Pancakes and Sightseeing in Darmstadt

Yesterday Sandra invited me to Darmstadt for breakfast and some sightseeing. I'd offered to make pancakes before, so she suggested I bring the mix along to make for brunch.

I have to say I had a wonderful time! Cooking the pancakes and the breakfast conversation between Sandra, Bea, and I was great. We covered everything from Walmart, the eatting styles of left handers, their Australian trip (they took off for a year and camped around Australia), milk containers & styles in Germany/America, and hair products. A wonderful breakfast!

After breakfast Bea let me borrow one of her bikes and off we three went. We rode through Darmstadt and visited the Russian Kapelle, the Hochzeitsturm, and the Hundertwasser Waldspirale (also here). All wonderful buildings/places in Darmstadt that I never knew were there.

Sandra and I took lots of photos. Unfortunately, I left my camera cable at work Friday. So, I'll retrieve it tomorrow, download and share the photos then.

I'd been in Darmstadt a couple of times before, but I just wandered around the shopping area. I didn't know anybody in the area and was new to the Frankfurt area anyway. Frankly, I didn't find Darmstadt that interesting before. Now, I have to say it's a lot more interesting. I'll have to visit again!

Afterwards we went to a nice cafe for Kaffee und Kuchen. Mmm, gibt's lecker kuchen dort! (Delicious cakes there!) I'll have to ask Sandra for the name so I can recommend them.

Finally, Sandra and I sat in her apartment, listened to music and flipped through 1000 Places to See Before You Die while waiting for the time to come for my train. We discussed places in the US, in Asia, trips we've taken, places we want to see. Time flew by.

I had such a good time! Thanks for the invite Sandra! :)

Oh, I liked the "1000 Places" - I'd seen it before and my friend Janine talked about it - so I went and bought it from Amazon.de. It'll probably arrive in a couple of days at work.

Posted by Jinglelady at October 30, 2004 09:49 PM | German Life , Traveling | TrackBack