We have finally returned from the airport where we got to see my grandma and grandpa Hickey prior to their Christmas Market 10-day cruise, but getting there was a disaster. First, we were running late and going to miss the u-bahn. So Brad ran to the ATM, while my mom finished getting ready and ended up meeting him at the corner. We were back on schedule until we got the train station and figured out that the ticket machines do not take 50 euro bills. Therefore, Brad had to run back upstairs, find an open coffee shop (harder than you think as most places are closed on Sundays), purchase a coffee and then hurried back to the train station. At this point, we are completely behind schedule and decide to take the S8 via Hauptbahnof rather than our normal way as it appears to be coming more frequent. Upon arriving at Hauptbahnof, we noticed several of the trains were not running and the same announcement was coming across the loud speaker every few minutes. After five minutes of trying to interpret what they were saying, we decided to ask someone. Sure enough the S8 was not stopping in the main station as something had occurred early that morning and we need to take a different train in order to pick it up some place else. After about an hour we arrive at the airport and are looking forward to seeing my grandparents. However the directions my grandpa wrote out are extremely difficult to read and somehow we wind up at a Bayern Munich Soccer press conference. Completely random and of course I want to stay and watch it, but my mom gets directions and after about ten more minutes of walking around, we find them. After an hour or so visit, my grandparents are off to catch their cruise and we all decide to hang out at the Christmas Market. The airport has a fairly large one, with lots of food, shopping, an ice skating rink, and of course, gluhwein!
A view of the Christmas Market from one of the gluhwein outside bars
Brad love the cheese pretzels the best.
After a few mugs of hot spiced wine and ornaments, we decide to head back to the flat. Since it is cold and snowy today (not to mention everything is closed), we decide to hang out at home and watch movies. We did enjoy a wonderful dinner at Lowenbrau last night and my mom loved her Wiener Schnitzel and giant beer!
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