Another Weekend Update

Hello lovely bloggers! How was your weekend? I cannot believe it is already Monday, it just completely blows my mind! Our weekend was pretty lazy, which was really nice, but as always (and I say this every Monday) it FLEW by.

Here's what we were up to:

Friday we went out for dinner to Chookdee, one of our Thai restaurants here. Our friend Sarah is out of town and Deaner had to stay behind for one extra week for work before he heads out later this week. Deaner met us out for dinner and as always we had a great time chatting and eating some delicious food. Afterward we went to Murphy's Irish Pub downtown and had a couple of Murphy's Irish Reds, Yum! (I forgot to take pictures.)

Saturday we were slow getting around. Of course, Saturday always turns into our errand day so we hit up the PX, commissary, and the furniture store which had some things I need for my projects I'm working on with my sewing machine. It was a rainy day so we didn't really stay out for long. We came back home, lazed around and watched several movies.

One being Die Hard.

I LOVE the Die Hard movies and this one did not disappoint! Okay, so they are a little far fetched, but come on, this is some serious heart pounding action. I loved the movie. I also LOVE Bruce Willis, so pretty much anything he is in you can bet I'll be watching. Another favorite is Justin Long who was also in this movie, playing a computer hacker. Willis is protecting Long from people that are out to kill him. SOOO good, definitely check it out. There are several funny parts in the movie as well.

We crashed early Saturday (ya, we're cool like that) so that we could get up early and head out for our day trip.

Sunday we (Deaner, Jon and I) headed to a town about an hour away called Marburg. We had bought a book last year with several day trips around Germany, and this town was definitely worth stopping in and seeing. And of course it wouldn't be a normal Steph post with out lots of pictures, so here they are. (I took over 100 so I'll spare you and only post a few!)

And of course we can't forget Jon and his love for tiny doors.

Hope you all had a great weekend!

Check back tomorrow for our 200th post giveaway! I think you'll love it. and get this.... Jon picked it out!

Another Weekend Update

Hello lovely bloggers! How was your weekend?? Mine went by in a blur as usual, but it was a pretty eventful weekend to say the least. Here's what we were up to:

Friday we had Sarah and Deaner over. They both were due for a haircut and Sarah needed highlights before she returns to the states this week. After finishing their hair we had a Mexican fiesta! I made homemade salsa, 7 layer dip, make shift Moe's burritos and a 4 layer dessert thingy, that I've mentioned before here. I LOVE Mexican food. It was definitely a treat and I ate my weight in chips and salsa/ 7 layer dip, as I always do. Also S&D brought back some awesome beer from Belgium. This stuff is SO good but toxic, being that it has over 8.0 acohol content! Always a good time with S&D!

Saturday we slept in and slowly got around after noon. We got ready and headed out for a day trip to Heidelberg. We have been wanting to visit Heidelberg for a while and finally made the trip, which was well worth it, (even though we were exhausted from Friday nights little shin dig.)
Here are some pics from our day:

After Heidelberg we drove back home and crashed for the night!

Sunday we awoke to another rainy day in Germany. Surprise! After finding the sewing machine treasure on the side of the street, I've really been wanting to get back into sewing and making fun things. There's something wrong with the machine we found, so instead of taking it somewhere and probably spending more than it's worth getting it fixed, Jon bought me a new sewing machine. Yippie! I can't wait to start playing with it.

We just took it easy Sunday afternoon. I crocheted a blanket for Sarah to take to her baby nephew, "baby Thomas." I love crocheting, especially on icky days, it keeps me busy and gives me something to do.

We also watched a couple of movies, one being Knowing.

It was actually a good movie, the ending was a little strange, but it was definitely interesting.

Today is "get my laundry done" day!

Hope you all have a great week!

Burg Eltz and Burg Thurant

Jon was off work Friday for the holiday weekend so we decided to take a day trip down to see Burg Eltz. This medieval castle is about an hour away, located between Koblenz and Trier, Germany and was built in the 12th century. Burg Eltz is surrounded by hills and an incredible landscape with a river running below it. It is a beautiful castle and I am so glad we took the day to see it. But boy, the hike was a little exhausting, especially on the way back up. It was practically straight up hill!

Inside the castle walls.

Of course we had to get a shot with Jon and a tiny door!

The weather was beautiful when we arrived, but as soon as we finished visiting the castle a huge thunderstorm moved in right over our heads and we had to hall it back to the car. I thought I was going to have a heart attack running up the hill, but luckily we out ran the storm! Right when we reached the car it started raining.

From Burg Eltz we drove about twenty minutes to another town across the river and visited Burg Thurant. This castle is also a medievel castle built in the 12th-13th century. Jon said this castle is by far his favorite in Germany.

One of the things he thought was so cool is that they have holiday rooms for rent and he is set on renting a room at Burg Thurant when my parents come to visit. Here are some pics from the castle.

The view from the castle.
There are vineyards below the castle.

Inside the castle walls.

And if you didn't get your fill of pictures, check out our photo website for more!

The rest of the weekend was rather eventful. Saturday we went to the Zoo and Sunday we went to the Stadel Art Museum in Frankfurt. I will post pictures from the rest of our weekend tomorrow.

Hope you all had a wonderful holiday weekend!

Happy Monday!