Edie took her first trip outside of Munich last weekend. Sad, but true. Finances and general new parent lily-liveredness have kept us stationary. But with our friend in town, we (mostly "I") took a deep breath, faced our fears, and traveled with baby.
Our destination was the Alpine town of Mittenwald. Points of interest: Elaborate murals on many of the buildings, tiny Catholic shrines hidden in the forest, waterfalls, and streams that run through the town - streams that are far lovelier when you don't inspect them too closely as they are all too frequently victims of litterbugs. Lost points: no Starbucks, or any other coffee shop open on Saturday afternoons. Boo. But it is truly a unique and picturesque town.
Best news is, of course, that we live to speak of this trip. E managed two cat naps, rendering her keyed up and slaphappy on the two hour train ride back. She talked the. entire. way. home. Thank goodness she's cute. I bounced her on my knee, aimed her at some ladies, and she babbled happily (and somewhat frantically) at her captive audience.
I write this as we embark on our first ever weekend out of town tomorrow morning. Three nights in a hotel, 4.5 hour train trip. Say a little prayer for us. Call me crazy, but I'm looking forward to it!
That's a good start and she'll love seeing so many new people. It's good for the soul to get out of our daily huts and explore what else the world has to offer. Hats off to you, Will and little e who no doubt was quite relaxed about the whole thing.
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