“There are many paths to the top of the mountain, but the view is always the same.”

This weekend we went to Munich! This was on my list of places to go while we are here, so I was really excited about the trip. And I was extra excited because we got to meet up with a couple of real friends, Jacquie and Ivan, while we were there!

Normally we meet up with friends at one of our houses, but this time we met them at Hitler’s house… on the top of a mountain in Germany. The weather cleared, and the views from the top were awesome. As Jacquie said, we might have the same Christmas card pictures this year. 

 

The house is called the Eagle’s Nest and was one of Hitler’s retreats. We had to ride a bus since the roads are closed to the public and then take an elevator the last 120 meters up to the top. Who doesn’t have to take an elevator to get to their house? 

We had our second sausage meal and some number of beer at the top. 

That night we went to the Hofbrauhaus, which was worth the eight hour train ride in itself. We had a pretzel appetizer, more sausages, some liters of beer, and John was the happiest he has been since we have arrived in Europe.

 

We stayed until they closed down that night and then accidentally went to another bar. It was one of those nights when none of us could remember why we needed to go to another bar. Those are the best nights.