The weather has been very strange in Munich. At one point it’s summer and sunny, to warm even for a jacket. The next minute it’ll rain and be cool. So we opted for McDonald’s for breakfast so the kids to play in the indoor play area. They didn’t seem to mind.
Then Hunter and I braved walk to the nearby village of Trudering. It’s name comes from the fact that the town was built around a monastery of nuns who lived after the example of Saint Gertrude. Perhaps they called her Trudy for short? The village is very quaint. It reminded me of Frankenmuth in Michigan in style–but without the forced quaintness for commercial reasons.
I was surprised he let me take this picture. He was very protective of that flower. He even got mad at me when I didn’t put it in water after we returned to our host’s home.
This is a typical home for the area we’re staying in…. I grabbed this shot on the walk back. I noted the steep slope of the all the rooftops and the presence of a snow rail just above the gutter.
The professor potted the flowers we brought home from Trudering in his mother’s vase, and I set the gnomes about to guard it. Unfortunately the gnomes were mounted on stands of chocolate bars and were overwhelmed by greedy children. Though the gnomes were taken out, the flowers and pot survived the assault.
And then came a hail storm! I’m glad Hunter and I had made it back well before that. I was told by our hostess that it actually snowed in Munich!
