It' been a long time--I know, but we've been kind of busy. After much waiting we finally got into our house on May 15th. So after almost 4 months of temporary quarters, you can imagine we were happy to get all of our stuff back and very anxious to settle in. So between that and finishing up school activities with Paige we have stayed on the go. We did manage to squeeze a trip in over Mothers Day weekend to Garmish (about 5 hours south of Berlin). It was beautiful there. Everywhere you turned you were swallowed up by the beauty of The Alps. Gorgeous weather. We rode the "zugfarht" (gondola) up to the top and were able to look out over all of God's glorious creation. One word--MAGNIFICENT!!! The girls could not get over the fact that they were walking around in snow in their sandals. After that one would not think the kids could get excited about much else, but then we went to "The Cinderella Castle"--Neuswanstein Castle. Oh my goodness! They just knew they were looking at Cinderella's bed! We even took a horse and carriage ride to the top--delivered there just like Cinderella would have been. All the castles we've seen in Germany are beautiful and all worth a look, but the nostalgia that goes with taking my three little girls to this particular castle was well worth the drive! I have to say, even their daddy was all about it.
We saw Linderhof Palace as well on this trip, but after that we spent much of our time just letting our girls play in the streams along the mountains.
Among my favorite things of course was all the wonderful Bavarian food we had. I was really worried I would not be into the German food, but I have been pleasantly surprised. I've truly enjoyed it!
Each town, region, etc. has all different styles--so far I haven't had any bad experiences.
They also have different ways of dressing. In this particular area--it can be pretty touristy, so when I saw these little men going around in their feathered hats, Laderhosen with the socks pulled up to the knees-- just figured it was for show. But it wasn't! They truly dressed like that. Something straight out of "The Sound of Music"! The only thing I could think of was where can I get my dad one of those outfits! Can't you just see him in that?
The ladies wore the traditional attire as well, but it wasn't as eye catching as the men.
We were only there 4 days, but we did alot and really enjoyed it. I'll post a few pictures.
We saw Linderhof Palace as well on this trip, but after that we spent much of our time just letting our girls play in the streams along the mountains.
Among my favorite things of course was all the wonderful Bavarian food we had. I was really worried I would not be into the German food, but I have been pleasantly surprised. I've truly enjoyed it!
Each town, region, etc. has all different styles--so far I haven't had any bad experiences.
They also have different ways of dressing. In this particular area--it can be pretty touristy, so when I saw these little men going around in their feathered hats, Laderhosen with the socks pulled up to the knees-- just figured it was for show. But it wasn't! They truly dressed like that. Something straight out of "The Sound of Music"! The only thing I could think of was where can I get my dad one of those outfits! Can't you just see him in that?
The ladies wore the traditional attire as well, but it wasn't as eye catching as the men.
We were only there 4 days, but we did alot and really enjoyed it. I'll post a few pictures.
