As we are at the peak of our travels and visitors season, I
realized we often find time to just write about our ‘big’ trips – those that
are at least overnight, often in other countries. This means we have skipped over a few of our
Bavarian daytrips and daily happenings for the last month or so. So I will try to hit upon some highlights of
our time in Bavaria these last 30ish days.
Freilichtmuseum Glentleiten
Last month we had yet another public holiday, and this one
we spent with Aunt Ellen. She took us to
a Freilichtmuseum (‘Free Air Museum’ =
outdoor museum) that showcased the daily lives of the rural people in Upper
Bavaria. They have over 60 historical
buildings that have been moved from their original location somewhere in Upper
Bavaria to a condensed location. It was
really interesting to walk through these small farmhouses where people worked
and lived back in the day. It’s always
surprising to see how people lived through our modern viewpoint. But when that is all you know, and things
like televisions or modern plumbing haven’t been invented yet, you don’t know
what you are missing out on.
Oberammergau
Our next stop after the museum was to spend a little time in
Oberammergau since we were so close. Oberammergau
is a town known for ‘Lüftlmalerei’ -
frescoes painted on their
buildings. For example, some have fairy
tales like Hansel and Gretel painted on them, while others have scenes from the
crucifixion. One of the painted
buildings we visited was where Noah’s Uncle Dave and Aunt Jennifer were
married.
Noah’s birthday
June 23rd marked the day Noah hit the big
2-7! He is getting old, luckily he has
his much younger (by 30 days) wife to keep him youthful. While the actual birthday was spent in
Annecy, France, we returned to Munich to a delicious cake from Aunt Ellen! It even had soccer candles for him to blow
out. Here he is posing after blowing all
the candles out in one try (and Sadie looks very impressed in the background).
A quick visit from a Longhorn
We had our first visit from a non-family member when a
college buddy of ours – Rohan – came for a short visit (2 nights) before a
conference. Unfortunately this was the
hottest weekend we have had – hitting 90 degrees! It might not seem like much to those friends
in Texas/Arizona, but remember…. no air conditioning!!! We thought we could escape the heat by
venturing into the Alps for the day, but no – it was just as hot there.
We went to Herzogstandbahn (same place as this post, but
obviously no snow), and took the train to the top. We ate lunch and set out to hike down the
‘Alp’. Noah assured us that it was only 6
kilometers, so it should be easy, right?
Sure, but not when it is 90+ degrees and an elevation change of 1,000+
meters! Us girls (me and the dogs) were
pretty worn down by the end of it, but it was a beautiful hike. We even came across a few small waterfalls
that helped cool us all down. And at the
bottom we were rewarded with the cold waters of Walchensee to dip our feet/paws
in.
Noah's model shot after dipping his head in the waterfall, and the path of the water:
Our reward at the end, though it felt like forever to get there:
Auf wiedersehen from the Weiss family until the next post
about our next big adventure!
