Cadets in the House!

We were lucky and Dominic got to come home for Spring Break this year and he brought three great friends with him. We were so excited to have them here.

They had a super busy week, but I think they had a lot of fun too.  We of course started their visit with a trip to Andechs.

They of course spent a few days in Munich seeing the city and sampling the local specialties.

Then they branched out and one day they took the train to Salzburg and another they took the train to the famous castles - Neuschwanstein and Hohenschwangau. These were two long days but they certainly enjoyed what they saw and really made the most of the trip.

While they were here it was Starkbierfest. Stef and I were able to borrow enough lederhosen from her friends so that each boy was outfitted in proper trachten.  We had such a fun night with them at Lowenbrau.

Meeting some of the performers

Traditionally each night at Starkbierfest a "Miss Starkbier" is chosen by the crowd and there is a strong man contest.  When the girls were on stage the boys were picking favorites, although only Alex (the one without a girlfriend) was really paying attention. He chose lovely #5, well it turned out she was sitting at the table next to us. Her friend came over asking our table to vote for her and one thing led to another and later Alex was dancing with Anita!

Dominic tried for the strong man contest but you had to qualify by lifting 250kg (a little over 500 lbs) As you can see from the pictures, he did a little over 200kg but just couldn't get there.  You can also see from the size of the guy running the contest that it would have been great if Dominic had been up on the stage competing, the three finalists were BIG guys.

We also took them to Herzogstand. After a fun night at Starkbierfest the boys preferred riding the bahn up the mountain but then they did climb to the peak. Steve and I didn't join them - too much snow - but they were happy to climb their way through it. I was glad we didn't go when they showed me the videos of them jumping and sliding through the snow to get back down! Afterwards we had a great lunch in the hutte enjoying the view!

They spent their last day in Germany in Munich and then we had a great dinner and celebrated Dominic's birthday a little early. We're so glad they could all join us for the week.