Clayton, Kristen, Kaily, and me in front of the Hofbrauhaus.
Renae, me and Kaily in front of Neuschwanstein castle.
Kristen and Clayton in front of Neuschwanstein Castle.
A section of the glockenspiel in the city center of Munich.
The figurines dancing during the playing of the glockenspiel.
Renae hurrying to take a picture as we couldn't stop.
Renae and I in front of the Hard Rock Cafe in Munich.
Well I arrived in Munich after several plane changes and 8 hours across the ocean. I only was able to sleep 2 hours or so. I sat next to Heinz on the flight over, he is from St. Louis but originally hails from Switzerland. So we talked about Munich and Switzerland on the flight over, he was pretty nice. He even layed on my shoulder to sleep at one point. I was uber happy to get off the plane though. Once I got through passport control and got my one piece of luggage I was greeted by Renae.
Kristen, Clayton and Kaily were waiting in the borrowed van, while Kristen was feeding. Little Kailynn was sleeping in her car seat she is so precious. Since I hadn't eaten since not sure when we headed back to the hotel and had breakfast. Probably the best hotel breakfast I've ever had in Europe and ever probably anywhere.
After eating breakfast I got to hold Kaily for a long time and we decided to head to King Ludwig's castles Hohenschwangau and Neuschwanstein (or Disney's Sleeping Beauty Castle). We ate some lunch and then bought our tour tickets for Neuschwanstein and rode a horse drawn carriage to the top. The castle hadn't changed much from 10 years ago when I first saw it, lol. But still very pretty to gaze upon and even more so with the snow. When we finished the tour we walked back down to warm ourselves back up with some warm apple strudel. Kristen and Clayton have a GPS in the car which was used to find the way back to the hotel which was 60 miles away, however it seemed that it took us about 3 hours to return (may be a Slight exaggeration, but not really) of course the weather wasn't the greatest. We made it back around 9pm and I was exhausted but couldn't get to sleep until around 2am.
Renae and Kaily posing as Aunt Bea at the Hofbrauhaus.
The next day (Saturday), Renae and I just piddled around until Kristen and Clayton were ready. We decided to head into the city center of Munich. Just a 5 min drive from our hotel to the MarienPlatz. We found parking (which ended up being fairly expensive 20E) and I oriented the map and we headed to the Hard Rock Cafe for lunch (used to be the Planet Hollywood). I got my Hard Rock pins. After lunch and Kaily feeding we walked to into the main square. We stopped in a couple of tourist shops and found the Glockenspiel. We were to late to see the figurines play. We decided to walk around a bit more and found the Max Krug store which caters to buying Bavarian works such as coo-coo clocks. Renae and I found a clock that we really liked, it will arrive in Colorado in 4-6 weeks. Maria, the clerk at Max Krug, recommended Augustiner's Beer Hall over Hofbrauhaus. Augustiners was right down the walk so we popped in and had loads of fun. Renae really liked the beer here. We then walked back to the Hofbrauhaus and sat up in the restaurant. My German has come in handy. The three ordered a liter of beer and I ordered now my favorite red wine Schwarzriesling, which is a red Riesling. I ordered potato soup and Renae ordered liver soup. Even after I told her what it was. When it came it was a big liver ball sitting in beef broth.
Giant catfish sculpture outside the fishing museum in Munich.
The next day Renae and I were going to go to Dachau to visit the concentration camp. We got up and ready by 8am and were going to take public transportation the 20 miles out to Dachau, but decided because of the weather just to take the bus and subway into the city center. We wanted to see the Glockenspiel play and made it just in time to do so. Since it was Mardi Gras, Carnival, or Fashion (as one Munich women called it) there were all sorts of vendor's selling alcohol, confetti, and masks all throughout the square. We looked around for a couple of hours and then headed back to the hotel to meet with Kristen and Clayton. We walked about a block or so to a Greek Restaurant and had very very good food. We then went back to the hotel and took a nap, then took the bus into the City Center. Amazingly enough the MarienPlatz was nearly empty apparently Mardi Gras had ended in the square. We went back to the Augustiner Beer hall, which was in full swing with live music. We were seated with one couple who apparently didn't want us sitting at their table so the waiter moved us to the table behind them. Which were a much more pleasant older Munich couple. Both spoke some English and with me speaking some German we had many a good conversation. They were keeping track of the number of beers they had. When we sat down they were on their 9th beer, lol. They were lots of fun to sit with and wanted to know all about Kaily and were we were from. The musician played lots of American 60's- 70's music so we all sang along. It was funny because when he didn't know the words all of us were singing the words. We left so we could make it back to the hotel in time for Kaily's feeding.
The Neuschwanstein Castle as the night falls while snowing.
The next day Kristen and Clayton and the baby were headed back to Aviano, Italy. We just piddled around and watched Kaily for about an hour. We then said goodbye to everyone and they were off. Renae and I then went part way into town to get some wine. We didn't find the type we were looking for. But got some other brands. We ate at a deli which had really good food. The next morning we got up early and packed, ate breakfast and took a taxi to the airport. Our driver was really nice and we communicated in German and English. Our flights were pretty uneventful other than long.
A section of the glockenspiel in the city center of Munich.
