Chris & Lily's visit (& the Wiesbaden Wein Woche 2011)

August is wine fest season in Germany, and because Wiesbaden’s wine fest is the best there is (in our unbiased opinion), Chris and Lily decided it was worth making a transatlantic flight for. Chris lived in Mainz in 2006 (and still refers to it as “heaven”) so he was also itching to show Lily all of his favorite places in his former city. He had to pack so much into one day in Mainz that we ended up going to two different places for lunch and then to his favorite brewery for dinner.

While Marissa and I were working during the day, Chris and Lily did some exploring on their own and then met us at the Wiesbaden wine fest at night. Apparently three nights of wine fest wasn’t enough because Chris also wanted to do a wine tasting while he was here. We all went to Allendorf to sample some wine and were lucky enough to have a private wine tasting with the owner. On Chris and Lily’s last day we took a break from the vino and did some hiking at Felsenmeer, a nature park of huge granite boulders stretching up the side of a mountain.

And of course we had to take them to Paulaner before they left for one last authentic German meal. We had so much fun hanging out with Chris and Lily and are so happy they came to visit!