First Strudel
Europe is 9 hours ahead, which is no big deal if you're an adult. But when you're a baby, it can be a challenge.
Since the baby was still sleeping, we had to eat breakfast in shifts. Marcine went down first, and ended up bringing breakfast back with him. One of the hotel workers helped him bring it up to the room. He said that she even suggested it!
Last night, the woman at the Avis counter had told Marcine there was a festival in a town called Landshut celebrating the wedding of the the king. The guidebook said it only happened every 4 years and was like a big renaissance festival with everyone dressed in medieval garb.
http://www.landshuter-hochzeit.de/welcome.htm
It was a bit hard to find parking, but it was really cool. After a long walk, just following the crowds to walk to downtown, we set up camp to watch the parade. It was the real deal. No fakey renaissance faire here! Lots of people were dressed up, and they were all sporting little wreaths. It was cool. We tried to take a different route back to the car and it was awful! I guess the little roads cut through from the middle ages just lead to dead ends. After 35 min of walking, we ended up at the SAME EXACT place we had been watching the parade from. Good God.
This parade had just been a distraction on our way to Reutte. Once you get out of the city of Munich, it’s a beautiful drive on the autobahns through the countrysides. I couldn’t tell how fast I was going in mph, but it was 140-160kmh. It felt a little out of control to be driving that fast, and I really had to watch out in the rear view mirrors for cars speeding up on my rear.
You have to cut through the mountains to get to Reutte, so the autobahns end and you drive on a two lane road – one lane each direction. We stopped in the town of Ettal. It looks like something from Hansel and Gretl. We ate at our first roadside inn. Marcine had the schnitzel, as he would end up having every night, and Sophie began her weeklong eating binge of French fries each night for dinner. She was not interested at all in any of the sausages, meats or various schnitzels we offered her.
After another hour of travel on small roads, we passed by the road for King Ludwig's Linderhof palace (but didn't stop) and finally got to our hotel in the town of Breitenwang next to Reutte. It was a cute little place, with great views. The room was not expensive, which was great and included breakfast. The room was really big for the price. It had a double bed (which is the European thing where they take 2 twin bed, slap them together, and say it’s a double) and it also had bunk beds! There was plenty of room on the floor for the crib. The views from our balcony are just great. There is a little playground in the backyard of the hotel, and we took Sophie on the slide. Then some other kids came to play as well.
We ate dinner in our room by candlelight while Sophie slept in her crib. Again, one of the wait staff helped Marcine bring it up. These people are super nice! The food was GREAT. Mixed grill of meats, very buttery, great veggies, chicken cordon bleu and of course, apple strudel for dessert. Delicious.
I saw on Rick Steves travels through Europe that allegedly, the Germans drink a concoction of beer mixed with Sprite? I ordered it and got a bottle of beer and a bottle of Schweppes Bitter Lemon. Ya gotta taste it to believe it. I really wish they had Bitter Lemon here in the states. It’s like a lemon mixer without the alcohol – I guess the German equivalent of Sprite?
Since the baby was still sleeping, we had to eat breakfast in shifts. Marcine went down first, and ended up bringing breakfast back with him. One of the hotel workers helped him bring it up to the room. He said that she even suggested it!
Last night, the woman at the Avis counter had told Marcine there was a festival in a town called Landshut celebrating the wedding of the the king. The guidebook said it only happened every 4 years and was like a big renaissance festival with everyone dressed in medieval garb.
http://www.landshuter-hochzeit.de/welcome.htm
It was a bit hard to find parking, but it was really cool. After a long walk, just following the crowds to walk to downtown, we set up camp to watch the parade. It was the real deal. No fakey renaissance faire here! Lots of people were dressed up, and they were all sporting little wreaths. It was cool. We tried to take a different route back to the car and it was awful! I guess the little roads cut through from the middle ages just lead to dead ends. After 35 min of walking, we ended up at the SAME EXACT place we had been watching the parade from. Good God.
This parade had just been a distraction on our way to Reutte. Once you get out of the city of Munich, it’s a beautiful drive on the autobahns through the countrysides. I couldn’t tell how fast I was going in mph, but it was 140-160kmh. It felt a little out of control to be driving that fast, and I really had to watch out in the rear view mirrors for cars speeding up on my rear.
You have to cut through the mountains to get to Reutte, so the autobahns end and you drive on a two lane road – one lane each direction. We stopped in the town of Ettal. It looks like something from Hansel and Gretl. We ate at our first roadside inn. Marcine had the schnitzel, as he would end up having every night, and Sophie began her weeklong eating binge of French fries each night for dinner. She was not interested at all in any of the sausages, meats or various schnitzels we offered her.
After another hour of travel on small roads, we passed by the road for King Ludwig's Linderhof palace (but didn't stop) and finally got to our hotel in the town of Breitenwang next to Reutte. It was a cute little place, with great views. The room was not expensive, which was great and included breakfast. The room was really big for the price. It had a double bed (which is the European thing where they take 2 twin bed, slap them together, and say it’s a double) and it also had bunk beds! There was plenty of room on the floor for the crib. The views from our balcony are just great. There is a little playground in the backyard of the hotel, and we took Sophie on the slide. Then some other kids came to play as well.
We ate dinner in our room by candlelight while Sophie slept in her crib. Again, one of the wait staff helped Marcine bring it up. These people are super nice! The food was GREAT. Mixed grill of meats, very buttery, great veggies, chicken cordon bleu and of course, apple strudel for dessert. Delicious.
I saw on Rick Steves travels through Europe that allegedly, the Germans drink a concoction of beer mixed with Sprite? I ordered it and got a bottle of beer and a bottle of Schweppes Bitter Lemon. Ya gotta taste it to believe it. I really wish they had Bitter Lemon here in the states. It’s like a lemon mixer without the alcohol – I guess the German equivalent of Sprite?
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