Landed

We are on German soil.  The flight went remarkably well compared to previous flights.  No major melt downs, only a little crying.  The girls slept a grand total of one stinking hour so there was lots of uncomfortable rocking and singing to keep everyone happy but it worked and we survived the international flight.  The most yelling might have come from Jay when they informed us that they had split up our seats for the flight to munich and we would have to sit separately for 8 hours.  Glad all that is behind us now.

I had forgotten about the free wine on international flights.

As I sit here on night two reflecting on the past 36 hours I am happy with what we've accomplished so far.  Despite some wicked exhaustion and a little anxiety induced IBS I think things are going to be just fine.  Our first order of business after landing, getting to our place, and taking a nap was to have our first meal...doner kebab.  Wierd to come all the way to Germany for Turkish food, but it's what we have been looking forward to the most.  We plan on eating doners for dinner at least once a week.  We took the train downtown to a higher rated kebab shop and Jay went in to order.  I found a table outside and was immediately approached by a nice German lady whom I did not understand but gathered she wanted to sit at our table so I obliged.

Our new friend Sabina who used to work at Andres!

First of many gellato stops.

Waiting for the train.

First German meal.

Some familiar snacks.

Wouldn't you know she was thrilled to find we were americans and went on tell us that she lived in Overland Park and worked at Andres in the eighties!  She knows the whole Swiss crew and how to make all those delicious treats!  We remenisced about the Plaza and downtown and then she gave us the DL on some inside spots in Munich.  Such a happy chance meeting on night one that left us feeling welcome and at home.  

Night one was a doozey and the four of us were up partying at 2 am.  The girls have been unruly little monsters as they adjust.  We're trying to take things slow and decided to limit our day two outings to Aldi and the Hofbrau Keller.  The food here is so cheap compared to our usual so I'll be living off of the two dollar blocks of brie and fifty cent balls of fresh mozzerella.  Good thing we're doing a lot of walking.  My feet already hurt as they are getting broken in to a new standard of use.  There was a playground at the beer garden where we got our first chance to take a breath and soak in our new reality over beer, pretzel, and dumplings.  I'm excited to go to sleep tonight and hopefully wake up a little bit fresher every day.  Sunday will be spent at home unpacking and organizing our half of the "Double House Rose". - Aber & Out