Austria Vacation - Trip There & Munich

We had so much fun last year that we couldn't wait to head back to Austria again this year. I remember to bring a little notebook to write down all the little anecdotes throughout the week or so.

We were in line for security at Heathrow and they have a new rule where you can only have one carry on so we were cramming things into the kids backpacks and YES it all fit. As we were getting up to the desk a Heathrow employee was escorting a VIP through the line. It was Sven Goran Eriksson, the former coach of the England National team.

The rest of the trip was uneventful until we got to the rental car place. They never got the online order for a van that I had confirmed over the phone before booking via the web. The car they were going to give us was very nice (Mercedes C class) but they were trying to find us something that would work for 6 people. The car would only hold 5, which was workable, but then it didn't hold all our bags. We ended up with a top-of-the-line Volkswagen Toureg.

We made it down to the hotel to check in..blah..blah...We decide to head to the Hofbrau House on the first night. We lucked out and got a table pretty easily. Food was average. Beer and pretzels were very good. The atmosphere was great.

Being a fanatic for churches I was lucky to visit 2 in Munich: Frauenkirche (Cathedral of Our Lady) and St Peter's. Both are near Marianplatz and the Glockenspiel. We went to a toy museum that had a great display of Steiff bears and other teddy bears dating back 100 years,

We walked around the square and the weather was a bit warmer than last year and, you guessed it, no snow. We bought some fruit from a stall and just enjoyed being outside in such a beautiful city.