Back in November 2009 on my old blog, I wrote about eating a doughnut in Berlin. At the time, I titled the post “Ich (ate) ein Berliner” because I didn’t know how to say “eat” in German. How times have … Continue reading
Welcome to 2012 at Two to Tübingen. Chris and I managed to get away during the past week, and I’m still sorting through my photos and notes to add to the blog. I hope to have some of them ready … Continue reading
At every open-air market we’ve been to, there has always been at least one stand serving Würste (that the plural of Wurst, which are hot dogs, only bigger and thicker). What do you put on your Würste? Ketchup or mustard, of … Continue reading
OK, so the expression is really “what’s good for the goose”, but I have a feeling that our dinner a couple of weeks ago was not so good for the goose. You see, our dinner was a seasonal speciality served … Continue reading
One of the best parts about writing a blog is that I can use it as an excuse for all the “research” that we need to do, now that we’re living in a yet another far-off land.
We did our best to sample our way through the Tübingen Weihnachtsmarkt (Christmas Market) on Sunday. We only had a couple of hours in which to do it, though. So, we didn’t get a complete survey of all the foods on … Continue reading
As I’m sitting here munching on some Magenbrot, literally “stomach bread” — a Christmas cookie that’s nothing like the name implies— I’m sorting my photos from this past weekend’s Christmas market here in Tübingen. And I realize that I’m not … Continue reading
When I respond to each of your wonderful comments individually, it starts to push all of them off the front page, where they get harder to find. So, as before, I’ve gathered a bunch of my replies into today’s post. … Continue reading
Thanks, everybody, for all the comments on the posts and photos last week! I’ll get some replies to the questions posted in the next day or so. In the meantime, today I have a quick followup on the chocolate festival. … Continue reading
Christmas markets are a big deal in Germany and Austria. In Bolzano, as well as in the rest of the South Tirol region in Italy, the Christmas market opened at the end of November, and ran at least until Christmas, … Continue reading