Obergriesbach (Munich and around)

When we were planning this trip, we originally thought we'd drive northeast from the Netherlands to Berlin and then head southwards through Munich and on to the Czech Republic.  However, once we started looking at accommodation options and "things to do with kids" it became clear that a different route would suit us much better... And so here we are in Obergriesbach which is actually a good hour's drive from Munich, but not too far from other interesting places like Dachau, Ulm and Legoland ;)

Our accommodation here is fantastic.  We are on the attic floor of what used to the the train station in Obergriesbach.  The bottom two floors were the actual station and offices.  The stationmaster lived on the third floor and his children had the two rooms in the attic, which is now been converted into a four room flat.  The house is still next to the present day railway station, but these days it's just the regional passenger train coming through every half hour or so rather than coal trains which apparently made the house shake every time they came past.  Unsurprisingly, Jack has spent a lot of time standing at the window (or running to look out) calling out, "TRAIN coming!!!"  He is in heaven :)

We had the top floor of this old train station!

We ended up with quite a bit on our to do list here.  Five nights seemed a lot until we took almost 12 hours to get here (thanks to spending most of the day in Cesky Krumlov en route), so we have spent a day each exploring Ulm, Dachau, Legoland and Munich.  Again, we could have easily spent more time than we did in each place (particularly Ulm for me personally), but we did manage to see quite a bit and we are walking a bit more as the weather gets cooler .. and when we have to pack more into the day too.

I'm sure the boys will have very detailed accounts of our day at Legoland to share soon ;) and the other places really deserve posts of their own so I will sign off here as we have an early start tomorrow driving to Monterongriffoli in Tuscany.  Very exciting!!

At the playground at Englischer Garten in Munich