Edelweiss Lodge and Resort in Garmisch, Germany. Definitely one of the best places we have been in Germany so far! Garmish is a neat little town, in a beautiful area, surrounded by mountains! The views are breathtaking! Edelweiss is an American Resort...all English speaking, fully staffed by Americans! It was awesome! Other than the beautiful scenery outside, you could literally forget you are outside of the United States! That was a wonderful change of pace for our family!
We spent two nights at Edelweiss. The first night the kids had swimming on the agenda! They have an indoor, heated pool...and since our kids haven't been swimming since we left the States in 2011, we decided it was time! They had a BLAST!!
The next day we got bundled up in our snow gear, rented some sleds, and headed to the slopes! No skiing for the Willises for several reasons: first, some of us are way too accident-prone, and would be guaranteed an injury; second, after this little stint in Germany, never again will our vacations include winter weather activities; and third, some of us just have NO desire to learn how to ski! So we opted for sledding instead. Once again, it was a BLAST! R and I even sledded down the hill several times, and it was FUN! I loved watching our kids laugh and scream, and just have good 'ol fashioned fun!
We decided after going back to Edelweiss and warming up, that another swim session was in order! So off to swim again we went! Again, the kids had a blast!
That evening we had reservations at a highly recommended German restaurant in town. They had traditional Bavarian slap dancing, which was pretty cool. Our waiter and the guy who runs the place were both SO friendly! They made us feel very welcome, and accomodated T's dislike of sauerkraut and love of potato salad, with no complaints! It was a refreshing change of pace from some of the other German establishments we've been in! The food was amazing!! Overall, a great experience!
The next morning we checked out and headed home. We let the GPS take us home, which took us a much more scenic route into Austria, and through some beautiful mountains. This was a GREAT weekend trip!! We can't wait to go back and explore some more!!
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| Their first swim!! |
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| Ready for dinner the first night! |
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| This is the lobby at Edelweiss! |
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| They had these great rocking chairs...with THIS view! |
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| Ready for sledding! |
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| The girls' first trip down the hill! |
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| My first trip down. I was a bit nervous! |
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| The view from our sledding hill. |
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| Little R going down. |
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| Our little guy trudged up this hill SO many times!! I was impressed! But the thrill of going down was WELL worth the climb up! |
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| A little Dance Dance Revolution challenge before dinner. |
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| This is where we ate dinner. I highly recommend it, if you are ever in the area! |
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| Waiting for our food...which took a while! |
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| My food! Jagerschnitzel with spaetzle and mushroom sauce! It doesn't look pretty, but it was delicious! BTW...this is AFTER I had eaten all I cared to eat! It was yummy, but there was LOTS of it! |
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| R and T ordered the same thing! Of course, they found the item on the menu that included the most meat, and that's what they ordered! There is sauerkraut underneath the meat...R's favorite part! |
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| This is the view from the balcony of our room. Beautiful! |
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| Headed home... |
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