Sunday, November 8, 2009

We're back from a fabulous mini vacation!













We traveled, yet again, to Garmisch, Germany. This time we took a different route and went through Austria! We didn't get to do that last time since we forgot our passports, whoops!! Although the trip started off a little rough (I spilled water down both of my legs in the car when Joe made an abrupt stop and once we got to the resort. I almost lost my lunch on the curvy Austrian roads through the mountains. We were so hungry we had to eat right away but the wait for the buffet was over two hours, so we ended up eating at some fancy restaurant with no wait (dead giveaway, not good) and Tyler grabbed my plate, spilled his applesauce all over my already drenched pants and crawled out of his seat, thus dinner ended sooner than we thought and we packed it up for take-out in the comfort of our room). Although we had a rough start, the rest of the trip was fabulous. We took Tyler to the pool twice and he loved it! We visited the Neuschwanstein Castle, which is the one the castle in Disney Land was modeled from. It was actually one of mad King Ludwig's castles. We didn't take the tour inside, since it required quietness, and we didn't know how Tyler's squawking would resonate against the castle walls. We toured around the castle, however, and it was great, very picturesque. The Alps were obviously very beautiful since there was quite a bit of snow, however it didn't snow on us until the day we left, and it was just a dusting. We love this trip, and I'm sure we will go back again several times before we leave for good. I'm hoping our next trip will be to Berlin or Poland. I want to see Auschwitz, but children are not allowed there, unlike Dachau. Pictures to follow.