Day at the Quarry

Yesterday Eva and I took the baby to a tiny village in Bavaria to see the quarry/company that her grandfather owned. It was quite neat, they gave us a tour on a Jeep and everything. I couldn’t understand a lot of what our guide was telling us, but Eva translated some of it for me. I couldn’t imagine working in a quarry in BAVARIA..where they have feet and feet of snow to deal with every winter! It was neat to be in her grandfather’s office and look at all of the pictures.

After that, we went to the only place to eat in town, called something that started with a W…and, even though it was 3:30 on a Monday, this place was packed! I had a delicious pork dish with a Knödel dumpling and gravy, and then we had DESSERT.

OH. My. God. This place made the most incredible cakes I have ever seen! They had this tiny little bakery inside, and by the looks of it, people were coming in and out just to take cake away! Just like Hayes Barton. We had “Kaiserschmann”, a traditional Austrian dessert…it’s pretty much like a really fancy funnel cake with apple sauce. Fried dough and powdered sugar. But it’s much denser and creamier and it has raisins in it. We shared it, but I’m positive I consumed about 80% of it. Then, we took 5 pieces of cake home with us because they looked so amazing! Also, they had the best, most delicious, butteriest coffee I have had since being over here. I must get the name of the town and the Café so I can try to go back someday!

After lunch, Eva and I and Mucki went for a little walk around the area, and she told me about this hike from Munich to Venice through the Alps. She spent a week with her dad doing this hike several years ago, and said it was such fun, and that I should think about doing it! You hike through the Alps, and every day you plan how far you want to go, and at the end of each day you stay at these tiny little country inns, and then go to the market in town to get bread and sausage and cheese to eat for the day! All you need to bring with you is a good pair of boots and socks, underwear, a raincoat and a fleece, a camera, and a toothbrush. I was sold. I just need to find a buddy who wants to do it with me, because as cool as that would be, I don’t think it would be very safe to go alone. But apparently the inns are super cheap…around 7 euros a night for a room! Split between 2 that’s only 3.50! So for 7 days, 6 nights, you could spend only around 20 euros apiece! AMAZING. And then, you’d either end up in Munich or in VENICE. I really wish I could do the whole hike, but that takes about a month….a bit longer than I have.