Ahhhh... we are home

Our flight was a little bumpy over Canada, but otherwise it was smooth and uneventful. We landed yesterday at LAX in the evening and took a shared ride shuttle home, where our dear kitty Hazel was very happy to see us. Since then, she has been following us around meowing and rubbing on our legs incessantly. Soon we hope to pick up the Chooch from our friend.

Today is our one year anniversary, and we plan on celebrating with some red wine and Bavarian chocolates after a nice grilled dinner on the back patio. Our three week adventure was so amazing, and spending our anniversary at home is a perfect ending to our belated honeymoon.

We have waaaaay more pictures to share, but it is going to take a bit of time to upload and organize them.

We are so thankful that we were able to do this and are so grateful to everyone who made it possible. Thank you!

<3 Kristen + Steve

Some bike eye candy for our bici peeps...

I am thinking of the Bicycle Kitchen crew right now and wishing that I was helping with the move to its new home!

Here are some fantastic bike scenes that we have seen in our travels.

Auf wiedersehen Munich

Yesterday we rented bicycles yet again. We rode around Englischer Garden and saw some unexpected sights: a huge Chinese Tower surrounded by a huge beer garden, many naked sunbathers, and a bunch of dudes surfing in a river! For dinner, we ate spätzel and dumplings at the Hofbrau Haus and we washed it all down with giant mugs of beer.

Right now we are packing to leave for Zurich, which we will fly out of tomorrow morning.

Our honeymoon has been absolutely amazing. Thank you to those who made this adventure possible!

Typewriter eye candy for our friend Jen...

We are in Munich

We arrived in Munich by train two days ago. The ride was lovely and took us through the flowering hills and valleys of Austria.

Yesterday we did some more modern art bingeing at Pinakothek Der Moderne and the Brandhorst Moderne. We got up close and personel with works by Picasso, Beckmann, de Kooning, Warhol, Ernst, Matisse, and many, many more. Both of the museums are stunning examples of modern architecture which we thoroughly enjoyed wandering around in.

Today we are going to rent some bikes and ride around a big park called Englischer Garden that runs along side the Isar River. While Bozen was a bike heaven, Munich is a serious bike metropolis. Everywhere you look, there are rows and rows of bikes. As far as traffic laws go, it seems to be a free for all when it comes to bikes; they seem to have full rights on both the sidewalk as well as the road, and pedestrians best get out of the way. If you hear a ding, don't turn to look at them, just immediately move to the right.

Later this evening we are planning on hitting up a giant beer hall!

Pics from Bozen, Italy

Pics from Levanto & Cinque Terre