The figurines dancing during the playing of the glockenspiel.
Renae hurrying to take a picture as we couldn't stop.
Renae and I in front of the Hard Rock Cafe in Munich.
Well I arrived in Munich after several plane changes and 8 hours across the ocean. I only was able to sleep 2 hours or so. I sat next to Heinz on the flight over, he is from St. Louis but originally hails from Switzerland. So we talked about Munich and Switzerland on the flight over, he was pretty nice. He even layed on my shoulder to sleep at one point. I was uber happy to get off the plane though. Once I got through passport control and got my one piece of luggage I was greeted by Renae.
Kristen, Clayton and Kaily were waiting in the borrowed van, while Kristen was feeding. Little Kailynn was sleeping in her car seat she is so precious. Since I hadn't eaten since not sure when we headed back to the hotel and had breakfast. Probably the best hotel breakfast I've ever had in Europe and ever probably anywhere.
After eating breakfast I got to hold Kaily for a long time and we decided to head to King Ludwig's castles Hohenschwangau and Neuschwanstein (or Disney's Sleeping Beauty Castle). We ate some lunch and then bought our tour tickets for Neuschwanstein and rode a horse drawn carriage to the top. The castle hadn't changed much from 10 years ago when I first saw it, lol. But still very pretty to gaze upon and even more so with the snow. When we finished the tour we walked back down to warm ourselves back up with some warm apple strudel. Kristen and Clayton have a GPS in the car which was used to find the way back to the hotel which was 60 miles away, however it seemed that it took us about 3 hours to return (may be a Slight exaggeration, but not really) of course the weather wasn't the greatest. We made it back around 9pm and I was exhausted but couldn't get to sleep until around 2am.
Renae and Kaily posing as Aunt Bea at the Hofbrauhaus.
The next day (Saturday), Renae and I just piddled around until Kristen and Clayton were ready. We decided to head into the city center of Munich. Just a 5 min drive from our hotel to the MarienPlatz. We found parking (which ended up being fairly expensive 20E) and I oriented the map and we headed to the Hard Rock Cafe for lunch (used to be the Planet Hollywood). I got my Hard Rock pins. After lunch and Kaily feeding we walked to into the main square. We stopped in a couple of tourist shops and found the Glockenspiel. We were to late to see the figurines play. We decided to walk around a bit more and found the Max Krug store which caters to buying Bavarian works such as coo-coo clocks. Renae and I found a clock that we really liked, it will arrive in Colorado in 4-6 weeks. Maria, the clerk at Max Krug, recommended Augustiner's Beer Hall over Hofbrauhaus. Augustiners was right down the walk so we popped in and had loads of fun. Renae really liked the beer here. We then walked back to the Hofbrauhaus and sat up in the restaurant. My German has come in handy. The three ordered a liter of beer and I ordered now my favorite red wine Schwarzriesling, which is a red Riesling. I ordered potato soup and Renae ordered liver soup. Even after I told her what it was. When it came it was a big liver ball sitting in beef broth.
Giant catfish sculpture outside the fishing museum in Munich.
The next day Renae and I were going to go to Dachau to visit the concentration camp. We got up and ready by 8am and were going to take public transportation the 20 miles out to Dachau, but decided because of the weather just to take the bus and subway into the city center. We wanted to see the Glockenspiel play and made it just in time to do so. Since it was Mardi Gras, Carnival, or Fashion (as one Munich women called it) there were all sorts of vendor's selling alcohol, confetti, and masks all throughout the square. We looked around for a couple of hours and then headed back to the hotel to meet with Kristen and Clayton. We walked about a block or so to a Greek Restaurant and had very very good food. We then went back to the hotel and took a nap, then took the bus into the City Center. Amazingly enough the MarienPlatz was nearly empty apparently Mardi Gras had ended in the square. We went back to the Augustiner Beer hall, which was in full swing with live music. We were seated with one couple who apparently didn't want us sitting at their table so the waiter moved us to the table behind them. Which were a much more pleasant older Munich couple. Both spoke some English and with me speaking some German we had many a good conversation. They were keeping track of the number of beers they had. When we sat down they were on their 9th beer, lol. They were lots of fun to sit with and wanted to know all about Kaily and were we were from. The musician played lots of American 60's- 70's music so we all sang along. It was funny because when he didn't know the words all of us were singing the words. We left so we could make it back to the hotel in time for Kaily's feeding.
The Neuschwanstein Castle as the night falls while snowing.
The next day Kristen and Clayton and the baby were headed back to Aviano, Italy. We just piddled around and watched Kaily for about an hour. We then said goodbye to everyone and they were off. Renae and I then went part way into town to get some wine. We didn't find the type we were looking for. But got some other brands. We ate at a deli which had really good food. The next morning we got up early and packed, ate breakfast and took a taxi to the airport. Our driver was really nice and we communicated in German and English. Our flights were pretty uneventful other than long.
2 comments:
The Disney castle looks amazing with the snow all around it!! Looks like you guys are having a great time. Wish I could have a beer at the Hoffbrau house with you!!
Actually the beer at Augustiner's is way better than Hofbrauhaus. I even liked the beer at Augustiner's.
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