tegernsee

In November, I had a chance to reunite with a former coworker of mine from Portland. Cynthia and her husband, Josh, moved to Germany several years ago. Cynthia, who still works for EY, just happened to be auditing a company that is literally across the courtyard from my office, so, after some Facebook messaging, we grabbed lunch together to catch up. After hearing that they were spending the weekend in Munich (they live on base outside of Nuremberg), we decided to also meet up for dinner on Friday night and go for a hike on Saturday.

On Saturday morning, we met at the Munich Hauptbahnhof. We grabbed a few beers for the train ride (since when did the time of day ever stop us from having a beer?), picked a nice four-square on the train (yes, near the toilet again), and headed out for Tegernsee. Tegernsee is a beautiful town surrounded by the Alps, conveniently located on a lake also named Tegernsee (remember: see means lake) with a brewery called Tegernseer. Great beer, by the way. Lake, Alps, Beer... we couldn't miss.

It was a brisk sunny day and we hiked up to the top of Neureuth, a mountain rising up directly behind the town. It was a steep hike through the forest with hilarious company, stunning views, a delicious meal, and tasty beers at the top.

Goat friend.

Always a beer garden.

Cuffed pants. Good look.

Some snow at the top. It was freezing when we weren't moving.

Enjoying beers and delicious food at the top, whilst freezing our asses off.

Steep hike down.

Despite desperately needing to pee, I couldn't resist a picture with the bell-wearing cows.

Finished the hike with some beers at the Tegernseer brewery, down near the lake.

Hopefully we will be able to spend more time with Cynthia and Josh before they move back to the US in mid-2015! 

Until the next post!

xoxo,

L & R