I figured it was about time that I blogged my adventures on my first overseas trip! It's been a few weeks now, and it still doesn't quite feel like I have seen as many things as I have, but I will do my best to capture the vibe of what went on during our family vacation to Germany, Austria, Hungary, and the Czech Republic...
Our first bit of the trip was driving to Toronto... the highlights of which were reading the Adventures of Sherlock Holmes on Kindle, seeing pine trees that looked exactly like "The King is Dead" cover album, eating at a "Texan" barbecue, staying in a swank hotel, and getting on the plane from hell. The ride was LONG and unbelievably, there were no individual fans on the planes! The heat and very crowded conditions had me nearly panicking, but I managed to get a few hours's sleep because my wonderful husband kept fanning me with the emergency exit card while he watched Harry Potter.
After that terrible experience, we landed in Munich, changed our currency, and met our tour guide Janos for the first time. He got us to the shuttle to the h'otel (Husband liked his accent, and quickly developed a bit of a man crush.) When we got to our hotel, we grabbed some food from the hotel restaurant and had the cutest waitress ever. She actually thought Dad was funny, probably because of the language barrier.
After a tasty (if expensive - still getting the exchange rates down!) lunch, Husband and I took a walk around while the others napped.
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| Beauty and the Beast Moment... |
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| Garden snails EVERYWHERE! |
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| First steps on the cobblestones of Munich! |
After meeting up with our tour group, we all walked down to the village of Oberding for a delicious meal at a local Biergarten...
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| A pretty church... |
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| REAL German Shepherds... |
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| German beer is GOOOOD... |
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| Mom's Spaetzle |
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| The Family |
We walked back to the hotel and crashed, knowing that tomorrow we would start our adventure.
