Happy, Happy, Joy, Joy I´m back after busy weeks and now I have more time for blogging again. I hope you´re doing fine?
My weekend in Cologne (Germany) for the Instructor training was great. I learned a lot of new things for workout classes and met nice fellows. The training was very intensiv… a lot of practise and theorie as well. I was happy to manage to great runs in the walds of Cologne (its a very green city with good running options).
There was a big supermarket near my hotel and I really enjoyed trying some products we don´t have here in Austria… for example a yoghurt with crumbles of chocolate cake within and rice cakes with coconut flavor….
Do you enjoy exploring supermarkets on trips? Did you discover a product that you liked that´s not available in your homecountry?
My hotel room
Back in Vienna I enjoyed having my kitchen back and so some tasty meals were cooked too:
soya mince with lots of veggies and herbs mixed with a babybell cheese
covered with nutritional yeast
yesterday an unexpected craving for muffins hit me and so I decided to improvise and bake some without recipe……….
whole wheat - bran muffins with raisins, soya nuts and choc chips
and they were a great and tasty success
I mixed (first the dry and then the moist ingrediends) :
1/4 cup whole wheat flour
1/4 cup wheat bran
1 tbsp cocoa powder
1/2 tsp baking powder
1/4 cup carrot puree
dash of milk
dash of salt
some drops stevia
1 eggwhite
Mix ins: dark choc chips, soy nuts, and raisins
baked for 10 min
mhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
moist, sweet and tasty....exactly how I like it
Greetings from Vienna
I think the bed in your hotelroom looks really chic! It’s always such a nice thing to come into your hotel room after check in and see that it’s pretty or furnished in a surprising way. I just stayed in a hotel in Helsinki (http://www.helka.fi/) where all the interiors were original Finnish Design – great!
And I looooove going in supermarkets on my trips abroad! I think it’s a funny and good way to get to know the country better…
thanks for your comment and for visiting my blog. I was really surprised that the hotel was so great because it was not too expensive. It´s MOTEL ONE and they have motels in every big city in germany. I think it´s so important that you feel comfortable on a trip and that you like the design of your hotel.
I always go to supermarkets — one of my favorite things to do in new cities/countries. I always try to find something to bring back with me. I got some traditional Portuguese Easter candy once, and recently found amazing vegan taco “meat” mix in Stockholm!
Glad you had a great trip!
I’m enjoying exploring supermarkets here in Zurich, they have so much more cool stuff then back at home. Specially the chocolate stuff
Oh, and greek yogurt, although it has like 18%fat, it still is greek and delicious! 
i LOVE scoping out new things at supermarkets when im traveling! its one of the most exciting things for me to do
oh wow, soya mince? looks like a stirfry meal with delicious cheese mmmmmm <3 bet that was darn tasty!
xo
ps. WELCOME BACK TO BLOG-O-LAND <3
Welcome back, girl!! I’m glad your training went well!!
Welcome back! I don’t frequently comment here, but great site
…and Bran muffins sound good – I just made some banana ones and will post those soon .