Restaurants

This post is a work in progress.  But I thought it could be helpful to those of you planning trips to these places.  Most of these places I had been to way before I started this blog, thus the limited amount of restaurants, but as I remember their names and as we continue to travel, the post will grow!


AUSTRIA
Salzburg- St. Peter Stiftskeller- so amazing!  Great fish!  Be sure to get the salzburger nockerl, no matter where you eat!   

BELGIUM

FRANCE

Paris- Le Souffle- Each course is a souffle dish!
Paris-Restaurant L'Ardoise- WOW!
Reims- Brasserie du Boulingrin- awesome French food!!
Epernay- La Cave a Champagne- amazing!!

GERMANY

Fellbach- El Mero Mexicano- The best Mexican I've had in Germany so far..
Baden-Baden- Le Provence- Great food, nice setting, romantic

GREAT BRITAIN

HUNGARY
Budapest- Chocolate Bar- A-mazing!

ITALY
Milan- Mozzarella Bar- Need I say more??

LITHUANIA

Vilnius-Medininkai- This restaurant is fantastic!  It's right in the old town.  This is the street address-  Aušros Vartų gatvė 8 

Vilnius-Radisson Blu Astorija Hotel Restaurant.  I know it's in a radisson, but we had a lovely French meal at this restaurant.  Would recommend if you're in the mood for French or at least in the mood for Mussels like I was.

NETHERLANDS
Amsterdam-  Pancake Bakery- amazing!  We had the apple/bacon.  Not to miss!!

POLAND
Krakow- Miod Malina (Honey Raspberry)- The tastiest pirogies!  We got the sampler!

PORTUGAL

SAN MARINO
SCOTLAND
Edinburgh- The Outsider- I think we had the most amazing food at this place.  I had the mussels and the rhubarb dessert.  I would go back in a second!
Edinburgh- Mum's- Awesome homemade sausages, even vegetarian.  Great milk shakes!
Edinburgh- The Dog's- I had the veggie haggis and while it wasn't my favorite meal, I would go back and try something else.  The dessert, honeycomb parfait, was a bit of heaven I didn't want to share!  AMAZING!

SPAIN
Madrid- Toma Jamon, C/Cava Baja 10- has the best jamon!!

SWITZERLAND
Zurich- Sprüngli confectioner- So this is not a restaurant- but a must stop for Luxeumburgerli's.  :)

TURKEY

Istanbul- Doy-Doy- Great prices for great Turkish cuisine.

Sardinia

In August, we spent five days in Sardinia.  Sardinia is a beautiful island off the coast of Italy, south of Corsica and north of Sicily.  It was purely a beach vacation, which is just what we needed and wanted.  We were there to celebrate our 3rd Anniversary..how lucky!!  We rented a scooter one day and drove along the coast to Neptune's Grotto.  After a long hike down nearly 600 stairs, we entered the Grotto.  Beautiful and would definitely recommend if you are in Sardinia.  We ate seafood every night and enjoyed gelato every evening at a different Gelateria.  Although Brian and I have done a lot of eating of gelato all over Italy, we still think that Germany has the BEST..and more specifically, the shop near our house has the BEST!  

Alghero, Sardinia 
The King's Pub has a great drink menu!  We went there almost every night for cocktails.

Riquewihr

Riquewihr is one of the places along the Alsacian Wine Route.  This is one of my favorite areas in Europe.  Usually we stay in Strasbourg, but this trip we added a night in Riquewihr.  This is one of those towns that seems like it's straight from a book.  It is so pretty!  Not really much to do but walk around and eat!  However, it is along the Wine Route, so it's a great place to set up camp while you taste your heart out.  Be sure to pick up some macaroons while in town too.

Castles in Germany

There are so many castles in Germany!  We've been to a few and tend to save them for when we have guests to show around.  Burg Hohenzollern is a castle that is close by to Stuttgart.  An easy half day trip.  You buy your ticket in the shop by the parking lot and can either hike up to the castle or take the lazy man way (which we like) and ride a bus up the mountain.  Don't bother paying for the tour inside.  We did and did not think it was worth it.  It was nice to just walk around the outside and enjoy the breathtaking views!

                       

Linderhof and Neuschwanstein

Linderhof is a great castle to do with visitors.  The tour inside is worth it.  And the grounds are so pretty.  It was Kind Ludwig's summer castle.

Neuschwanstein is the castle that Disney one is modeled after.  We did not do the tour inside as we had heard it was not worth it and the lines were super long.  But we did take the bus up to the castle to check out the courtyards.  You can hike up there too!  Once up there, follow the signs to the bridge.  The bridge is a great way to take photos of the castle.

Menorca

A beach we hiked to.  

The old city center

We went to Menorca for an extended long weekend.  Our friend, Celeste, was getting married there and we were so happy we could share in her special day.  Menorca is lovely.  It is small and a scooter is the best option for transportation.  The beaches are nice and there are restaurants all lined up along the water.

Luxembourg City

Luxembourg is a beautiful, lush, green city.  It was nice to just walk around and window shop.

Bruges

What a picturesque city!  We had the best chocolate and beer ever.  We visited Orval and took a tour of the Monastery.  We bought cheese and beer made by the monks.  It's said to be one of the most beautiful Monasteries in Belgium.