What a great start to our Germany trip

Karen and I flew to Munich one day ahead of the rest of the group.  We booked a room at the Munich Airport Marriott.  We arrived in the afternoon.  I was concerned about staying outside of Munich center, but silly me.  We were actually in the town of Freising and it was adorable.  Little lanes decorated for Christmas and darling store fronts.  Gorgeous churches and church bells ringing and ringing!  Loved it.

We stayed that night but unfortunately we had not slept on the plane for even an hour so we were in bed at 6:30 p.m. - we both woke up at 9 and thought it was morning - oh no - 9 p.m.  Back to sleep for us and then I woke up at 2:30 and willed myself to sleep until 8.  Yeah!

We had a lovely buffet breakfast at the hotel for only 5 Euros each.  That is an amazing deal and what makes it even more amazing is that we made ourselves a sandwich for lunch too!  Cha ching!

We took the Marriott shuttle back to the airport to meet up with our tour group and guide, Agnes.  Agnes, is a darling red head from Ireland.  Doesn't speak German but is quite cute.

We drove about an hour and forty-five minutes to the most adrorable "Hansel and Gretel" town of Ruhpolding!  Oh my gosh, can it get any better than this?  Oh yes, it can.  The front desk clerk came out and got Karen and I and took us across the street to another place to sleep.  We thought "oh no!"    We should have been saying "oh YES!"  She walked us into the cutest two bedroom apartment with a lovely sitting area, kitchenette, water closet and great bathroom - SCORE!  Danke danke danke!  We hugged her!  This is so awesome!  Just what Santa said he was going to get me!  Our hotel is called Hotel Zur Post - it used to be the post office.  It is from the 1300.

We had dinner tonight and everyone (but us) was exhausted and just wanted dinner over.  Most left before dessert was served.  That darn jet lag - pass me their desserts - Bavarian Cream!  Yum!

Tomorrow, Monday, December 7th - we are going to Herrenchiemsee Castle (pronounced Kimsee).  This castle was build by King Ludwig II.