Yesterday was a lot of fun! Martin and I went running in the morning and I found a really pretty neighborhood right across the way from our hotel. It has nice shady tree-lined streets (SO different than Tucson!) with lots of houses and apartment buildings. I didn't have my phone while running so no pictures, but maybe I'll take it on a stroll over there sometime.
Kaitlyn and Sean met us at the hotel and we walked to the bus stop so Martin and I could learn about the bus system. It's really easy because you do it all through an app on your phone; you can buy tickets, see routes and times, even overlay the bus route on a Google map background. We rode the bus to downtown Wiesbaden and walked around for a bit before eating brunch and going to the wine fest. Wiesbaden is such a beautiful city! Here's what we saw when we got off the bus:
It's SO exciting to be back in Europe! There's so much that feels the same as England, but there's also a lot that is different. I've definitely realized I need to up my German knowledge... I started learning with an app called Duolingo a few months ago, and I was good for a while about doing it every day, but with all of the packing and moving and traveling in the last month, I really let it go. I'm re-dedicating myself to working on it daily, and I'm planning to sign up for a German course on base.
So back to the Wine Fest... it was basically a ton of tents and booths set up all around the main town square area and each one had a list of wines you could sample. Here is a picture of the tents, and Martin and I sampling some wine. :-)
As I mentioned before, the soft pretzels here are amazing, and I discovered yesterday that they come in all different sizes! No joke, I saw a woman walking around with a giant pretzel hanging from her arm like a purse. It looked exactly like the sign on this store:
We took a break from wine sampling to visit a cuckoo clock store, which happens to boast the largest cuckoo clock in Germany. The entire front outside wall is essentially a cuckoo clock. It was a really great store with a lot of potential German Christmas gifts... so I'll leave out the details to maintain the element of surprise. ;-)
I'll end with a beautiful view of the church towers when the sun came out in the afternoon. Love this place so far and can't wait to explore more!
Kaitlyn and Sean met us at the hotel and we walked to the bus stop so Martin and I could learn about the bus system. It's really easy because you do it all through an app on your phone; you can buy tickets, see routes and times, even overlay the bus route on a Google map background. We rode the bus to downtown Wiesbaden and walked around for a bit before eating brunch and going to the wine fest. Wiesbaden is such a beautiful city! Here's what we saw when we got off the bus:
It's SO exciting to be back in Europe! There's so much that feels the same as England, but there's also a lot that is different. I've definitely realized I need to up my German knowledge... I started learning with an app called Duolingo a few months ago, and I was good for a while about doing it every day, but with all of the packing and moving and traveling in the last month, I really let it go. I'm re-dedicating myself to working on it daily, and I'm planning to sign up for a German course on base.
So back to the Wine Fest... it was basically a ton of tents and booths set up all around the main town square area and each one had a list of wines you could sample. Here is a picture of the tents, and Martin and I sampling some wine. :-)
As I mentioned before, the soft pretzels here are amazing, and I discovered yesterday that they come in all different sizes! No joke, I saw a woman walking around with a giant pretzel hanging from her arm like a purse. It looked exactly like the sign on this store:
We took a break from wine sampling to visit a cuckoo clock store, which happens to boast the largest cuckoo clock in Germany. The entire front outside wall is essentially a cuckoo clock. It was a really great store with a lot of potential German Christmas gifts... so I'll leave out the details to maintain the element of surprise. ;-)
I'll end with a beautiful view of the church towers when the sun came out in the afternoon. Love this place so far and can't wait to explore more!
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