Our last day in Germany was bittersweet. It was so hard to watch Oma walk through security at the airport on her own - we wanted to go with her. We waited until the transport picked her up to take her to her gate and then we left. I was very tearful and the kids all walked close to me and held my hands...so sweet. Before she left, we surprised her with a pair of amber earrings - a gift that will always remind her of our trip together. Amber is centuries old tree sap that washes up in the Baltic Sea - Oma collected it as a child and she loves it. She cried and hugged all of us...wishing we all could stay in Germany longer.
Our plane to Dublin didn’t leave until 8pm the next evening, so we set off to enjoy Munich on our own.
It immediately felt different without Oma - a complete change of dynamic. We talked about her all the time; hoping and praying she was getting along ok on her own.
We stayed in the Marienplatz District, which turned out to be the perfect spot. In the morning, we walked to the Deutche Museum and couldn’t believe what we happened upon. Clearly the Smithso-
nian of Germany - multiple floors of unbelievable collections of ships, planes, electrical technology, space and on and on. You could easily spend several days and still not see everything. Really fantastic!! There is a complete German U-1 boat that is truly phenomenal to see. We must have said a hundred times how much Marc would love the museum and how he could have enlightened us on many topics with his historical knowledge. Definitely a place we hope to visit again someday - with Marc! After we wore little Ava out (“no more” she cried after 4 hours!), we walked (Ava on my back) to the Haufbrauhaus - no explanation needed! Because we had several hours left in Munich, I enjoyed a beer under the beautiful trees in the Biergarten and the boys had...brats!! We took this great photo with some very authentic looking Bavarian guys and marveled at the tables full of people drinking out of huge mugs and steins - a great last experience in Germany!
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