Songbird76
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Wednesday we went to Monschau. It's less than an hour from aachen and we had looked up things to do in the area and this town just looked so picturesque. On their website, they had a couple of tours, and it mentioned a glass blower, which A had been fascinated with in DLP a few years ago, so we thought it was worth checking out. We went to a breakfast buffet in Aachen that DH and I went to in September, but it wasn't worth it this time with the kids. They didn't have nearly the selection they did last time, because of Covid, and A ate 2 mini-croissants and that was it. E ate a sweet role and a couple of mini croissants and some bacon, but that was it. I couldn't get my usual yoghurt with oats this time, they only had scrambled eggs, and not as many bread selections, no pastries. You each get a small glass of OJ and that's it....no refills, and they had nothing else besides coffee and tea. I ordered a cold milk and they brought me a tea cup of room temp milk....last time I ordered milk and they brought me steamed milk. Apparently Germans don't drink milk? And the buffet is at the top of a staircase with the cash register directly across from the stairs and you have to turn left to get to the dining room, but the kitchen is to the right. So every time they bring new food out, they have to squeaze in between the cash register and the staircase, and anyone paying, has to stand right there, in the way. We got chewed out for being in the way when we went to pay....yeah....where else are we supposed to stand? If you put the cash register in the way, people are going to be in the way when they pay. You want them to stand somewhere else, move the cash register! It was just...ugh. So we decided not to go there Thursday morning as planned.
Monschau....it's a bit hard to get to. It's in a sort of valley, and our GPS sent us through an area that is closed to through traffic, but we made it.
From the parking lot.
Just various places in town
I wanted to walk up to that castle, but A hates heights, and my hip doesn't do well with a lot of hiking, so we contented ourselves with just walking through town. We stopped at a little restaurant for some lunch and something cold to drink. This is taken from our table.
E and I shared this....it was homemade dumplings with chanterelle mushrooms and a cream sauce. I thought the mushrooms were going to be IN the dumplings...like a ravioli. The dumplings looked like little patties of pork. It was ok, but not really what I was expecting. And then we ordered Apple Strudel with vanilla ice cream. A had some fries and M was still full from breakfast, so he only got the apple strudel.
Monschau....it's a bit hard to get to. It's in a sort of valley, and our GPS sent us through an area that is closed to through traffic, but we made it.
From the parking lot.
Just various places in town
I wanted to walk up to that castle, but A hates heights, and my hip doesn't do well with a lot of hiking, so we contented ourselves with just walking through town. We stopped at a little restaurant for some lunch and something cold to drink. This is taken from our table.
E and I shared this....it was homemade dumplings with chanterelle mushrooms and a cream sauce. I thought the mushrooms were going to be IN the dumplings...like a ravioli. The dumplings looked like little patties of pork. It was ok, but not really what I was expecting. And then we ordered Apple Strudel with vanilla ice cream. A had some fries and M was still full from breakfast, so he only got the apple strudel.
