Dinner at the Schloss Hotel in Landstuhl

The other night I had the pleasure of dining at the Schloss Hotel in Landstuhl. We drove up the mountain side at the foot of Burg Nanstein and parked the car. The outside of the hotel is so charming.. beautiful landscaping and a quaint fountain welcome you. Our reservations were for 6:30 and we arrived right on time. Our table was waiting with fresh bread and herb butter... Mmmm. The waitress kindly handed us our menus and offered us the wines on hand. It was very relaxing in the restaurant dining room. Nice music.. candle lights.. *sigh* I ordered the Argentinian rumpsteak.. YUM! It came with a wonderful mushroom topping.. fried potatoes.. and the salad bar. (The salad bar was phenominal.. so fresh and flavorful.. one of the best I've ever had)

When the steak came me and Mike could barely contain ourselves. It was cooked perfect and almost melted in my mouth with every bite. *scarf scarf* lol

Here's a link if you're in the Landstuhl area.. Check out the castle during the day.. and have a nice meal in the evening to top it all off! :) Schloss Hotel Landstuhl

Spring Is In The *Air*

Sorry guys.. There's been nothing great going on lately.. It's been crazy on my end.. but here are a few pictures from the week. 

The view of my area.. Nestled in the mountain sun! *sigh*

A little treat at the hotspot around the corner.. Italian ice cream... Mmmm and a nice cup of hot chocolate! The best I've ever had! I'm sure I'll be a regular by the end of the month. teehee...

Cute little plant I bought from our florist downtown.. There were sooo many I wanted, but this one will do for now! :) I can't wait to plant my flower boxes outside my windows.

Well, back to the time consuming task of painting my kitchen.. pictures coming soon! 

xoxo,

Walking Around Baumholder..

Here are a few pictures from walking around the town I live in. Enjoy :)

Here is the old washing well. This is wear the town's people used to come and do their laundry. If you look closely you can see the statue of a woman washing her clothes. It's very pretty in summer.

Many of the buildings are built from the old wall that surrounded the town.

The town black smith. This family and their business have been here for hundreds of years.

I seriously could stare at the exposed brick in these walls for hours.

Going up the stairs in the town Museum.

A small model of the old town of Baumholder with the wall.

This breast plate was found built into one of the town building's walls.

This is the building the breast plate was found in.

Old sale records

This is what a traditional home looked like.. A whole family shared this one room and normally only had one single bed. Talk about a challenge!

The table setting..

I'll take the cake pans please :)

Oh, and this GORGEOUS stove as well! Thanks!

I feel like I should be cooking something!

The old bell and to the right an old soda machine.

The firefighting gear lol.. Needless to say.. it didn't help enough.

Can you imagine bucket after bucket to put out a house fire?

Soda machine..

Bottle sealer on the soda machine.

The sign under the bell lol.

The old loom..

Sewing machine.. I'd love this for my collection!

Shoe making machine.

The drying plants that will be made into linen.

Different machines for turning that plant into material.

Frau Lupus showing us the fabric.

This is pretty cool.. A lot of people like to collect the Earth from their homes or places they travel to be burried with. I think I might have to start a collection :)

A gate in town.

Churches..  There are two.. one Catholic and one Protestant. This is the protestant one.

This is the town's 'corpse gate.' It was used to bring the dead out of town and to the graveyard without people seeing.

The Catholic church

One of the old wall towers.

This is the oldest tree in town! Every year they hold a celebration here in honor of it.
Alright.. enough random stuff. I'll be back later today with some interesting stuff from my trip to Munich and a couple of my recent projects!

xoxoxox

6,869 km From Home!

Lately it's felt even further! I've been in Germany for almost 4 months now and there are times when I still miss home. I'm adapting well and taking my German classes, but it's the small things I miss. Southern hospitality.. convenience of 24 hour last minute shopping, mild winters.. and the people I love! It's not all that bad though. I've come to realize how much I really enjoy the fresh start and simple way of life. It's made me a lot more relaxed. I'm not rushing around busy at all hours of the day and the time I get to spend experiencing new things with my husband has brought us a lot closer. It's almost starting to feel like an extended vacation and not a permanent change.

I look forward to the rest of my time here and all of the opportunities to travel laid out infront of my feet! It's a blessing over all. Ok.. Onto other things ;0)

Here's a gorgeous picture of our icicle trees along our roads the other day. It was quite *magical*. Today it has been surprisingly sunny and the snow is almost nonexistant. Maybe we can get a few more days of weather like this??.. Pretty please? :) We'll see! I highly doubt it since the snow seems to come back every other day! That's winter for ya.
This coming month has a lot of adventures awaiting! I can't wait to share with you all! I'm hoping February we can take a trip through Munich and to a few historical sites. I've ordered a couple items online that you will love as well! *Yippeee* Time for me to do my daily walk to the post office. I'll post some more later.
Tschuss <3

Seasonal Photo Collage

Ah the beauty of the season's changing.. 

These are going to look amazing on my wall once I take the last two pictures in Spring and Summer. I plan to have the scene in all four seasons. So far, here are Fall and Winter.