On the day we went to Wehrheim, we also stopped by an old Roman Fort called the Saalburg for a couple hours.Traces of the fort date back about 2000 years and it was a part of a huge wall that stretched across most of Germany.We...
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Since the town of Wehrheim where I (Chris) used to live was close by the temple, we took the train over one late afternoon. Actually we took the train in the wrong direction, then took a bus ride that dropped us off about 2km...
Last week we went to the Frankfurt Temple. It was about a seven hour train ride to get there (and that was on the high speed bullet train, normally it would take eleven hours).We stayed at church-owned apartments that were right...
This will conclude our Garmisch posting. I feel like Oliver gets alittle ignored in the posting sometimes, since he doesn’t walk aroundyet… but he is a really sweet baby who loves to play and is usuallya happy little...
We went on a horse and carraige ride with Chris’ dad one night. Elorawas still sick and had to stay home with Nana and watch Cinderella.The carriage ride was an educational experience – we learned a lotabout the...
We took the kidlets down to the pool, which is super nice and wasn’t crowded – perfect for our two little fish. Elora loved this pool because the shallow part was only two feet so she could walk around and say she was...
We took a night time torch-walk tour of the gorge in Garmisch. It’s a windy (sometimes icy) ledge trail along the side of the gorge above an icey river, which is overhung by ice formations.It was fun to go on, but you...
A week in Munich! And 10 lifetimes worth of sights seen! We passed by the imposing, yet grand Castle Ehrenberg as we sojourned along the Autobahn toward Garmisch, on a return trip from the Bavarian King’s castle...
We set out on a frosty morning to hike to the Ehrenberg Castle ruins. Elora was recovering from the flu, so she needed to be carried the whole way, and the trail was a bit icy and windy and of course, all uphill, so Karen got a...
Christmas Goose with Spaetzle (dumpling noodle). Not much was left when we decided to take a picture.Karen ordered the Venison and loved it.Wiener Schniztel mit Kartoffelsalat!Weird skeezy (but tasty) meat dish w/ bread, and a...