Hi y'all!
I'm in Germany now, yay! We arrived early on Saturday morning after a solid 24 hours travelling, and have been having a really relaxing time staying with Sandra's family in Lampertheim. We'll be here for a whole month, doing a couple of daytrips, and making a sneaky trip to France in the middle. I can tell you, I'm really appreciating the quiet time after a super-busy few weeks at work!
I plan to keep blogging while over here, (Germany's internet is super fast and cheap - jealous!), and for now I just wanted to share a few photos of our first few days here. Enjoy!!!
xox Sarah
In my first few days in Germany, I've been walking in the parks, enjoying the sunshine and frische Luft...
... enjoying a few stück of Kuchen...
... and some frische Himbeeren... (despite the cooler-than-average summer, berries are so plentiful and cheap!)
I've also been treated to some wunderbar homestyle cooking. Below we have Rindfleisch braten mit Spargel und Kartoffeln! (Roast beef with white asparagus and potatoes).
I've also been indulging in my love of foreign supermarkets. Supermarkets here are massive, and AWESOME. Check out all the cookies! Milka cookies!
I picked up a packet of Milka ChocoMoo, which are plain butter biscuits, shaped like a cow and dipped in Milka chocolate. So delicious. They remind me of those Arnott's animal biscuits we used to get when I was a kid. I have no idea what happened to them; they were so nice!
And I've been drooling over the meat counters. Look, just look!
And this isn't a proper Metzgerei, or even a large supermarket. It's just a small, suburban general kinda supermarket that also sells homewares and other nicknacks. And still, the meat counter looked like this. It was really hard not to buy everything.
These hefty pieces of meat on pumpernickel were samples. I did try a lot, but then we also bought a lot, so I think that makes it okay.
And, most importantly, I've been eating loads of bread. German bread! Kartoffelbrot, Bretzeln, Brötchen, Rosinenbrot und mehr! I have to keep reminding myself to slow down, that I'm here for a month, and that I don't need to eat all my favourites in one day!
This is Kartoffelbrot, ordinary bread with potato flour in it. We had it with our Aufschnitt dinner last night.
Here's the Kochkäse in the pot. Sooo gloopy...
As I've mentioned previously, Kochkäse is a mixture of cheeses, cooked together until smooth and gloopy. You spread it on bread and sprinkle it with caraway seeds. It's quite buttery, and absolutely lovely.
The second picture is Bratwurstfilzl / Mettwurst spread on bread with some raw onion. It is absolutely my favourite German smallgood, in no small part because we can't get it in Australia. Apparently it's just the raw filling from a Bratwurst sausage, but I don't know if I'd have the confidence to eat them with Australian sausages. Anyone ever found this in Oz?
With dinner we had also mozzarella (only 40 Euro cents a ball - shut the front door!) with fresh tomatoes from the garden. So sweet!
I'm in Germany now, yay! We arrived early on Saturday morning after a solid 24 hours travelling, and have been having a really relaxing time staying with Sandra's family in Lampertheim. We'll be here for a whole month, doing a couple of daytrips, and making a sneaky trip to France in the middle. I can tell you, I'm really appreciating the quiet time after a super-busy few weeks at work!
I plan to keep blogging while over here, (Germany's internet is super fast and cheap - jealous!), and for now I just wanted to share a few photos of our first few days here. Enjoy!!!
xox Sarah
In my first few days in Germany, I've been walking in the parks, enjoying the sunshine and frische Luft...
... enjoying a few stück of Kuchen...
 |
| Schwarzwälder Kirschtorte |
... and some frische Himbeeren... (despite the cooler-than-average summer, berries are so plentiful and cheap!)
I've also been treated to some wunderbar homestyle cooking. Below we have Rindfleisch braten mit Spargel und Kartoffeln! (Roast beef with white asparagus and potatoes).
I've also been indulging in my love of foreign supermarkets. Supermarkets here are massive, and AWESOME. Check out all the cookies! Milka cookies!
And I've been drooling over the meat counters. Look, just look!
