And so I've caught my breath and will now continue.
After taking the overnight train, we reached Munich in the early hours of the morning. We chose Munich to be our base area as our flight out is from Munich. Munich was hot, 31 degrees to be exact. It was a pretty drastic change from London and Amsterdam which was about 12 degrees. So very soon our jackets were left untouched.
We checked in and then rested for a while before we met Alim's brother who was on honeymoon in Europe too. We went to the English Garden, had a little picnic and the kids ran around for a bit. It was nice except for the hot hot weather.
We decided to take it slow from here coz as expected by now we were getting tired and losing steam abit so it was cue for us to rest and take things super slow. We rented a car the next day and decided to visit the Neushwanstein Castle which is one of the castles which inspired Walt Disney to come up with the Disney logo. Of course, Alisha was super excited and the kids were thrilled to enter into an actual castle. The castle was perched beautifully on a hill and the hike up wasn't particularly something I would like to do again but the view from the castle was really pretty! The castle tour was interesting but rather short.
After a tiring hike, all we wanted was a nice cool drink and and ice cream. We walked around a bit and found a really beautiful lake, Lake Alpsee. There happened to be a nice restaurant overlooking the lake and I decided to have a small belated birthday celebration and fathers day dinner for Alim. The view, the ice cream and the walk along the lake was really nice. :)
We then drove home passed beautiful greenery and pretty little villages.
The next day we checked out from Munich after a 2 nights stay and decided to do a 2 hour drive to Innsbruck, Austria.
We were torn between driving to Salzburg and Innsbruck. Although I think Salzburg is just as beautiful but I am glad we ended up in Innsbruck. In Innsbruck all I wanted to do was stay in a really pretty cottage in some village with super awesome view and just not do anything. We managed to find this really awesome place in Booking. Com and our apartment had a really beautiful view of the mountains and greenery. It was quiet and pretty.
Then poor Alim got sick for 2 days, vomitted non stop. He might have caught the bug somewhere we have no idea where from. We were lucky our apartment was near to everything which we needed. We went to the doctor and he received an injection to stop the vomitting. He rested for two days. We bought all our supplies at a nearby supermarket and I somehow managed to make some porridge for him and the kids. As the plan was to rest and chill at the cottage, rest we did as Alim needed time to recover. The good thing was there's wide open field, a playground and a swimming pool at the cottage which managed to keep the kids occupied but mostly they enjoyed playing in the apartment the most. For me, the view was more than enough:)
Once Alim got better, we drove around Innsbruck city. It was a pretty sight to see all the buildings standing against a backdrop of mountains. Reminds me of Switzerland a bit. After our little cottage respite, we drove back to Munich to
do some last minute shopping for a day and then catch our late flight the next day.
On our last day in Munich, we went around the city centre at Marienplatz, Maximilanatrasse and drove around and ate nice Indian food after getting sick of kebab throughout the trip.
Soon it was time to go home. And that pretty much was the end of the crazy adventure. It was crazy because many things were not planned properly. We booked accomodations a day before we actually check out from another hotel so we were constantly relying on the hotel's free wi-Fi. Car rental was also done over there and we basically planned our itinery on a day to day basis.
Alisha and Irfan were wonderful. They were adaptable, easily entertained and enjoyed every experience they had. Irfan called it the amazing race because we were at times rushing to catch the next train, the next tour and so on. Alisha was a little picky when it comes to food but the good thing is she was weaned off the bottle finally because we didn't bring her milk for this trip. Hope it stays that way.
Shahid on the other hand was like a squirmy worm as he always is. Sometimes when we were tired, he was not and we just have to keep a vigilant eye on him. He was pretty alright when we were on the go, usually he will be asleep or sitting quietly in his stroller. Making milk and changing diapers were the usual order of the day. :)
There were many silly stories that we will remember from this adventure. Till the next, I hope irfan and Alisha will remember this trip for as long as they can.
It was surely memorable. Now, time to get back to this time zone. We are still adjusting. The kids fell asleep at 4 am last night and woke up at 2 pm! It 'll take some time.
It's 6 am now. Im taking sometime to adjust too. Maybe tomorrow. For now, Good night!
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