Day 5: Friday December 18: We are all up early exited for our day trip. We are starting our day with a hearty breakfast consisting of Chicken Tamales and Fried Plantains with Frijoles and Queso. Mike will be chasing Marlin’s with Billy – Manuel’s brother in law who also has a house on the barra…
Day 3: Wednesday December 16th: 8:00 am. we are up and wow it is HOT! Jose Mario and Marta have made a tasty American/El Salvadorian breakfast for us, coffee, fresh orange juice, beans, eggs, bacon, fresh bread and some kind of delicious pound cake with sesame seeds on top. Mike takes off to check out…
Ah Vacation – the BEST time ever!! The Plan was to publish this travel journal Just in Time, meaning my friends and family could follow our adventures and lazy vacation living the moment we are experiencing it but the three traveling ladies exhausted 10 Gigs within a couple of days and that was all we had available…
All vacation unfortunately have to come to an end and so I had to say good bye to my parents last Saturday. Its always a sad day to say good bye and know that it will be at least another year to see them again. Its not that the flight is taking so ungodly long that…
The past 3 days were quite eventful, finally Mike joined me here in Germany and after over 20 years I got to see my uncles and cousins again and that was a great day. In traditional German style we got together for an entire day and night, no 2 hour visits for us Germans when we get…
Wow did I slack with the food diary or what? But there is so much to cook and eat I barely can keep up with all the photos and posting. First a big shout out to my dad – he makes the most beautiful and delicious German breakfasts for us every single day, above a collection…
The last two days have been somewhat “short” because we are playing “Skip Bo” until 2:00 am. in the morning, get up around 11:00 a.m the next morning, drink coffee, eat breakfast, clean up, take a shower and its 2:00 p.m. before we can even do anything outside of the house. A lot of time…
Today and yesterday were dedicated to visiting Memory Lane in form of my birth town Düsseldorf (“famous” skyline above which is showing the river Rhein, the TV tower, the Rheinkniebruecke (Rheinkneebridge) and city gate) and of course the German bench eating continues… Wednesday July 23rd: Breakfast: Frikadellenbroetchen (a fresh baked roll with a cold German…
Every time I visit my parents in Germany I want to keep track of all the yummy food my mum cooks and then I never get around documenting it and I always want to write a little story with every meal my mum cooks, especially since she puts so much work and love into her food and each dish also reminds me of…
I have to apologize for not having posted anything in the past 4 weeks, but geez have I been busy. There was barely time for cooking, yet alone for taking photos and posting something. I was consumed with 4 major events: buying a new car, our yearly 4th of July trip to Long Beach, prepping…
A German in Seattle 