Hotel - Landstuhl

We are staying at the Schloss-Hotel Landstuhl.  Schloss is a german word for "Castle" and our hotel is located very close to the local castle.  This hotel was founded in 1935 up a winding winding road.  

If you blink you'll miss the sign telling you to turn onto a road that is otherwise EASILY missed ....

See that little footpath between the yellow and the white buildings?  Yeah, that's a two lane road.  With multiple switchbacks.  FUN!

Emerging out the other side of the "road", you are greeted with this impressive sight in the middle of no-where.  

The room decor is clearly indicative of the early 1990's renovation.  

Separate mattress' in one bed ... may be
the greatest invention i've every seen.

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Balcony ... le sigh

 And of course, for thoroughness ... the bathroom! 

McCafe and other caffeinated endeavors.

Dear Americans - McDonalds Germany is taking this whole "McCafe" thing to a new level!  Inside of our local Micky D's, about half of the store is partitioned off and set up as a nice coffee shop.  There are two counters for placing your order ... one "normal" McDonalds and the other "McCafe" which is practically Starbucks.  

Mocha Frape

Various fancy desserts for sale at ... McDonalds

The espresso machines - McCafe

The "cafe" section of the restaurant.

Long before reaching our relatively citified (well enough to have a McDonalds) destination, we found coffee at a grocery store as follows:

Canned Coffee & Milk & Sweetener - so sorta like a canned latte.

Do note ... wifey prefers the White Leonardo Iced she found at Sander's Cafe downtown to all this McCafe and grocery store canned business ... mostly for the ambiance!  :)

Excited Wifey:

Work Day

While hubby worked today, Wifey spent the morning in bed watching youtube!  Shout out to Bill Vicars.  LOVE his videos!

After a quick lunch of amazing leftover pizza and a brownie, she decided she needed to venture out to a little soap shop she'd found the day before ... sadly it is the rainy season in Western Germany ... leading to this fashion event ... 

After about a peasant, although rainy 650 meters walk, wifey enjoyed some shopping (and buying :)) 

    How awesome is this:   

After finishing up her shopping, wifey noticed that the rain had picked up quite a bit and she needed to pull out her umbrella.  Before she had done so, the shop owner offered on she had at the door.  Of course, I declined, but so appreciated the sentiment.  

Hotel Breakfast - Landstuhl

As is our preference, our hotel has Free Breakfast!  Woo Hoo.  Being European, its just a little bit fancy ... enjoy the pictures.  

These are the cereal options:  

Meats and Eggs

And various spreads:

And a Yogurt, Cheese, and Fruit Bar

View from our balcony

A quick panoramic of the view from our hotel balcony:

New York Donor

Our second night in town we joined some friends for dinner at New York Donor. 

The street view of our restaurant.  

Picture menu for the win!  

This pile of meet rotates to cook and is then shaved off and served.  This is where the restaurant gets is name.   

I had to default to wikipedia to understand the many Donor restaurants around the area:

            "Döner is a Turkish word, from dönmek ("to turn" or "to rotate"). It is sometimes             spelled döner kebap, the Turkish spelling, and it literally means "rotating roast"."

Hubby ate some sort of sandwich/pita full of spicy sauce, cabbage, onions, and donor meat.

Wifey had AMAZING Margarita Pizza!  

McDonalds - United Tastes of America!

HAHAHHHAA!!!