(From 35K feet again). We’re returning from our holiday in Bavaria. It was excellent!. Munich really knows how to embrace the Christmas spirit as a multi-sensory experience. Walking between Karlsplatz to Mariensplatz at night, you are treated to tasteful amounts of lights, stands selling gluwein (warm spiced wine), roasted nuts, chocolate dipped fruits and many handmade ornaments and christmas odds and ends. It’s quite spectacular.
Despite our intentions of chilling out, we filled our days with an exhausting tourist pace. It was a chance to show Maddy that Disney didn’t invent castles. Speaking of castles, we visted many including Neuschwanstein (that inspired Disney), Hohenschwangau, Nymphemburg, Munich Residenz, Hohensalzburg in Salzburg. I led poor Lisa and Maddy on 6 hour death-march through the Deutsches Museum which is probably one of the greatest museums in the world for industry and technology.
The food was great and the beer lived up to it’s reputation. We seemed to live on heavy Bavarian fares such as sausage, schnitzel, cheesy-onion spätzle, breads, pretzels, ham loaf, and more. By the end of the week though, I was nursing water and craving sushi.
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