Days on trip: 8
Adults on trip: 8
Students on trip: 10
Suitcases taken: 2 carry-ons
Movies watched on round-trip flights: 4 (plus TV shows)
Hotels stayed at: 3
Days it snowed: 5
Maximum layers worn at one time: 4
Days it rained: 2
Castles visited: 4
Palaces visited: 3
Churches/cathedrals visited: 4
Alpine villages visited: 1
Museums visited: 2
Towns/cities visited: 12
Passed Hitler's "palace": 2 times
Saw a German dachshund: 3 times
Saw a German shepherd: 2 times
Rode on a riverboat on the Rhine river: 2 times
Passed a frog crossing: 2 times
Ate apple strudel: 3 times
Ate REAL Black Forest Cake: 2 times
Ate bratwurst: 2 times
(Tiny) sips of beer: 2
Walked up and down a mountain: 6 times
Paid to go to the bathroom: 1 time
Pictures taken: 689
Traditional German foods eaten: (pork) schnitzel, black forest cake, apple strudel, bratwurst, potato pancakes with applesauce, potato dumplings, (warm) potato salad, schneeballen
Most unusual food eaten: Lung of veal
Times I'm going to eat lung of veal again: 0
We also were able to visit the Dachau memorial, the site of one of Hitler's concentration camps.
Below is a castle where the 33rd generation of the original family still lives. In the spirit of enterprise, they open part of it to the public to help pay for the upkeep.
Times I thought what a beautiful country Germany is: Lost count
3 comments:
Sounds like an awesome trip! Glad you are back safe and sound.
This is such a fantastic picture of you guys - one for the ages, one your kids will all want to own, saying, "Look how young and beautiful and *cool* my parents were!"
Beautiful?!?! Rachel, your new glasses need a recheck! :-)
Hey. A trip to the South of Germany? That's SO awesome. :-)
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