Weekend Roundup

 Welcome to The Weekend Roundup...hosted by Tom The Back Roads Traveler

My last rounds were coffee and beer. So it's time for some food and sleep!

1. Starts with "W"
2. A Favorite
3. WINDOW - chosen by Tom


Starts with "W"

WINDMILL Inn Lynden WA

FAVOURITE

WICKED 

Aria Casino Las Vegas NV

WINDOW

Coffee and cake in Speyer Germany

Déjà Brew
A catchall for leftover beer, coffee, food, motels and whatever catches my fancy!

The WINDING Road Restaurant Baldwin St. Toronto

Look Up Look Down - Heidelberg

Look Up, Look Down challenge hosted by Travel With Intent.

October 2012 - Heidelberg Germany

It was a dark and gloomy (and chilly) morning when we visited Heidelberg Castle (German: Heidelberger Schloss), a famous ruin in Germany and landmark of Heidelberg. The castle ruins are among the most important Renaissance structures north of the Alps.

Looking down from the top.

Travel Photo Thursday

October 2012 - Amsterdam

FEBO is a chain of Dutch walk-up fast food restaurants of the automatiek type. Founded in 1941 in Amsterdam, FEBO is most notable for this automatic format: a counter is available for purchasing French fries, beverages, and hamburgers. Other FEBO snacks can be bought from the automats. The primary automat-vended items are krokets (croquette), frikandellen (minced meat hot dog), hamburgers, Kaassoufflés (melted cheese in a wrap, breaded and deep-fried), and similar items.

The FEBO motto De Lekkerste (Dutch) is translated as "The Tastiest".

According to the company website, FEBO has almost 60 shops all over the Netherlands, with 54 being franchises. There are 22 shops in Amsterdam alone.

FEBO was originally a bakery named "Maison FEBO" after Ferdinand Bolstraat in Amsterdam, founded by Johan de Borst (1919-2008). While the concept changed, the name was shortened to just "FEBO".

Weekend Reflections

Posting at Weekend Reflections.

October 2012 - Cruising the Rhine Germany

Ruby Tuesday

                              

I'm posting at Ruby Tuesday today.  


October 2012 - Cochem Germany

Travel Photo Thursday

I'm posting over at The Budget Travelers' Sandbox 

October 2012 - Heidelberg, Germany

Some random photos from the town on a leaden cloudy day.

Time Travel Thursday

I'm posting at Budget Travelers' Sandbox.

Time Travel Thursday


October 2012 - Sailing the Rhine Germany

It was a rainy afternoon as we sailed the Rhine but we still managed to get some photos of the magnificent castles.



Pfalzgrafenstein Castle is a toll castle on the Falkenau island, otherwise known as Pfalz Island in the Rhine river near Kaub, Germany. 

The keep of this island castle, a pentagonal tower with its point upstream, was erected 1326 to 1327 by King Ludwig the Bavarian. Around the tower, a defensive hexagonal wall was built between 1338 to 1340. Later additions were made in 1607 and 1755, consisting of corner turrets, the gun bastion pointing upstream, and the characteristic baroque tower cap.

The castle functioned as a toll-collecting station that was not to be ignored, as it worked in concert with Gutenfels Castle and the fortified town of Kaub on the right side of the river. A chain across the river forced ships to submit, and uncooperative traders could be kept in the dungeon until a ransom was delivered. The dungeon was a wooden float in the well.

Unlike the vast majority of Rhine castles, "the Pfalz" was never conquered or destroyed, withstanding not only wars, but also the natural onslaughts of ice and floods by the river. Its Spartan quarters held about twenty men.

Oh, the PLACES I've Been!

The Tablescaper dropped by and invited me to post at her weekly meme Oh, the PLACES I've been!


October 2012 - Dusseldorf Germany




Sculpture dedicated to the jesters of Carnaval.

The Dusseldorf Carnival also known as the “fifth season” is one of the biggest cultural events and long-lasting traditional festivities in the Rhineland, Germany. 

Another highlighting part of Dusseldorf Carnival is the climax Rosenmontagszug (Rose Monday) Parade or Mardi Gras where about a million Jesters ‘fools’ dressed in screaming colors and uniforms make their way around the city, shouting out the traditional ‘Helau’. A Large number of spectators line the pavements for more than two and half kilometers long to watch this spectacular view, hoping to catch the candies thrown from the various floats.

The Dusseldorf Carnival comes to an end on Ash Wednesday when the mourning fools get together to burn the Hoppeditz, the statue of an eloquent jester and get themselves ready for the next year’s event.

Whimsical Windows and Delirious Doors

I'm posting over here this week!

October 2012 - Basel Switzerland

Our World Tuesday

Our World Tuesday

October 2012 - Basel Switzerland


Doorbells outside an apartment in downtown Basel.

Orange You Glad It's Friday!

This is now being hosted by Maria at Writings of Maria Life's Sweets and Spices.


October 2012 - Cochem Germany

Friday Fences

Friday's Fences is hosted by Jan and Jer.

October 2012 - Koblenz Germany

Taken during a morning stroll back to our river boat, the MS Amadeus.

Wordless Wednesday

 

I'm posting at Wordless Wednesday today.

 
Also posting at Signs, Signs.

Basel Switzerland October 2012

Ruby Tuesday

                                                                                         

I'm posting at Ruby Tuesday today  and at Our World Tuesday

The stork is the symbol of the Alsace region of France. Strasbourg (capitol of the Alsace region) was home to many of these large birds as evidenced by these souvenir shops selling stuffed storks.

                                                   Strasbourg France October 2012

Blue Monday

I'm linking up at Blue Monday today.

Street sign in Amsterdam The Netherlands October 2012