Saturday (July 2nd) a couple friends from Braunschweig came to visit München and we went touristy shopping and hanging out at the Chinesischer Turm in the Englischer Garten. Beer, laughter, good times ensued. Amanda even bought a Dirndl.
Sunday (July 3rd) we went to the Neuburger Schlossfest. Think of a Rennaisance festival, but german, in the middle of a cobblestoned town, and a palace. In any event it was fun seeing everyone in costume, and the food was excellent. There was Käsespätzle (kindof a german mac n' cheese), and Rahmbrot...kinda like a flat bread with melted creamcheese and bacon all over it. It was great.
Monday/Tuesday: Amanda was able to navigate through the Ubahn on her own and saw a lot of sights. We went to Tollwood Festival in the Olympia park and saw many other places around town.
Wednesday: We went to Garmisch-Partenkirchen to visit the Zugspitze. The weather couldn't have been more perfect. We had a beer at Germany's highest Biergarten and got a quick bite to eat. I had Spaghetti (though it was fantastic) and she had Käse-Spinat Knödel and it was also delicious. We took the Cog-train (Zahnrad Bahn) up the mountain, followed by a short Cable Car to the summit. But we took the longer Cable Car down towards the Eibsee which was deep blue with a turquoise tint around shallow areas. Excellent view of the mountains. Went back but and prepared for thursday.
Thursday: We took a train to Salzburg and went on the Sound of Music Tour. The tourguide was absolutely hilarious! Unbelievably fun. We saw so many cool places in the Austrian country side, I just wish we had more time to stop and take it all in. But man, I thought Bavaria was gourgous....Austria is amazing in it's own right. My new favorite soft drink is called Almdudler; it's and austrian beverage that tastes like a not so carbonated ginger ale type thing that is a tad bit sweeter. No way to describe it, but it was nice. We ended up back in Salzburg and walked around the city a bit. There was a footpath across a river, and what seemed to be a boat launch area. We walked down it, took our shoes/flip flops off and stood in the crystal blue water. The water was so clear, so clean, so COLD because it was ice melt from the mountains. The water felt quite soft (as in low mineral content) and almost slippery (but not in a contaminated kind of way). They had water fountains of this glacial water in several areas. We filled out water bottles up and it tasted more neutral than any water i've ever had before.
Friday: we just hung around munich, did some shopping and had some good meals. Nice relaxing day.
Saturday: was a sad day, amanda had to fly back to the states . After seeing her off to the airport, I took my camera and some gear over to BMW FIZ and took a 50 minute time lapse. It's my second attempt at a time lapse (the first being Nürburgring, but wasnt really good).
Sunday: I did a lot of nothing. I walked around the city, went to Olympia Park and took yet another time lapse...then headed off for the weekly Sunday German Stammtisch. It started to rain heavily but it was a nice storm. Lots of thunder and lightning. It cooled the air down quite a bit.
Will update with pictures later today...
edit:
Epic beard man
Neuburger Schlossfest
Tollwood festival
Zugspitze:
Kirche „Maria Heimsuchung"
Amanda looking at the hills
lens envy
Austria:
Maribellaplatz
Schloss Leopoldskron
Sankt Gilgen
Michael Jackson?
Burg Salzburg
Stiftskirche zum Heiligen Michael, Mondsee
No comments:
Post a Comment