Day 6 - Munich

Munich

On our last day we decided to visit Munich, which is Munchen (MUN-chen) in German. It is the third largest city in Germany but was surprisingly not bad to drive in or overly crowded on the streets. We knew we couldn't cover it all in one day but decided just to wander around the Zentrum (inner city) and check out the markets and see what we should plan for next time we visit. The Rathaus is GORGEOUS! There are several Weinachtsmarkts that kind of run together in the main Marienplatz. I know I saw everywhere I go is beautiful but this place was extra pretty, lol. The gothic rathaus building with the huge lit Christmas tree and all the decorated Christmas booths scattered around was awesome. This market had all kinds of fun stuff to see. There were many things we saw here that we hadn't seen at the other markets. Loads of handmade ornaments of all kinds, floral decorations for the holidays, hand carved nativity pieces, toys, hats and scarves, wines, cheeses, meats, candles, liquors....I could go on and on. We easily spent the day wandering the market streets and soon it was time to head back home to pack up and get ready to go home tomorrow.

On this vacation Colin discovered Twizzlers. We always have a 5 lb tub in the house and Shel and I eat them all the time. We kept the tub on the floor of the backseat and once time Shel gave Colin a Twizzler to see what he would do with it. Colin is no dummy and he chowed down! From that point on any time we tried to sneak into the Twizzler bucket and grab one out, even if we tried not to let Colin see, he would notice what was happening and scream bloody murder if we didn't give him one. He would practically wake up out of a nap if he heard the bucket move, lol.

For dinner we went back to our favorite little restaurant one last time. We ended up eating there three times this vacation, lol. It's run by a German man and Irish woman and the food is delicious! The inside was done up so pretty for Christmas and the lady loved Colin. She spoke good English and would chat with us when we came in. Everything we are there was excellent. Tonight I ended up having a steak with mushroom cream sauce and Shelby had rabbit leg in a red wine tomato sauce. I've never eaten rabbit before but if it all tastes like that I'll keep an eye out for it on future menus! If you visit Oberau the name is Conlan's or even if you stay in Garmisch it's only 10km up the road and it is worth the trip!