Our daughter is here, so we thought we'd take out two birds with one stone and take her to see Garmish and let the husband do the Ride The Alps motorcycle tour. We had the trip planned for a few months and were very excited.
We started the trip out by going to Ramstein, about an 3.5 hour drive in beautiful weather. We got a later start than we hoped, but still go there early enough to do a little shopping, have dinner at a great little Mexican place and let the son play.
Friday morning we took off for Edelweiss Lodge and Resort in the rain. My husband had some wet weather gear, but after a few kilometers, he learned that it wasn't so much water resistant or water proof. He and his riding buddy spent the day soaked on the motorcycles following traffic for the better part of 6 hours. It was miserable.
Friday evening we got to Edelweiss and the men went to the BBQ for the motorcycle riders, and the kids and I tried out the game room and then dinner at the sports bar. A real cheeseburger and fries was very much needed and this place makes a pretty good one. At least, when you've been away from the states for a year, it tasted good. Then I took off and treated myself to a much needed massage and the kids went to the pool. Everyone was exhausted and crashed early.
Saturday they men went out for their 2nd wet ride of the weekend and were able to see some neat places, despite the rain. It was suppose to be a poker run, but they had to make a detour because of a bike race and didn't get to all the places. I don't think they cared, because they beat us back to the lodge even after checking out downtown Garmisch.
While the men were out riding in the rain, the kids and I took a bus tour to Neuschwanstein Castle in southwest Germany. It was just beautiful. King Ludwig II was a bit eccentric and spent lots of money building this gorgeous castle in the last 1800s. Even though he was alive for the building of this castle, he only lived in it for 172 days before he and his psychiatrist died mysteriously. Only 6 weeks after his death, it was opened to the public for tours to help pay back King Ludwig's debts and his been open most of the time since. Even though the weather wasn't lovely, it stopped raining while we were there and we had a good time. My son was quite taken by the padded "throne" surrounding the toilet and that's probably the only thing he remembers about the castle tour. Boys.
We finished our little vacation with a very wet ride on Sunday back to Ramstein that took 8 hours. With the rain, the traffic and the road construction, the trip took a whole lot longer than it needed too. Next time, like I did the first time I was there, we'll take the train or a cheap flight to Munich and then the train from there. That being said, my usually active, loud, less than ideal traveler was wonderful in the car the entire trip, so no complaints there. Really, no complaints about the weekend. The kids and I were warm and dry in the car and the husband got through it safely and now has plenty of wet weather driving experience on the motorcycle.
I love Garmish and the whole Bavarian region of Germany, I can't wait until we can get back again.
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