Thursday, June 11, 2015

Wissembourg, France & Burg Berwartstein

One of my very dear friends and my roommate throughout college came to visit me for a few days before heading off to Paris. It was so much fun having an old friend visit and show her around my little village and the area.

We had a full day to explore and she wanted to go somewhere I have never been before. I knew I wanted to show her a castle but also take her to a cute little "picturesque" European town. A few of my local friends have mentioned a place called Wissembourg and it was less than an hour away so I thought this would be the perfect place. I researched a little more and found a castle called Burg Berwartstein, which was only 20 minutes away from Wissembourg but was on the way home. IF we had enough time, we would of stopped at the Teufelstisch (Devil's Table). It was on the way and past right near it but we needed to head back home.







In this small village of Wissembourg, if the top chololateir in France, Daniel Rebert.  We read that the eclairs were to die for, so I got a vanilla and my friend got a cafe one. We were not disappointed. I bought some macaroons and chocolates to bring home and those were also amazing.




 After enjoying some flammkuchen at Charles V and walking around a bit, we headed to Burg Berwartstein.  I put Rand in my DIY carrier and paid the 5euro for our tour. After a brief explanation on the castle's history and sites to see, we ventured off on our own to explore the castle. We were there for an hour and needed to start heading back to have dinner at home.













Monday, June 8, 2015

Flohmarkt Homburg

HOMBURG ANTIQUE & FLEA MARKET

Antique & Flea Market in 66426 Homburg
EVERY FIRST SATURDAY OF THE MONTH 
800-1600

The Homburg markt is from January to November monthly, every first Saturday in the month. If the first Saturday is a German Holiday it will be held one week later instead. On nice summer days you will often find around 1500 vendors offering their products. Thousands of visitors enjoy the market as it is famous across the borders to France, Luxembourg and Belgium as well.

Address:
Am Forum 5, 66424 Homburg (Erbach)


It is usually huge and filled with vendors selling some amazing things. You can find anything from antique cigars boxes to demijohns to old WWII stuff. You can also haggle to get some great deals! 

We just went this past saturday. It was a very sunny and hot day so we made sure to leave very early to beat the crowds. It was so massive, we didn't head back home till 1pm and still missed a good chunk of the vendors!






Rand enjoying some erdbeer gelato

 a walking stick I bought for my Poppop