Roaming thru Europe

19/10/2016

I love seeing Europe by car!!

Our handy Europe road trip planners have everything you need to enjoy the perfect road trip in Europe. Choose one of these exciting drives for your next vacation!

18/10/2016

One of my favorite sights!!!

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14/10/2016

I remember it so well!!!

Der Herbst ist da... time for FEDERWEISSER and ZWIEBELKUCHEN. It is a short season for the year's partially fermented new wine, which has an alcohol content ranging anywhere from 4-11 percent so a strong "kick", and onion cake. The traditional accompaniment that isn't in the least bit "cake like".

More a thin quiche piled high with onions, and not only delicious but the perfect companion to Federweißer. Although there are others including TREBERWURST – sausages marinaded with grapes and fried.

Here are traditions and recipes, so you can imagine yourself on a terrace along the Elbe, Mosel or Rhine at any time of the year, enjoying Federweisser, literally "feather white" because of its appearance, although as it doesn't 'travel' Chardonnay could be a substitute, with your own home-baked Zwiebelkuchen...or even Treberwurst: http://bit.ly/1NNrn9Y

Photo weingut.goebel-schleyer in Cochem, Rhineland-Palatinate, and yes that is Reichsburg Cochem, Cochem Castle, in the background.

10/10/2016

The cows used to walk down from their summer mountain pastures, but apparently now they are brought down by truck to the outskirts of the town and then parade thru the town. GREAT FUN to watch!!

08/10/2016

Do you know active adult singles (ages 55+)? Please tell them about our upcoming seminar (Cohousing in the Suburbs: Shared housing a new option)

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Cohousing seminars and events

05/09/2015

Wow!! Sounds great!!!

In a partnership with Santa Maria Novella, the idyllic Hotel Monteverdi offers an extensive menu of treatments.

05/09/2015

One of the things I really like about Roaming thru Europe is being able to take a step back in time to see things you never thought you would see. Violin-making...how Old World.

The birthplace of Stradivarius is a must-visit for music lovers, but it’s also a perfect overnight side trip from Milan.

14/08/2015

You have not seen Europe until you have had a chance to roaming thru the back roads....

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11/08/2015

How beautiful.. can you imagine entering this doorway

11 times climbing vines totally stole a front door's spotlight: http://hbm.ag/6180B1Ys0

11/08/2015

In Bélâbre, a small town in Central France, there's a special memorial unlike any other.

10/08/2015

You have't lived until you have spent a great deal of time in Euro
pe eating BREAD!!!

Bread (Brot) is a significant part of German cuisine. About 600 main types of breads and 1,200 different types of pastries and rolls are produced in about 17,000 bakeries and another 10,000 in-shop bakeries.

Bread is served usually for breakfast (often replaced by bread rolls) and in the evening as (open) sandwiches, but rarely as a side dish for the main meal (popular, for example, with Eintopf or soup). The importance of bread in German cuisine is also illustrated by words such as Abendbrot (meaning supper, literally evening bread) and Brotzeit (snack, literally bread time). In fact, one of the major complaints of the German expatriates in many parts of the world is their inability to find acceptable local breads.

Regarding bread, German cuisine is more varied than that of either Eastern or Western Europe. Bread types range from white wheat bread (Weißbrot) to grey (Graubrot) to black (Schwarzbrot), actually dark brown rye bread. Most breads contain both wheat and rye flour (hence Mischbrot, mixed bread), and often also wholemeal and whole seeds such as linseed, sunflower seed, or pumpkin seed (Vollkornbrot). Darker, rye-dominated breads, such as Vollkornbrot or Schwarzbrot, are typical of German cuisine. Pumpernickel, a steamed, sweet-tasting bread, is internationally well known, although not representative of German black bread as a whole. Most German breads are made with sourdough. Whole grain is also preferred for high fiber. Germans use almost all available types of grain for their breads: wheat, rye, barley, spelt, oats, millet, corn and rice. Some breads are even made with potato starch flour.

05/08/2015

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Italy has infinite charm, amazing food and stunning landscapes anywhere you look, so when traveling to this breathtaking slice of paradise, it is hard to choose where your journey should take you. A journey for the bucket list however, is the Italian coast, and we are not only speaking of the pictur…