I was so excited for this weekend to come. It all started yesterday with a 6 hour bus ride from Baumholder to the south of Germany....................Garmisch-Partenkirchen. Our tour guide mentioned that the two towns were separate until the respective mayors of both towns were forced by Adolf Hitler to combine the two market towns in 1935. The unity of the towns was referred to as Garmisch and this dismayed the Partenkirchen residents. Today the correct identity for this area is Garmish-Partenkirchen; however despite how the two small towns are neighbors and close in proximity they have two separate schools, two separate churches, two separate Schuhplatteln clubs or as we would know it the "shoe slapping dance"
Anyway Ed and I were heading to a couples retreat at the Edelweiss Lodge & Resort
The bus ride to Garmish-Partenkirchen was 6 hours and on our way to the South of Germany we saw this huge parking garage that spanned across the autoban
We went through lots of tunnels
We saw lots of cathedrals
It was a beautiful day the sun was shining and then the hills started to grow
And grow
And grow
And grow
The ride was so long that when we arrived at the resort we had time to check in eat dinner and then attend a class on The 5 Love Languages. Yep, it was afterall a couples retreat sponsored by Ed's company or would that be the battalion? Whatever.........I think it is a magnificent program that helps couple reunite after deployment.
I am proud to say that Ed and I were the couple in the group that has been married the longest @ 18 years. We have been through it all and still going strong.
I'll blog about our free day today and our tour of King Ludwig's castle.
PUG HUGS TO ALL
