Friday we relaxed, walked Lou, and caught up on some emails while Paul was at work. In the evening we all took Lou for a walk at one of the nearby parks. She actually belongs to a friend of his who asked him to watch her for a week while she was moving. No worries - but she has been with him for over six months and she LOVES him!
Later in the evening we walked to Olympic Park which is very near his apartment. The Tollwood Summer Festival, a four week event, was going on. There were food stalls, marketplace booths, music, entertainment, and yes, beer gardens! We spent a couple hours walking around checking things out before enjoying an adult beverage and walking back.
On Saturday, Paul cooked us a great breakfast before we headed out to meet his mom, Ava, and take a hike near Tegernsee. It was hot - hot - hot! The Berggasthof Neureuth Alm loop trail going up was steep and I was definitely not in shape for this hike. With several stops (and lots of water) I made it! The mountain hut at the top (elevation over 4000 feet) was built in 1895 on the highest plot of land in Neureuth. It has a nice restaurant where we had an afternoon snack of Kaiserschmarrn, a homemade cake. Ava insisted we get TWO of the apple pastry desserts to share (one would have been more than enough!) It was yummy, but too much.
The views of the lake were amazing!
Of course, we had to have a selfie!
We took a different trail down the mountain and it was awesome! It went through the woods and little Lou raced back and forth up and down the hill. It reminded us of our dog, Penny, when she hiked with us! Roundtrip we went about four miles and 1500 feet elevation gain.
Needless to say, Lou was one tired pup on the drive back to Munich!
After dinner, Paul and his girlfriend, Mara, and Tobey and I went to the Summer Dream Music Festival at Olympic Park. The music was fun and we enjoyed listening to a couple different groups before the big excitement of the evening - the fireworks!
We found a spot on the hill opposite this one - along with thousands of other people!
Starting at 10pm, we were treated to a fireworks show like we have never seen before! It had been raining in Munich for several days before and they had to replace the entire show because the "cannons" were ruined! They flew in new fireworks from Italy and it did not disappoint. The show lasted an hour and every display was like a finale!
Here are a couple videos from the show.https://youtube.com/shorts/NvwveFhXT5A?feature=share
https://youtu.be/OKDhN1Ywfu8
After the show, we headed back to the apartment and said goodnight to Paul and Mara. We had a beautiful view of Olympic Park as we left.
On Sunday, Paul, Tobey and I (and Lou) went to a different park where the guys could have their ping-pong challenge. When Paul lived with us, he and Tobey played all the time - and kept score to know who was the overall winner. Back in the day it was Tobey; this day, it was Paul!
We had such a good time catching up with Paul and spend a few days with him but our time in Munich was coming to an end. About 5pm, another of our boys, Tom and his family picked us up and we headed to Zurich, Switzerland to spend time with them. So we said goobye to our "last" boy and his temporary roommate, Lou and left with our "first"!
Next stop - Schaffhausen, Switzerland!
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