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Day in the Life: Completely Unhealthy Eating

September 14, 2020 By Christy 14 Comments

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Last week, Amy tackled our Day in the Life topic for this month, and titled her post “Healthy-ish Eating” (see it here if you missed it).

I told her at the time that I have absolutely nothing to contribute on healthy eating right now since we haven’t had a kitchen since the second week of July!

It was about two months ago that our household goods were packed up and shipped over to Germany, and we’ve been homeless ever since. The good news is that by the end of this week we should be moving into our apartment (stay tuned for photos on Friday). But, because of that, my topic today is just going to be what we’ve eaten over the past weeks:

So, this will obviously be a tongue in cheek recounting of some of the yummy foods we’ve eaten since we moved to Europe. Here is just a small sampling:

It started when our sponsor picked us up at the Frankfurt airport and had a bag of pretzel bread for us to snack on:

During our two weeks of quarantine, the hotel staff delivered breakfast and dinner every morning. Dinner was really a bunch of small tastings from their executive lounge; we learned quickly to order multiples. There are also several meal delivery apps that we used for dinner.

We’ve also been fortunate enough to be able to travel to France, Switzerland, and Italy since we’ve been in Germany. Now that we are EU residents, we can travel within the Schengen zone countries, although of course we don’t travel to any “red” areas. We’ve also opted not to travel by plane or train, but there’s plenty to see within driving distance!

We weren’t able to take our daughter to Paris for her birthday as we had hoped (it’s red right now) so we went to Strasbourg, France, instead, and enjoyed their signature tarte flambée and white wine.

We drove through Switzerland and the Alps on our way to Italy last week…

…and found a lot of Swiss chocolate.

Italy was, of course, an embarrassment of riches when it comes to food. I won’t say that it was truly unhealthy, though, as we ate lots of fresh vegetables and walked miles and miles every day.

Our hotel was in the Chianti region of Tuscany, so one night we attended a wine tasting within walking distance of our hotel (probably a good thing as we sampled seven wines and a brandy!). They served us bruschetta as an accompaniment.

In Siena, we had the yummiest pizza.

Then, on our final evening in Italy, we had the most amazing meal at a beautiful outdoor restaurant. It was one of my top five meals ever, to be honest.

There were ten people at our table, lest you think we were responsible for all of this.

So, even without a routine or a kitchen, we’ve actually done pretty well as I look back. The food is ridiculously delicious over here, but it’s also fresh and local, and like I said, we’ve definitely increased the amount of walking we do. I’ve managed to lose several pounds of my quarantine “fluff”–no idea how many since I don’t have a scale, but my clothes are fitting better. Maybe by the time this topic rolls around again, I’ll have more of a plan to share with you.

Thanks for stopping by~

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  1. Marty says

    September 14, 2020 at 9:33 am

    How fun to be able to explore and enjoy such fabulous food at the same time. Can’t wait to follow along on the new apartment and more of our trips.

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    • Nancy Sharp says

      September 14, 2020 at 4:17 pm

      I love following you in Germany

      Reply
      • Christy says

        September 24, 2020 at 5:47 am

        Thank you, Nancy!

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    • Christy says

      September 24, 2020 at 5:38 am

      Thanks so much, Marty. It makes me happy that you’re back to work. You are amazing!
      Christy

      Reply
  2. Julie says

    September 14, 2020 at 2:06 pm

    Don’t you feel like you’re in a fairyland for how the buildings look and flowers all over right now? Food does look good and you all are looking good too! You know when it’s time to come home you might not want to! ha Enjoy your time and stay safe………

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    • Christy says

      September 24, 2020 at 5:42 am

      Yes, for sure it’s like fairyland (or Disney World!). Everything is picture perfect.

      Reply
  3. Heidi M Colton says

    September 14, 2020 at 2:33 pm

    Oh my now I really miss Europe. The food was always the best but I loved the architecture and the use of flower boxes. Is your husband working now? Which base does he work on? I am vaguely familiar with Stuttgart but it has been a very long time since I have been there. Oh and I love German coffee!!
    Enjoy!

    Heidi Colton

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    • Christy says

      September 24, 2020 at 5:43 am

      We have window boxes that the last tenant left for us; they are full of beautiful pink geraniums. Everything grows so well here because it doesn’t get crazy hot in the summer like it does in the South.

      Reply
  4. Pat says

    September 14, 2020 at 2:44 pm

    I love that you’re enjoying all this! The food looks delish and I feel sure the wine is excellent! Love the scenery too, such beautiful architecture. Can’t wait to see the apartment! I would love to be doing all that walking ~ energizing as well as losing this quarantine fluff! 😂
    How is Harley doing?
    xo
    Pat

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    • Christy says

      September 24, 2020 at 5:47 am

      Harley is doing great, especially now that we’ve moved into our apartment (the hotel room was a bit small for all of us). He has a small yard and we take walks, too. Lots to smell and explore around here!

      Reply
  5. Monica says

    September 14, 2020 at 5:40 pm

    My husband always said he had CONUS weight and an OCONUS weight!

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    • Christy says

      September 24, 2020 at 5:49 am

      That sounds about right. Now I just need some new OCONUS pants! LOL

      Reply
  6. Sharon Ink says

    September 28, 2020 at 9:36 pm

    Christy, I am so jealous! I am going to have to live vicariously through you while you are there in Europe!! So have a glorious time! Sharon

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    • Christy says

      October 8, 2020 at 8:09 am

      Can you tell I’m working through comments today? We are hoping to head to Salzburg this weekend as my husband and daughter have Monday off. I’ll be sure to report back on all the sights and yummy food if we get there!
      Take care,Christy

      Reply

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