“Servus” from Bavaria, Germany!

As I said I would, here are some pictures from my wonderful trip to Germany  in and around Munich.

My brother and me wearing “Lederhosen” and “Dirndl” (traditional Bavarian costumes) for a festival

A giant pretzel

“Lebkuchen”, or gingerbread in the shape of hearts, at the festival

“Prost”!!

A whole roasted ox on a stick…served on a roll with gravy: best thing ever

Me and my little brother at the Munich zoo

Munich: the Rathaus

The food market at the Viktualienmarkt in Munich

“Pfifferlinge”, or chanterelles, a typical German specialty that’s only fresh for a few months

Some more different kinds of mushrooms

You can get basically anything at this market…including pig heads!!

View from up on the mountain

Wild raspberries

Kaesespaetzle: little homemade dumplings with Swiss cheese and crispy fried onions. The German variation of mac and cheese, and so much better

We took a ski lift up to the mountain, and to get down you go down a mountain slide in little sleds…it’s so much fun!!

It was my dad’s 50th birthday, and a friend of ours made these amazing homemade apple strudels…

…and some champagne…

…and also a cake!! It was a Black Forest Cake: sponge cake, cream, cherries, and chocolate shavings. It looked so amazing we didn’t want to cut it!

We had a party for my dad’s 50th: everybody from my German family was there