ask them for the check. We explained to our waitress that our German wasn't very good, she said her English wasn't very good and we agreed we would meet in the middle!
The people here are very friendly and if you at least try they will usually meet you more than halfway. Since we are in wine country of Germany I had to try some wine tonight and am I so glad I did. It was hands down the best wine I've ever tasted. Jim got a wheat beer which attracted bees and one ended up in his drink. The bees here are OUT of control!! I've never been anywhere that bees are literally everywhere and so annoying. After dinner, we walked some more and stopped at a place called Patavium for gelato. Gelato shops are probably on every street corner and so there is no shortage of places to try.
The next day Jim was very excited for me to try the Currywurst Manufacturer for dinner. You pick regular or spicy sausage and then what type of sauce you want. It's served with fries and is amazingly delicious. I would equate it to eating a hot dog and fries at home but so much tastier.
Thursday night I joined Jim and a bunch of the people he works with for happy hour on "happy day". Basically, different bars have a happy day where their happy hour prices last All. Day. Long. Someone please tell me why we don't have this at home?!
When I was assured there would be other women there turned out to be Jim, myself and a large group of German men haha it was still a great time and I was impressed by how much English they had. Until I learned that they have to learn English in school which makes sense. It's sad to think they take years of English and in America we take two semesters of a language and that's it. Don't worry, I could say more but I'll leave my politics out of it! ;) Speaking of the drinks I tried a Caipirinha pronounced Cap-A-rain-ah (Thanks Columbia for all that phonetics practice!) it tastes like a mix between a Mojito and a Margarita and is liquor, lemon and lime juice and brown sugar. I'm hopeful that there is a bartender somewhere in Saddle Brook, NJ that can make this bad boy.
Lastly since Rebecca said it would make a good blog post I have to mention the doughnut I had for breakfast on Friday. It was like a gourmet cupcake shop that we know all too well in NYC but delicious doughnuts with filling. Looking forward to signing up for the gym down the street so I can work off all this amazingly delicious food!
The people here are very friendly and if you at least try they will usually meet you more than halfway. Since we are in wine country of Germany I had to try some wine tonight and am I so glad I did. It was hands down the best wine I've ever tasted. Jim got a wheat beer which attracted bees and one ended up in his drink. The bees here are OUT of control!! I've never been anywhere that bees are literally everywhere and so annoying. After dinner, we walked some more and stopped at a place called Patavium for gelato. Gelato shops are probably on every street corner and so there is no shortage of places to try.
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| The most amazing half sweet Riesling ever |
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| Honey wheat beer? ha. |
The next day Jim was very excited for me to try the Currywurst Manufacturer for dinner. You pick regular or spicy sausage and then what type of sauce you want. It's served with fries and is amazingly delicious. I would equate it to eating a hot dog and fries at home but so much tastier.
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| Currywurst mild with BBQ sauce. DELISH! |
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| You can't see it but that machine in front of the guy is what the sausage goes into and gets cut up into all the little pieces. Two people are usually working and the line is usually out the door but it's most definitely worth the wait! |
Thursday night I joined Jim and a bunch of the people he works with for happy hour on "happy day". Basically, different bars have a happy day where their happy hour prices last All. Day. Long. Someone please tell me why we don't have this at home?!
When I was assured there would be other women there turned out to be Jim, myself and a large group of German men haha it was still a great time and I was impressed by how much English they had. Until I learned that they have to learn English in school which makes sense. It's sad to think they take years of English and in America we take two semesters of a language and that's it. Don't worry, I could say more but I'll leave my politics out of it! ;) Speaking of the drinks I tried a Caipirinha pronounced Cap-A-rain-ah (Thanks Columbia for all that phonetics practice!) it tastes like a mix between a Mojito and a Margarita and is liquor, lemon and lime juice and brown sugar. I'm hopeful that there is a bartender somewhere in Saddle Brook, NJ that can make this bad boy.
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| My new go-to! |
Lastly since Rebecca said it would make a good blog post I have to mention the doughnut I had for breakfast on Friday. It was like a gourmet cupcake shop that we know all too well in NYC but delicious doughnuts with filling. Looking forward to signing up for the gym down the street so I can work off all this amazingly delicious food!
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| This one is for you Rebecca! Cookies and Cream doughnut from Tasty Doughnut & Coffee |
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