Wind, Love & Leather Leggings

This was my outfit from last week, on my semi-last minute visit to see Kyle in Daytona. He always makes a face when I ask him to pretty please take a few outfit pictures for me, but he was sweet when he was taking these. I was fighting a little wind pushing my hair in my face, and while I'm complaining he made a comment about how it was okay because it turned out really pretty. So cute! This is why I love this man... well, and a million other reasons too. :)

I've worn these leather leggings a lot recently! Here I styled them with a tunic and a long, cascading cardigan to cover my butt. (Kyle thought I was silly for wanting to keep my butt covered in leggings.. men! lol ) Unfortunately, once I got back home I realized I left these leggings hanging up in his laundry room, and I won't see him for a few weeks... bummer!

Outfit Details

Skies Are Blue Cardigan from Stitch Fix / Old Navy Tunic / "Leather Leggings" from Ross (similar) /  Easy Spirit Flats

Premier Designs Jewelry: Manhattan necklace, Starlet bracelet 

--Caroline

Wurzburg

Today I'm sharing with you the city of Wurzburg, Germany! 

This was our second stop in Germany, and a more modern city than Bamberg. Part of this is because Wurzberg was hit hard during the Allied Attacks of WWII, but the amount of original architecture still standing is astounding, considering the circumstances. Both the Residenz Bishop's Palace and the Romanesque Dom survived, and are great highlights of the city to this day. 

View of the Dom in the background as you cross over the Main River.

Wonderful stonework on the Residenz, or Bishop's Palace.

Loved these fun trees in the garden of the Residenz.

If you're any sort of wine connoisseur, you might be familiar with some of the Franconian wines and history in this area of Germany. Most Franconian wines are packaged in what is called a Bocksbeutel, a round-bodied bottle that derived from the workers who, long ago, required a bottle they could take with them up the hills of the vineyard. The shape of the bottles prevented the wine from rolling down the hill, and the packaged has continued to this day. It was actually pretty cool--the other day when I was in Daytona with Kyle, we went into this new store Total Wine, and not only did we find the smokey beer from Bamberg I talked about earlier this week, but we also found some Franconian wine in the Bocksbeutel!

(Sorry, the picture quality isn't great but you get the idea!)

We only had a half a day in Wurzberg, but I would have loved to have spent more time perusing the shops. There was a great little downtown area that had all these cute stores, and as you might recall from previous entries, Wurzberg is where I bought my sandals to help my Achilles Tendonitis. Oh well, I guess I'll just have to go back... What a shame!

Have a great Thursday!

--Caroline