And this isn't a proper Metzgerei, or even a large supermarket. It's just a small, suburban general kinda supermarket that also sells homewares and other nicknacks. And still, the meat counter looked like this. It was really hard not to buy everything.
These hefty pieces of meat on pumpernickel were samples. I did try a lot, but then we also bought a lot, so I think that makes it okay.
And, most importantly, I've been eating loads of bread. German bread! Kartoffelbrot, Bretzeln, Brötchen, Rosinenbrot und mehr! I have to keep reminding myself to slow down, that I'm here for a month, and that I don't need to eat all my favourites in one day!
This is Kartoffelbrot, ordinary bread with potato flour in it. We had it with our Aufschnitt dinner last night.
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| Kartoffelbrot |
 |
| Clockwise from left: Blackforest Ham, goats cheese, Kochkäse, Butterkäse, Leoner, Bratwurstfilzl / Mettwurst, salami |
As I've mentioned previously, Kochkäse is a mixture of cheeses, cooked together until smooth and gloopy. You spread it on bread and sprinkle it with caraway seeds. It's quite buttery, and absolutely lovely.
With dinner we had also mozzarella (only 40 Euro cents a ball - shut the front door!) with fresh tomatoes from the garden. So sweet!
I have loads of culinary plans while I'm here - including baking with berries as often as possible, and eating loads of Quark, ice-cream, Sahnejogurt, sausages, cake and more!!
I'm in Germany now, yay! We arrived early on Saturday morning after a solid 24 hours travelling, and have been having a really relaxing time staying with Sandra's family in Lampertheim. We'll be here for a whole month, doing a couple of daytrips, and making a sneaky trip to France in the middle. I can tell you, I'm really appreciating the quiet time after a super-busy few weeks at work!
I plan to keep blogging while over here, (Germany's internet is super fast and cheap - jealous!), and for now I just wanted to share a few photos of our first few days here. Enjoy!!!
xox Sarah
In my first few days in Germany, I've been walking in the parks, enjoying the sunshine and frische Luft...
... enjoying a few stück of Kuchen...
|
| Schwarzwälder Kirschtorte |
... and some frische Himbeeren... (despite the cooler-than-average summer, berries are so plentiful and cheap!)
I've also been treated to some wunderbar homestyle cooking. Below we have Rindfleisch braten mit Spargel und Kartoffeln! (Roast beef with white asparagus and potatoes).
I've also been indulging in my love of foreign supermarkets. Supermarkets here are massive, and AWESOME. Check out all the cookies! Milka cookies!
And I've been drooling over the meat counters. Look, just look!
And this isn't a proper Metzgerei, or even a large supermarket. It's just a small, suburban general kinda supermarket that also sells homewares and other nicknacks. And still, the meat counter looked like this. It was really hard not to buy everything.
These hefty pieces of meat on pumpernickel were samples. I did try a lot, but then we also bought a lot, so I think that makes it okay.
And, most importantly, I've been eating loads of bread. German bread! Kartoffelbrot, Bretzeln, Brötchen, Rosinenbrot und mehr! I have to keep reminding myself to slow down, that I'm here for a month, and that I don't need to eat all my favourites in one day!
This is Kartoffelbrot, ordinary bread with potato flour in it. We had it with our Aufschnitt dinner last night.
|
| Kartoffelbrot |
|
| Clockwise from left: Blackforest Ham, goats cheese, Kochkäse, Butterkäse, Leoner, Bratwurstfilzl / Mettwurst, salami |
As I've mentioned previously, Kochkäse is a mixture of cheeses, cooked together until smooth and gloopy. You spread it on bread and sprinkle it with caraway seeds. It's quite buttery, and absolutely lovely.
With dinner we had also mozzarella (only 40 Euro cents a ball - shut the front door!) with fresh tomatoes from the garden. So sweet!
I have loads of culinary plans while I'm here - including baking with berries as often as possible, and eating loads of Quark, ice-cream, Sahnejogurt, sausages, cake and more!!
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