I've fallen a bit behind on blogging about our adventures here in Burghausen. The end of January and beginning of February were just so cold that we did really nothing but hibernate, just going to work, school, and staying home in the evenings.
The first school vacation road trip took Ronan and I and several other work colleagues to the town of Mitterfirmiansreut, a small village and ski area in the Bavarian forest near the Czech border. We weren't there to ski, we were there to see the Schneekirche. A church built completely out of snow and ice. It was very foggy the day were were there, so the above photo doesn't really do it justice. Here is a link to the website for better photos: http://www.schneekirche.com/texte/seite.php?id=. The townspeople of Mitterfirmiansreut built the first Schneekirche 100 years ago to remind the world and the Church of this far off corner and to show its faith.
We walked through the ski resort, following the signs to the Schneekirche. We paid a few Euro at the gate and then climbed the snowy hill to the top where it was located. It was an quite an impressive sculpture of snow and ice. Inside there were several benches made of ice and a small alter lit up in blue. I can imagine that a religious service here would be quite an experience. Ronan liked the church, but was more interested in throwing snowballs at my co-workers outside, in fact, I had a hard time getting him to stop. Next to the church, in true German style, there was a Gluehwein stand, but I resisted. I was a little disappointed that we had left the sled we brought along in the car as I had promised Ronan we would find a sledding hill at some point during the day.
After an extended lunch at a Bavarian-style restaurant, we began the two-hour drive home. Billy and Deede graciously stopped the car at a parking area, which looked like along the way to give Ronan and I a chance to go sledding. Unbeknownst to us when we parked, there was a small ski area across the street with the most perfect sledding hill ever. It was as if we had asked the universe for one and it heard us. Ronan and I had a great time sledding up and down the mountain and had a darn good snowball fight with Billy. Thank you Billy and Deede, and the universe for the perfect day.
The first school vacation road trip took Ronan and I and several other work colleagues to the town of Mitterfirmiansreut, a small village and ski area in the Bavarian forest near the Czech border. We weren't there to ski, we were there to see the Schneekirche. A church built completely out of snow and ice. It was very foggy the day were were there, so the above photo doesn't really do it justice. Here is a link to the website for better photos: http://www.schneekirche.com/texte/seite.php?id=. The townspeople of Mitterfirmiansreut built the first Schneekirche 100 years ago to remind the world and the Church of this far off corner and to show its faith.
We walked through the ski resort, following the signs to the Schneekirche. We paid a few Euro at the gate and then climbed the snowy hill to the top where it was located. It was an quite an impressive sculpture of snow and ice. Inside there were several benches made of ice and a small alter lit up in blue. I can imagine that a religious service here would be quite an experience. Ronan liked the church, but was more interested in throwing snowballs at my co-workers outside, in fact, I had a hard time getting him to stop. Next to the church, in true German style, there was a Gluehwein stand, but I resisted. I was a little disappointed that we had left the sled we brought along in the car as I had promised Ronan we would find a sledding hill at some point during the day.
After an extended lunch at a Bavarian-style restaurant, we began the two-hour drive home. Billy and Deede graciously stopped the car at a parking area, which looked like along the way to give Ronan and I a chance to go sledding. Unbeknownst to us when we parked, there was a small ski area across the street with the most perfect sledding hill ever. It was as if we had asked the universe for one and it heard us. Ronan and I had a great time sledding up and down the mountain and had a darn good snowball fight with Billy. Thank you Billy and Deede, and the universe for the perfect day.
Love it. Sounds like a fun day.
ReplyDeleteAmazing looking thing. I noticed an architectural firm designs this. Do they have a different design each year? Glad you found a sledding hill for Ronan. Snow's not the same if you can't throw it and slide on it.
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