Movember

As November comes to an end Erlend was inspired to honor all those who participated in the Movember (letting a mustache grow during the month of November).

winter wonderland

We have our first snow of this winter. It still looks pretty, but if you look closely, in the middle of the road you can see what kind of snow we usually end up with most of the winter - the dirty slushy kind :-(

real men

This is what real men do while their girls are shopping for decoration :-)

being healthy

Today's lunch was exactly after our taste, big salad and baguette for me and the same plus a big steak for the hubby :-).

now that is cheap

Erlend has had a "hard" time adjusting to German prizes. To him almost everything is cheap here because he compares it to Norwegian prizes. Today we found something that was REALLY cheap, even by German standards. 1 liter Coca Cola for just 29 cents - that is a little bit more that 2 krone my Norwegian friends! Needless to say that Erlend and my little brother were seriously excited about this...

baking

We are having a church lunch tomorrow and that sounded like the perfect excuse for me to bake. I love baking and I haven't done it in such a long time because the oven in our apartment is uhm well it is smaller than a microwave, so cake forms don't fit into it....
So my mom's kitchen it was for todays baking session. The outcome were a marble cake as well as a raspberry-white-chocolate-cheesecake.
Since I forgot to take pictures while baking again I just took some pictures from the internet, oh well, me in an apron that did not really fit over my belly wasn't such a cool sight anyways :-)

Wärschtlamo

If the title of this post seems a bit weird to you, don't worry, probably half the Germans who are reading this don't know what it means either.
Wärschtlamo (frankonien for sausage man or in German Würstchenmann) is one of the many cool things about my hometown Hof.
These man who stand on the street selling sausages are a tradition in Hof since 1881. They are selling different kinds of sausages (Wiener (which I will NOT insult by calling them hot dogs), white sausages and other ones that are hard to explain, just come and try :-)) and they are made and kept hot in a brass kettle with a charcoal grate underneath. The sausages are steamed rather that boiled and the fact that all of it happens in a brass kettle gives it a very distinct, delicious flavor.

Of course, in typical German fashion the sausages are served in a crunchy bread roll and with mustard (or ketchup, even though I have heard that is looked down upon by real Frankoniens :-)).

A lot of people eat the sausages either as their lunch if they are working downtown or as a snack during their shopping trip. I love eating them and Erlend has taken to them as well. But really there is only one way to find out how good they really are - come visit us and try for yourself!

 they even build a statue for all "Wärschlamo" in Hof

you pay about 1,50 Euro for a pair of Wieners