Well, now that I got that out of my system and I feel that I have been guilt-tripped into posting, here is what has happened lately...
So two weeks ago my cousin from Boston College was randomly in Germany for a week with her school choir. For the last part of their trip they were going to be in Munich, so on a Thursday Emily and I drove up to Munich (only takes 1 hour) so we could meet here. Days before we had coordinated with her that we were going to meet her at her hotel at 2:00. Emily and I got into Munich around noon and parked at her hotel. Since we had 2 hours to kill, we figured that we would walk into the city center and then come back at two. What happens next is crazy. A few blocks away from the hotel Emily and I were stopped at a crosswalk waiting for the light to change when all of the sudden some random homeless dude comes up to me and slaps me in the face. Naturally my only reaction was to slap him back, so we got into this big slapping fest. Ok, I have to stop the lies. That didn't happen, but how great of a story would that have been if it were really to unfold. So what really happened was that Emily and I were waiting at the crosswalk when a tour bus pulls up to the stop light. Emily turned around and on the second level of the buss in the front row is my cousin. Emily starts freaking out and waving, then my cousin notices us and starts freaking out and starts yelling for the bus to stop. We didn't really know what to do, but the bus driver opened the doors to the bus and we just jumped in. We spend the rest of the afternoon walking around with my cousin ( who's name is Christina by the way) and her friends from her choir. Emily and I had already been to Munich before, so we just followed them wherever they wanted to go. It was a good day. Nice to see family so far away from home.
So here is the proof just in case you thought I made up my cousin just like the homeless guy. We are standing in front of the Glockenspiel of city hall. In German in is called a Rathaus. See the little figurines near the top, just a few minutes earlier than this picture they were spinning and dancing.
This past week, Emily and I decided to go snowboarding on Wednesday. I'm just going to throw this out there, but last week was the World Cup Ski Competition, hosted in none other than Garmisch. So not only did we get to go snowboarding on a great sunny day, but we also got stop along the side of the race and watch the fastest skiers in the world fly past us. Pretty great. This was also a day where I took my first nap on a ski hill. At the top of one of the gondolas, Emily and I were sitting on a bench facing towards the sun which felt amazing ( I love the sun) and we both fell asleep. It probably would have looked weird to some, but when I woke up there were other people doing the same thing right next to us, so maybe we are really just trend setters.
Skier about to come flying past us
The beautiful Zugspitze from the top of our lift. Straight back past the mountain is Austria.
What you see down below is the valley where our town is. Garmisch-Partenkirchen. However, what you can see is mostly Partenkirchen. They use to be two separate towns, but then Hitler ordered that they become one for the Olympics that were hosted here. Hitler also had a summer home here. It is still here, a big yellow house that someone lives in now. That must be weird.
