The One with Eschenbach, Germany

Sometimes you have big plans and then things just get in the way. 

Things like the weather. 

Holy moly it is cooooooold here! Not really anything compared to the "polar vortexes" they've been having in the states, but I've said it before and I'll say it again, after living in perpetual sunshine and warm weather for 4 years I'm missing California like no other these days. 

All I want to do is lay down in my warm bed with a blanket and cuppa hot cocoa. 

But there are so many places to go and things to see! We can't just waste the weekends away!
But. Things are just gonna have to wait until it gets warmer, I'm sorry. Fox and Jane are wimps in the cold. (How sad is it to blame my kids?)

I guess I'll just look forward to our trip to Barcelona for Valentine's! :)

We wanted to go to Karlovy Vary in the Czech Republic today, then we looked at the weather: freezing and foggy. Not quite the ideal weather to get this shot that I want that I found on the interwebs of this beautiful city:

 Then we decided instead to go see an amazing church just 10 minutes away in Speinshart.

No dice, there was a wedding going on.

So we decided to walk up and down our very own town of Eschenbach - something we've never done even though we've lived here for 7 months!
Our first stop was the local Bäckerei.

Jane wanted a meringue cookie and I opted for sugary sprinkles, naturally!

Starting at the bottom of the hill, we worked our way up, up, and up!

There's a church at the bottom, in the middle, and at the top of Eschenbach.


Every city has a Rathaus - or town hall if you will. This one, like so many others we've seen, is smack dab in the center of town with streets on either side.

I just LOVE all of the colored buildings.

View from the top.

Then we walked back down and went home, Jane was crying her poor head off :(

We passed by a lot of restaurants that look yummy and we'll have to go on some dates and try them out.

Here's hoping for better and warmer weather on Monday so we can go to Karlovy Vary - or in English "Carlsbad"!