Morning to Evening

Tonight I will share a few beautiful pictures from my day.Morning Fog, Jena, Saale Valley, Germany

I looked out my window this morning and saw fog floating above the Saale River valley. The air is very humid with all the rain over the last week so I was not surprised to see the fog.

Autumn Color, Fall Color, colorful trees, Jena, GermanyAs I walked to work this morning I stopped a few times to take pictures of the beautiful fall color. The color of the trees have been rapidly changing in the past week.

Saale River, Jena, Germany, Fall Color

On the way back to the hotel this evening I stopped on the bridge over the Saale River to take a picture. I really like the reflections in this picture and also the ducks floating in the river.

Evening Sky, Cloudy Sky, Jena, Thuringia, Fall

Here is an evening view from my window and you can see that the cloudy sky is very beautiful.

Sunset, Thuringia, Germany, Saale River valley

About 40 minutes later the sun had dropped further behind the hills and the valley was immersed in darkness.

The clouds look heavy with moisture, and indeed it is forecast to rain overnight. Thankfully, the rain should move out in time for my walk to work tomorrow morning.

I also realized that I needed to go eat so headed of to an Old Restaurant for dinner. Click on the link to see what I had for dinner.

I hope you enjoyed these beautiful images from my day.

Steven

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Some Food in Germany

Tonight I will share some of my dinners from the past week. Take a look at all five and let me know which one you would order.

Pork Steak, Potatoes, Kartoffel HouseMy first dinner was at The KartoffelhausI had the Thuringer Rostbratel. This is one of the regional specialties for Thuringia. If you look closely you will see a pork steak buried underneath all the grilled onions.

Lasagna, Jena, Germany, The Tavern

The second dinner was at a restaurant that I had not been to before. Two of my students took me to a combination Italian/Greek restaurant. I decided to go with a lasagna. It is a bit different that what we expect in the US, but more like what you get in Italy. It was delicious.

Birnen-Pfanne, Restauration Stilbruch, Jena, WagnergasseNext came a visit to Restauration Stilbruch for one of my favorite dishes.  Doesn’t the Birnen-Pfanne look delicious . This wonderful dish of potatoes, pears and pork was really nice comfort food on a cold wet day.

Farmer's Breakfast, Potato House, Kartoffelhaus, Jena, Germany, German Cuisine

On Friday night I went back to the Kartoffelhaus for Bauernfrüstück. This farmer’s breakfast is another of my favorites.

rote pfanne, red pan, restauration Stilbruch, german food

Last night I made it back to Restauration Stilbruch again and had Rote-Pfanne or Red Pan. This is my second favorite dish there and if I make a second visit during a trip I have it instead of the Birnen-Pfanne.

I hope to make it to another of my favorite restaurants this week. I tried to go there last night and the wait for food would have been over an hour. I was too hungry to wait so went back to Stilbruch.

Which of these dishes would you pick?

Steven

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