We just had a great 10 days with Steve's mom and sister Vicki. They officially came for Dominic's graduation but we managed to show them a fair bit of Bavaria while they were here too! Using the theory of a picture is worth a thousand words this post will be filled with photos with a few details.
Kay and Vicki arrived on a lovely day. The kids all had Saturday night plans so we headed to Tutzing for dinner on the lake, introducing Vicki to her first Wiener Schnitzel!
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| Vicki, Steve, Grandma & Missy |
Dominic had a lunch scheduled in Augsburg the next day to meet his
West Point Sponsor. So we took Vicki and Kay with us.
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| Dominic outside the Augsburg Cathedral |
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| Grandma & Dominic |
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| Goldener Saal - Golden Hall in Augsburg City Hall |
Monday brought a trip to
Ettal Monastery and
Linderhof Palace and Oberammergau. While Kay had been here before it was nice for her to go when the weather was beautiful and not cold and snowy. The highlight of this day though was meeting Steve and Vicki's cousin Terry and her family for lunch. So fun to visit and get to see them.
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| Vicki & Grandma |
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| Grandma, Vicki, Terry & Missy |
Tuesday brought a visit to Dachau. Dachau is a sobering place to visit. We spent most of the day here listening to the audio guide and reading through the information.
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| The sign at the gate - Work makes you Free |
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| Memorial - behind it is a rebuilt barrack |
Dominic joined us Wednesday morning for lunch before his Graduation practice. We had lunch at the Glockenspiel Cafe after watching the famous Munich Glockenspiel do its thing. Kay, Vicki and I then did two different bus tours around Munich, an easier way for them to see most of the city. We had fun trying to get great shots through the windows, not always easy to time. That evening we went to Steve's favorite place,
Andechs Monastery for dinner. This time Rachel joined us.
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| Dominic, Vicki & Grandma |
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| Vicki & Grandma photographing the Olympic Stadium |
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| Grandma & Steve |
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| Vicki - working through her "Have a bier for me" list |
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| Rachel & Grandma |
Thursday was a holiday so we went back to Munich for a little more touring. Although the weather didn't totally cooperate with us we did get to the spots we wanted to see and we saw the surfers in the English Garden. Also, we had lunch at the most famous of all the bierhalls - Hofbrähaus.
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| This woman was the most talented surfer out there. |
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| Prost! |
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| Vicki, Grandma & Missy |
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| Hofbräuhaus |
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| Missy, Vicki & Grandma |
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| Vicki & Missy in Marienplatz |
Friday, their seventh day in Germany, we spent in Dießen at their annual pottery market. This is supposedly one of the largest pottery markets in Europe and it does not disappoint. Also? There is this magnificent church there, Marienmünster. Absolutely stunning, definitely one of the most beautiful churches we have seen here. And that is really saying something, we have seen a lot of churches! (ask the kids)
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Grandma, Vicki & Missy
We stayed a little closer to home on Saturday, enjoying Starnberg, the lake and the French Festival taking place in our town. Stefanie joined us too! We were taking it easy getting ready for Dominic's graduation day!
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| Vicki, Grandma, Stefanie & Missy at Lake Starnberg |
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| Vicki & Grandma at the Church Square enjoying a Hugo! |
Monday found us all more than a little tired so we headed back to Oberammergau to do a little shopping. It is the best place to go for Bavarian souvenirs. Tuesday was Kay and Vicki's last day in Germany. Steve took them to see Bavaria's most famous castle Neuschwanstein and the castle "next door" Hohenschwangau.
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| Vicki at Hohenschwangau |
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| Grandma & Vicki overlooking Hohenschwangau |
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| Grandma & Vicki at Neuschwanstein |
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| One last bier and pretzel! |
What a terrific visit we had with both of them! It was so awesome that they could make the trip for Dominic's graduation and see a little of Germany too!
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