A Weekend in Munich...

We spent the final two nights of our holiday in Munich. Due to a special deal on a hotel, we stayed outside the city center. That gave us an excuse to explore another part of the city, where we found an excellent roto-sushi restaurant. We also found a geocache.

We spent Saturday roaming around the historic center, mostly shopping, but we did pop into this church. We attempted to grab a beer at the Hofbrauhaus, but the service was atrocious so we left. Instead, we had dinner at an organic café, which made Ashlynn very happy as she’s very into healthy eating. 

Before heading to the airport on Sunday, we went to Therme Erding, home to a natural mineral springs and a huge indoor waterslide park. We especially loved the Magic Eye, the world’s longest tunnel slide in the world at 360 meters (1,180 feet).

Cool Snow Pics...

The next day, Veronica took this photo when she visited the barn near the hotel to meet the cows.

While the family skied, I took another walk. The sun was out, giving me some interesting photo ops.

When I arrived back at the waterfall, I was impressed to find an ice climber near the top.

While I was there, he climbed down.

I’ve always loved photographing reflections, so I was thrilled when I saw reflections of the Alps in the puddles on the road.

Geocaching in the Snow...

Ashlynn was excited when she found a meditation seat straight across from the falls. Of course, the conditions weren’t ideal for doing some yoga poses while contemplating the majestic beauty of nature.

Ironically, it was under that seat that Veronica found the geocache, the only one we managed to find that day.

A Frozen Waterfall...

The best thing about Ashlynn’s determination to find a geocache is that she led us to a waterfall. Of course, this time of the year it was frozen.

Apparently the Verpeilbach Waterfall is the largest remaining waterfall in the lower Kaunertal Valley after the construction of the large dam upstream.

Hking in the Snow...

I was happy that the girls decided to skip one day of skiing and were willing to go hiking with me. It was a little snowy.

We found a much nicer trail along the river than the one along the road that I took earlier in the week.

My little snow angels

Ashlynn lead us astray in an effort to find a geocache and then stopped to appreciate the beauty of the woods.

No surprise that Veronica stopped to take photos.

To the Top...

I joined the girls for a gondola ride to the top of the glacier, from which we could look into Italy and Switzerland. I was impressed that the girls later skied down from this point, but this time they took the gondola back down for a family lunch.

The glacier looks like blue ice.

Ashlynn enjoyed a few minutes in the sun.

Ski Bunnies?

The next day, Jimmy took the girls skiing at the glacier and I went on a walk with the wife of one of his colleagues. The following day, I took the ski bus to visit the glacier and check up on my ski bunnies.

Or rather, my ski ninjas.

Check out how much shorter Jimmy’s snowblades are compared to the girls’ skis. The snow conditions were much better than Garmisch was in previous years. It snowed one day and it was foggy another.