Downtown Munich - University Side

Hi everyone!! 

So the thunderstorm did roll in last night and it was actually quite pleasant to fall asleep to. But by the time we woke there wasn’t any rain. Or so we thought, literally the second we finished driving into the city center it started raining. And of course, Tanja and I were woefully unprepared so we had to run into a shop and grab an umbrella. We weren’t the only ones with this idea because there was a line in the store with a bunch of other suckers like us only buying umbrellas lol. 

The three of us walked around the city and past the top two universities in Germany. They were beautiful and Tanja said I could walk around inside while she waited outside with her baby. I literally took 10 steps inside and was like nope, I’m so glad I finished all my schooling and never want to be on campus again and practically ran out haha. I did get one picture of the main hall though. 

There were also cool white pamphlets set in the stone in the shape of roses to represent the White Rose Organization, which was a group of students that spoke up about Hitler and tried to raise awareness against him before they were all killed. I can’t imagine being so brave and speaking the truth even when you know you’ll die because of it. Nowadays we see this happening with journalists and spyware, I’m just hoping I never get put in such a position. Who knows if I could be so brave? 

The baby obviously went crazy for the fountain and we stayed there for a bit before walking the other part of the city where we passed the Victory arch. It was bombed during WWII and when rebuilt the architects and public were very skeptical of war and it became an arch for Peace over War. Also, because the Bavarian crest is lions, they have the man holding lions which I thought was way cooler than they typical Roman riding horses. Don’t get me wrong, horses are still my favorites, but it was a nice change up. 

The funniest part of today was Tanja and I were looking for a place to eat, and nothing sounded good but burritos. Guess I’m starting to miss home? So she took us around to a tiny shop run by Mexican owners and omg I was so happy! I missed my avocados. The restaurant was so crowded we ended up eating our burritos on the curb, quite contently I might add. There was definitely happy dancing from me! Even Tanja says she misses all the food options she had, especially Mexican and Thai, from when she lived in the OC.

The weather completely turned around by the time we made it back home so Max’s grandparents invited us for tea and cheesecake that afternoon. Oh my goodness it was adorable, they brought out all the fine china, despite the presence of a very active one year old boy. Super bold move on their part!! And not only that, when I said yes to having ice cream with my cheesecake, because I can never say no to ice cream! the grandpa brought out SEVEN scoops which he presented to me with an enthusiastic “ta-dah!“ We passed the rest of the afternoon playing in the gardens and chatting before it was time to go home and put the baby to bed. 

Get excited for tomorrow though because there’s going to be lots of bread and cake making!! Our dough has taken a final knead for the night and is well on its way to the 20 hour proofing mark so that means we get to bake in the morning!

Love, 

Carolyn