Vanabout 2017 Day 10: Leavenworth

Whoa!?!?  What happened to day 9?

Well, that was spent driving from West Glacier to Leavenworth.  Not wanting to stop, I didn’t take any pictures.

I heard there was a tasty schweinehaxe here, so I had to stop.

Recently in my Face: Opa’s Schnitzel Haus

When I was a kid growing up in Fort Worth, when mastodons roamed North Texas, my favorite restaurant was Heidelberger Hof on Jacksboro Highway.  I would pretty much get the same thing every time, kartofel suppe and schnitzel cordon bleu.  So it has been literally a million years since I last had schnitzel cordon bleu.

That has now changed thanks to Opa’s Schnitzel Haus, a surprisingly  good German restaurant in Witchita Falls.

I apologize to every single one of my Witchita Falls readers* for being so surprised.  But when I walked in, the interior was a very kitschy old school German motif that appeared to have not been changed much since the mid 80s.

But the food is what’s important and the food was good.  Kitzbüheler Stuben has nothing to worry about, but the schnitzel at Opa’s was solid.  As was there sausage which appeared to be house made.  And to wash it down, a fairly impressive list of German beers all of which can be consumed via the liter stein.  I like to get those because it make me feel like I’m getting in workout while getting schnockered.

What I Had

• Drink – Warsteiner Dunkel (liter)
• App – Sausage Plate
• Main – Schnitzel Cordon Bleu
• Zert – none, too stuffed

 

* Do they even have the internet up there?

Manbuns, Nothing but Manbuns

While in Germany recently, I saw what can only be described as a pandemic of manbuns.  Here are just a few of the plethora Europe has to offer.

Finally Something We Can All Agree with the Germans About

Walkabout 2011: Day 9–More Mozel and Federweißer

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Walkabout 2011: Day 8—Biking (and Drinking) Down the Mozel

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We actually started in Cochem, but I didn’t turn on my biking app on my iPhone until Valwig for a 40 mile bike ride.