The Story of the Smiths: Edelweiss Vacation

11.24.2012

Edelweiss Vacation

We have been home for almost 2 weeks now so I guess its about time for me to get the blog posts done for our European vacation. Since the Air Force was kind enough to pay for my plane ticket to Germany and I had over 100,000 Hilton Honors points built up from my months of staying at the Homewood Suites in Jackson for my ICU rotations, we decided to fly Sarah out to Germany after my Landstuhl ICU rotation was over so that we could do some sightseeing. Grammy and Grampy were kind enough to keep Shelby for the week so Sarah and I took advantage and decided to tour Germany and London too! Sarah's flight was an overnight flight which put her into Frankfurt in the mid-morning so we rented a car and drove on the Autobahn down to Garmisch which was about 5 hours south towards the Alps. It was a lot of fun for me to drive on the Autobahn and get passed by exotic sports cars and it gave Sarah some time to nap. We finally made it to Edelweiss in the mid-afternoon and checked in, but the sun was setting by 430pm. The next day, we slept in to let Sarah get over the jet lag of missing a night of sleep and spent the day around the Edelweiss Resort and Garmisch. The second day we drove to Neuschwanstein Castle which supposedly was the inspiration for Walt Disney when designing Cinderella's Castle. It was a lot of fun to see the amazing castle sitting high in the Alps. The third day, we took the train to Munich and walked down to Marienplatz which is the main square surrounded by gift shops, beer gardens and even a cathedral. We missed the show, but the Glockenspiel is a life-sized cuckcoo clock in the middle of the square that has a 15minute show which re-enacts historical events once a day. The next day we checked out of Edelweiss and drove back to Frankfurt for our flight to London!