Pumpkins, Grapes and "Federweißer"

Typical fruits and vegetables for Fall, together with "Federweißer". Federweißer is some kind of really young wine - just a few weeks old - the fermentation had started but was stopped in order to have this young, sweet and fresh beverage; it nearly tastes like juice but it's hard to describe - I'm afraid you'll have to try it for yourself ;) . Photo taken at the market in downtown Wiesbaden.

New soup place

Testing a new soup place in downtown Wiesbaden. It's located in the Neugasse and, since it's a small place, easy to walk by without noticing it (so keep your eyes open :) ). They have a variety of soups but also offer salads, sandwiches, coffee and fresh fruit juices. Especially now that the cold season of the year is about to start soon, this should be a perfect place to warm up and relax.

P.S. I had already eaten but my husband had a coco-chicken-soup (thai style) which was definitely yummy!

First pumpkins in stores

I can't believe we're already heading towards Fall. It still feels like summer to me over here (it's quite warm at the moment considering it's September). But nevertheless, seeing the first pumpkins in stores reminds me that it's gonna get cooler soon... I'm looking forward to pumkin pies, pumpkin soups, Halloween... :)

Tegut - Bio-Supermarket

Today's City Daily Photo Blogger theme is "Supermarkets". Since my friend Maya is always interested in "green" developments, I decided to post a photo of a Bio-Supermarket for her. Tegut is nearly like a "regular" supermarket - only with bio products though. They have a very good fresh vegetable and fruit section and I especially like their meat and fish section! By now they've opened 310 supermarkets, last year they made 1.03 billion Euros revenue and continue with their success. :) I didn't have time to take photos inside, but next time I go, I'll show you some photos, promised.

Related links:
www.tegut.de (German only)

Food Fusion

In Wiesbaden there are several places where you can get some really good middle eastern food. Some are restaurants, some are more like bistros. They usually offer great tea or coffee and the one I went to and took the photos also had a great variety of fresh juices (I had orange strawberry). You can also have great soups like this lentil soup. Also typical are kebap places which I will show you in another post.

I almost forgot:

This has been Wiesbaden Daily Photo Blog's 100th post!!!
And there are a lot more to come! :)

Non-smoking Areas

Unlike other European countries, Germany doesn't really have a smoking ban yet. But it's definitely discussed! A lot of public places are non-smoking areas several companies don't allow smoking in their offices and some restaurants offer non-smoking tables, indicated with signs like this one ("Nichtraucher").

If you're up to a Photo Quiz today, check out my Rheingau Daily Photo blog.

Early Dinner at Lumen

Remember the place where I had my "bionade"? We went to the 'Lumen' again to have an early dinner and since it's asparagus season now, I had some together with fish and a yummy dessert with tamarille parfait (on the left). I had never heard of tamarille before but apparently they are berries from South America tasting like a mixture of raspberry and apricot.

Today is Labor Day here, so Happy Holiday!

Nice Dessert

First of all: I have a sweet tooth and I love desserts!! So this place here ("Die Waffel") is perfect for me - they serve waffles of all kinds. On the photo you see the "waffle of the day" with bananas, vanilla and chocolate sauce.

I had a Latte Macchiato with it which seems to be the "IN-coffee" for the last few years here in Germany.

And if you look closely, the guy next to us was reading the newspaper with a special about San Francisco (the 100th anniversary of the big earth quake).

Bionade

Todays photo is for my friend Maya - one of her goals this year is to become a better "green" and I think she's doing an amazing job in finding all the information about it and starting to re-organize or maybe better said integrate this into her everyday life.

I found this "bionade" (bio-lemonade) at a bar by coincidence. Gave it a try (I had "Holunder" (elder) taste) and it was really good and not as sweet as most of the regular lemonades... it also looks quite cool, don't you think :).