Gruess Gott! Well, we made it here safe and sound in one piece (well, two - since there are two of us) to Germany. We had a very harried Sunday morning getting everything together. It felt like everything that could go wrong, went wrong. But we finally got our act together and made it to Dallas in time to go to dinner with my ultra-cool cousin Angie who let us crash at her place for the night. She also let us love all over her cat Musket, who was the poor recipient of a lot of pent-up guilt we were feeling over leaving our felines.
The flight over was great - direct, and on this amazing plane where you can pick and choose among various movies and entertainments. We had lots of legroom, and Toli watched three movies. We got into Frankfurt early in the morning, and I remembered enough German to get our train ticket to Munich. (BTW - did you know there's a sex shop in both the Frankfurt airport and its adjoining train station?)
When we got here to Munich this afternoon, it was snowing! I've been in snow before, but this was the first time I actually noticed the snowflakes. I know this sounds stupid, but snowflakes really do look like those cutouts and pictures. They were really pretty, but after having a few of them blow into my eyes, I got over it.
Anyway, Toli and I got the chance to check out the Marienplatz, the Christmas Market, and the sights, smells and sounds (and additional sex shops - I'd forgotten how many there were) of the main downtown. Toli launched straight for the doener kebab stands (the Turkish version of gyro that is much closer to the original than anything you can get in the U.S.), and we did some minor damage to a local bakery buying out some pastries. We passed out for a few hours in the afternoon (jet lag be damned - we're tired, we're on vacation, and we wanna sleep) before hitting the town again for a *looooong* walk and some rather impressive Indian food. Besides the doener stands and the beer halls (cuz you know we're such lushes) it was the only thing open at 11:00pm that would still feed us.
So our bodies are cold, tired, and completely unused to the weather, but our tummies are (as always) happy. If only the kitties (and you, of course) were here.
Posted by Christine at December 16, 2003 05:36 PMyaaaay! you arrived safely! i'll be the first to post a comment since i'm the sad soul here in LA who's checking this website daily in hopes of living vicariously through my uber cool sister and brother in law. i'm so jealous. how i wish i could get snowflakes blown in my eyes, stuff my face with pastries, and visit the sex shop in the frankfurt airport. haha. thank goodness you have a weblog so i can stalk you and keep track of all your adventures. i miss you! bring me back good presents :)
Posted by: bibi at December 18, 2003 12:14 PM