Bavaria, Germany trip day 3

11/08/16 
My parents left in the morning to fly back to England, so I wouldn’t see them for another week yet! Though this scared me at first, to be left alone in a different country, it was actually great to have 

  
After breakfast, me and Kat went for a walk around the edge of town, took a ton of pictures of the scenery, horses and fishes in the pond.

   
 Then we went for another walk in the old town, we brought our ice cream, mine was yogurette flavoured (schmeck gut) before finding a bench with the best view in the town. We sat with our ices admiring the mountains on the horizon.

After our walks and lunch, we sat in the garden, under the sun, to play frustration (which I won!) and uno (me :1, Kat:1) .

  
For dinner, we walked to the local pub in the old town, for another birthday meal for Kat’s other grandad. This night, like Tuesday, consisted of me listening to their conversations, listening out for any words I recognised, I felt like I was just left out of many inside jokes, having to ask someone to translate the menu, and sitting in silence eating my (beef) schnitzel and drinking my spezi (cola and fanta) until anyone wanted to speak to me.

Please check out my previous days of my German trip! 

Ellie x

Füssen – Bavaria, Germany trip day 2

10/08/16

I woke up to rain and clouds, but it was my parents last day in Germany, so we couldn’t do nothing! 

We stopped at the Weis chapel, a large, beautiful, architectural church, on route to Fussen. I loved this building, full of gold, ceiling paintings, a large organ and a lovely view when leaving the chapel.

  
We travelled to Fussen for lunch, stopping on the way to take photos of Neuschwanstein castle in Schwangau.

For lunch I chose to try (pork) Schniztel and chips, and to my surprise I actually liked it! But obviously didn’t finish it though aha! 

  
We left early because, unfortunately, my mum felt sick. So we drove home and left her to sleep in the hotel, while me and Kat enjoyed some Youtube before dinner.

For dinner we (me, my parents and Kat’s family) went to a local restaurant in Schongau, that is located inside the old wall above the frauentor (woman gate), I ate a German take on pizza made with pastry instead of bread called Flammkuchen, es war lecker! 

  
Please check my day 1 of my German trip too.

Ellie x

Bavaria,Germany trip day 1

Recently, I travelled to Germany, to visit my friend who lives in the beautiful Bavaria. I woke up at 3 am on Tuesday the 9th of August, to travel with my parents to Stanstead Airport to catch my Ryanair flight at 7:05am to Memmingen Airport.

  
After driving our hire car from the airport in Germany to the town of Schongau, and after having to constantly remind my dad, the driver, to drive in the right not left, we made it to my friends house and my parent’s hotel.

  
We were greeted by a traditional Bavarian lunch: white sausages, pretzels, bread and butter, before we went for a walk around the old town and the historic market. We wandered along the old wall that borders the old part of the town, as well as seeing one of the fantastic churches in the town centre.

  
In the evening, I left my parents and went with my friend Kat and her family to her grandfather’s birthday meal, which was, what I would call ‘fancy’, so I felt a little out if place in my jeans and sweater that I had had on since that morning! 

I met their family, who were very nice, and, thankfully, could speak English, ate a lovely meal, that if you knew me it wouldn’t surprise you that I couldn’t eat every course. I was full from just the salad starter!

We made it home (well their home obviously) at around 11/midnight, and I got a well deserved sleep.

Ellie x