My mom arrived this morning and we had a wonderful day together. First, we enjoyed a coffee at the airport starbucks and then headed to the S-Bahn, here she is waiting for the train:
After a forty-five minute train ride with one transfer and a two block walk, we arrived at our flat. My mom put her stuff down and immediately began looking around. She thought our place was really nice and very impressed with everything I had done so far with it. We ate some lunch (left-over thanksgiving food since she was on a plane during our family dinner in Chicago) and she too enjoyed the food. We both decided that the marmalade was delicious and that I should make it for Christmas dinner this year. Afterwards, we ventured to Marienplatz as I wanted to show her the famous clock tower, the Galleria and one of the Weihnachtsmarkts. We took the u-bahn to Sendlinger Tor and then transferred to the U3, which takes you right to Marienplatz. After looking at the clock tower, we headed into the Galleria where I took her to the Gourmet Grocery Store, which has a bubble bar (champagne) in the middle and I knew she would love it. After having a few glasses of bubbly, chatting with a German couple, whom spoke perfect English, and purchasing a bottle of Louis Roederer Brut Premier Reim (gold label) Champagne, we went to the American section. My mom thought it was so funny and could not believe what they import here, especially the spray cheese:
On our way out of the store, my mom noticed that some gentlemen were pouring wine, so we decided to stop and taste. We ended up purchasing a bottle of white wine from Chateau Dereszla, Tokaji Dry – Furmint Trocken 2009. Afterwards, we decided to check out the Weihnachtsmarkt (Christmas Market) and try some of the famous gluhwien. Here we are enjoying our first cup together:
My mom and I also discovered Zartbitter-Schokolade Trauben und Walnüssen (Dark Chocolate covered Grapes and Walnuts), which was absolutely delicious. It is going to be hard to resist these tasty treats. After walking around drinking our hot wine for a while, we decided to return our cups and head back to the flat to see Brad and head to dinner. Since my mom was getting a little tired, we thought it would be best to have dinner in the resturant directly downstairs. This little Italian place is great and so convenient as it is located in our building. We recently found out that we can order food and they will bring it up to our flat as well as take our packages if we are not home. How fantastic is that!?!?! My mom wanted to try their champange; however they only had Rose, which my mom normally despises, but she decided to order it anyways. She ended up really enjoying it and now I must find out what it exactly is. Dinner was really good and now it is time for bed as we have to be up early to catch a train to Neuschwanstein as we are visiting Mad King Ludwig’s Castle.
After a forty-five minute train ride with one transfer and a two block walk, we arrived at our flat. My mom put her stuff down and immediately began looking around. She thought our place was really nice and very impressed with everything I had done so far with it. We ate some lunch (left-over thanksgiving food since she was on a plane during our family dinner in Chicago) and she too enjoyed the food. We both decided that the marmalade was delicious and that I should make it for Christmas dinner this year. Afterwards, we ventured to Marienplatz as I wanted to show her the famous clock tower, the Galleria and one of the Weihnachtsmarkts. We took the u-bahn to Sendlinger Tor and then transferred to the U3, which takes you right to Marienplatz. After looking at the clock tower, we headed into the Galleria where I took her to the Gourmet Grocery Store, which has a bubble bar (champagne) in the middle and I knew she would love it. After having a few glasses of bubbly, chatting with a German couple, whom spoke perfect English, and purchasing a bottle of Louis Roederer Brut Premier Reim (gold label) Champagne, we went to the American section. My mom thought it was so funny and could not believe what they import here, especially the spray cheese:On our way out of the store, my mom noticed that some gentlemen were pouring wine, so we decided to stop and taste. We ended up purchasing a bottle of white wine from Chateau Dereszla, Tokaji Dry – Furmint Trocken 2009. Afterwards, we decided to check out the Weihnachtsmarkt (Christmas Market) and try some of the famous gluhwien. Here we are enjoying our first cup together:My mom and I also discovered Zartbitter-Schokolade Trauben und Walnüssen (Dark Chocolate covered Grapes and Walnuts), which was absolutely delicious. It is going to be hard to resist these tasty treats. After walking around drinking our hot wine for a while, we decided to return our cups and head back to the flat to see Brad and head to dinner. Since my mom was getting a little tired, we thought it would be best to have dinner in the resturant directly downstairs. This little Italian place is great and so convenient as it is located in our building. We recently found out that we can order food and they will bring it up to our flat as well as take our packages if we are not home. How fantastic is that!?!?! My mom wanted to try their champange; however they only had Rose, which my mom normally despises, but she decided to order it anyways. She ended up really enjoying it and now I must find out what it exactly is. Dinner was really good and now it is time for bed as we have to be up early to catch a train to Neuschwanstein as we are visiting Mad King Ludwig’s Castle.
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