our trip to germany was short & sweet & i've got a lot to share about it with you. so be prepared for a lot of writing, a ton of pictures, & multiple posts. cause i can't put this all into one! We’ve been back from Germany for two days now & I’m read
to go back. If you have never been to munich, or Germany in general, go. It is
so amazing. Austin & I loved everything from the architecture, to the food,
to the people, to the landscape, to the Christmas markets…naturally. We left
for Germany Saturday morning & came back Christmas eve (Wednesday) night.
We spent two full days in munich, a day going to the neuschwanstein castle & a day in Nuremberg. I’m pretty confident in saying that going to
munich in time for the christkindlmarkts was one of the best decisions we have
ever made. I had never seen anything so magical as these markets.
as soon as we were in munich Austin & I were in love
with it, I don’t know if a large part of it had to do with all of the Christmas
cheer, but something about the city really struck us. It’s a big city but it
just seemed so quaint & cute, so colorful & really fun. Plus, it’s
insanely clean. I couldn’t get over how clean it was.. haha.
Our first night there we went straight to the
christkindlmarkts in marienplatz plaza, one of munichs main plazas, where there
were rows of markets set up beneath the new town hall & a gigantic
Christmas tree filled with white lights. All of the booths were decorated &
overflowing ornaments, nativities, dolls, candy, cookies, pottery & more.
The food at the markets was aaaaaamazing. So many bratwursts! Austin probably
ate about 7 a day, while I managed maybe 3 with a couple waffles or crepes
thrown in there as well. & cedar was digging the gingerbread cookies that
were sold everywhere. We couldn’t get enough. & they had booths of spiced
hot wine, hot chocolate, & non alcoholic spiced hot wine, which was so
good. If you know what wassle is (I thought this was a common Christmas drink, but
the older I get the less common I think it is) or tastes like, it is similar to
that. Plus, the drinks come in adorable mugs that have Christmas pictures or
say the city name or whatever. You pay a down payment on the mug & after
you drink all of your drink, you return it & get the money back. Or if
you’re like me, you can just keep the mug. I figure it will go great with all
of other mugs.
Our second day there we did a little more than juuuust the
Christmas markets, even though I could have gone back in a heart beat with not
problem at all, but Austin & I thought we should see more than just
marienplatz. We walked around the city, went into smaller markets & then
went to the English garden, where we spent the majority of our day. The English
garden is pretty much what it sounds like, but it’s huge. The garden is bigger
than hyde park in London, & central park in new york. It’ has paths going in
every direction & despite the incredibly cold temperatures, people were out
riding bikes, playing Frisbee, walking their dogs, sitting on benches reading
or talking & musicians playing throughout the park. There is a stream that
flows through the garden into the park that people have discovered they can
surf at. The stream has a constant wave going & multiple surfers take turns
giving it their best shot. It was so cool to see & it looked freezing! We
walked all over the garden before finding a smaller & extremely adorable Christmas
market. The market was set up with walls made of Christmas tree branches
surrounding it, lights strung up, huge wooden stumps subbing as tables &
horse drawn carriage rides around the markets & a garden, which cedar was
obsessed with watching.
oh cute hat. also i hear germany is amazing with christmas cheer, so glad you got to experience it in person :)
ReplyDeletethank you! i'm a little obsessed with the hat at the moment haha
Deleteit does look so quaint! my favorite thing is big cities that are clean, munich sounds like the place for me!!! the surfing looks crazy cold. hope you guys had a great christmas!
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haha yes it does! you should definitely go if you ever have the opportunity!
Deletethis looks like a DREAM. and i want cedar's coat in my size!!
ReplyDeleteThe English Garden Munich is one of the most famous places of Germany; if you have a plan to travel to Germany you should visit Munich and this garden. The blog describes the family visit to this garden which can prove to be very helpful for the people who are planning their travel to Germany.
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