Frosty Walk to Work

Yesterday I had a frosty walk to work. The temperatures were a little colder and the humidity had been high so there was some nice frost.

frost, grass, germany, cold weather

It almost looked like it had snowed, but it was just a heavy frost on the ground.

frost, leaves, winter, autumn, frosty, leaves

The many leaves on the ground were covered with frost and were very pretty. The vein patterns really stood out on the leaves.

frost, weather, cold weather, germany

The frost on the vines and trees was also very pretty. The live colorful leaves really showed through the frost.

leaves, frost, winter, cold, foilage

Near the bridge I cross over there are some large bushes that were covered with frost. The patterns of the small branches and vines in the picture are also interesting as I see parallels in some of the retinal images that I see.

frost on bridge, small car, orange car, blue bridge, frosty morning, germany

I saw the little orange car again, and you can see it here going across the frost covered bridge.

The surface of the bridge was covered with frost since it cools down much quicker than sidewalks.  You should always remember this when driving over a bridge in cold weather. It is a much colder surface so will ice over much quicker.

The rails of the bridge also had a thicker layer of frost.

It is warmer and sunny this morning so no frosty walk today.

Steven

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Some Good Eats in Germany

This morning I will share some pictures of some of the food I have eaten this week.

I always have good eats in Germany.

stilbruch, jena Germany, good eats

The lighting was not so good at Restauration Stilbruch, but the food was really good.

I had my favorite dish called Birnen-Pfanne.

Here is the description from the menu: Schweinefleischstreifen angeschwenkt mit Birnen und Kartoffeln, gewürzt mit frischem spanischen Pfeffer (scharf!!!), mit Gouda gratiniert

For those of you who do not know much German, the name of the dish in English would be Pear Pan. The ingredients are strips of pork, pears, potatoes, Spanish peppers and Gouda cheese.

potatoes, pork, onions

Earlier this week I had dinner at The Kartoffelhaus.

This is one of my favorite dishes. Lots of potatoes and onions along with a pork steak.

cafeteria lunch, Jena, germany

For lunch each day we go to a nearby cafeteria. It is a new place and the food is pretty good. Yesterday the special was a nice bowl of pasta and chicken.

old restaurant, jena, germany, soup

Last night we went to an Old Restaurant. The Roter Hirsch is one of the oldest continuous operating restaurants in the world. It was founded in 1509.

I started out my meal with a nice bowl of Soljanka. A wonderful meaty soup that is a little sour.

Thuringer Rostbratchen, roter hirsch, old restaurant

My main dish last night was Thuringer Rostbratchen. It was very similar to what I had at the Kartoffelhaus, but a different cut of pork.

It was delicious as always. I was joined by two colleagues from China and we also shared our table with a gentleman from the UK who lives and works in Jena.

We had some good conversation.

Now I am hungry and must head down for breakfast.

Steven

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