We went on a fun drive through the mountains in our rental car, and passed a lot of fun castles and ruins. We thought how nice it would be if we had a car so we could come back and explore all these fun places. The mountain roads...
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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...
This is the monestary Ettal, which has a beautiful church in the middle of it. The inside is incredible, and we stopped there on the way to a castle just to make sure we got to see it. It was a crazy foggy cold day, so the...
Chris insisted that I learn to ski while we were in Germany, which makes sense since there is really good skiing and beautiful mountains. As an added bonus I can now say, “I have skiied in the Alps!” No one has to...