Red Kidney Beans, sauted onions, sauted red adn yellow bell peppers, hatch green chilies, lettuce, sour creme, chili powder and browned ground beef all topped onto a toasted tortilla.
Fajita Style Stacks
Author Anna--The Adventurer
Wintery wonderland
Meeting new and fun people is always nice–and what better place than to meet them in my German courses.
Tatenda is from Zimbabwe and desired to adventure more here in Germany so we headed off together, enjoying lunch first, and then to the Monastary Ruins in Frauenalb for a wonderful and fun afternoon in the snow.
#Frauenalb #Germanvillage #historicalruins
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Eggcellent Salad
2 sliced hard boiled eggs
1/2 a red bell pepper chopped
1/4 cup chopped-sliced cheese stuffed Spanish Olives
Pinch of Salt
Celery Leaves
Mixing it up with Coffee
This evening Thomas and I drove to Karlsruhe to help reamp the battery as it had died (resulting in our car needing to be jumped) so we drove around, grabbed coffee at McDonalds (which tastes very different than the blend in the United States.) A fun evening, taking a ‘Sunday Drive’ around the region, drinking coffee (which is always a good idea) and putting some charge back in the battery.
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Nurenberg Sausages and Potatoes
Sliced nurenburger sausages, fried til cooked Yellow potatoes, sliced and baked until tender and a little crisps and covered with regular ketchup.
Olive tapenade Salad
Fresh Spinach Leave and FeldSalat–base
Olive Tapenade (pitted black olives, olive oil, fresh basil, Roma tomato, sea salt corse chopped together)
Pikante Hummus (cooked Chick peas, a splash of lemon juice, Tahini, splash of balsamic vinaigrette)
Feta Cheese Crumbles
Dried Cranberries
Put all together and toss it all about–super yummy.
Olive Tapenade Salad–homemade/ made from scratch
Thank goodness for wool socks
It is snowing in Southwest Germany and it is very cold!! Wool socks, coffee and a cardigan sure help beat the chill.
Happy New Year
Coming to a close as the year winds down
2016 is winding down and coming to a close…and it has been an enourmously eventufl year for me. Upon reminiscing over the year, realizing just how much has occured over the past 365 days. The dream list, posted in January of this year, I successfully marked off several components.
Here are just a few of this years occurences:
- My brother got married and I caught the bouquet
- I hosted a final garage sale, selling the general contents of my house
- I moved to a foriegn country
- Danced in a public venue
- Enjoyed a live Baroque Quartet
- Sampled Many different worldy beverages, many of them ocffee in origin
- I learned how to navitage and use the tram, buses, and other public transportation in Germany
- My best friend had a baby
- My brother and his wife had a baby.
- I adventured often in South West Germany
- I had tea in a castle
- I climbed to the top of an old fortress tower
- Met up with an old friend of 20 years (an exchange student that lived with my family)
- Gave a tour to my Grandfather
- Practiced baking and cooking, expanding my culinary abilities and flavors
- Wrote and received mail to and from friends and family
- Read a childrens book (all on my own) in German
- Spent Christmas Eve with German friends
- Enrolled and attended German language courses
- Learned how to use WhatsApp
- Lost Weight
- Lost a Grandmother and Aunt
- Attended-toured 3 different Christmas Markets in Germany
- Petted Donkeys and Goats in a live Nativity
- Crossed country borders in a car and bus
- Shopped in a French Super Market
- Drank Turkish Coffee
- Thomas and I got a kitten
- Thomas has started to teach me the joys of soccer
- Open Air soccer viewing in an open air event
- video chatted for the first time with friends and family
Chriskinder Market, Baden Baden
What a fascinating event and a very unique experience. By taking two buses and two trains and taking a walking Adventure I came across the Baden Baden Christmas Market here and bad wartenberg Germany.
Upon entering the market the first thing I came across was a live nativity
scene complete with donkeys and goats the fresh scent of straw and wood shavings lining their bed in the manger. It was quite a sight to behold and the air smelled of all things Christmas and of all happiness. I spent over 6 hours just alone in the Christmas Market and I think I ate enough for 3 people for 2 days, sampling everything from specialty sausages to mustards 2 pastas to Crepes and vegetable, fruit Delights in all kinds of sauces and creams. My waistline is surely expanding this Christmas but it is well worth it and I figure if I keep walking around maybe I’ll burn off a fraction of the calories I’ve consumed today.
Chirstmas
Christmas
