This seems to be a common theme. Last minute trips to foreign countries. Kirsten Carroll, my roommate for life (aka from college) came to visit me in Prague for a week, and where did I take her? Germany.
While it wasn't random, it was last minute. Kir and I took a train to Zwickau Germany where we met up with our favorite dance maniac, Chris Fogel, or affectionately, Der Vogelmeister, a Manhattan College Grad and 4 year expat. From Zwickau we drove to Munich for dinner, and from Munich to Grainau, the town at the bottom of the Zugspitze, (or in English) the highest point in the German Alps.
Lets just say this, Germans are royalty when it comes to hospitality. Fogel's friends (we shouldn't be surprised) were incredible welcoming. They took us through a hike in the forest, out on the town to a crazy dance club named Peaches (?!), up on the Zugspitze, on a tour of an Ice Hotel, skiing, and out for amazing German food. It was a whirl-wind 4 day trip and what we will really take home with us is the open-arms generosity and hospitality we were shown.
Amazing.
Pictures shown:
German Alps from our hike
Carvings in the Ice Hotel
Kirsten and Fogel in front of the train on the way down from the Zuspitze
Our Aussie/German/American skiing and dancing group
Amazing German Beer
Fogel in his element - cheese and sausage breakfast
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