Teehaus.

We discovered this little gem of a place while spending our first few weeks in Munich living in the hotel. A sweet little teahouse serving organic and fair-trade teas from all over the world. The menu changes daily and consists of just 3 vegan/vegetarian dishes. Which is perfect for the decidophobia sufferers amongst us. This place is such a rarity in a city of meat loving Bavarians. And the best part? Such a healthy lunch means no qualms when it comes to indulging in one of the tasty homemade, gluten free cakes on offer. Lecker schmecker.

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Best mates.

Rolling with ``D-Man`` Dexter.

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Knitting.

We discovered an old-fashioned toy shop on the weekend choc-a-bloc of the most amazing wooden toys ever seen. They had an amazing art & craft section where I found this eco wool, handspun here in Germany. I have plans to turn these into scarves, one for each chicken. And yes I do realise it's the middle of summer here. But this in Munich. Winter is but a sniffle away.

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Saturday in the Park.

Proud Bavarian in his braces.

Ola amongst the herbs.

The Lone Horseman.

Ola, Bella & bubbles.

Elke & Luna.

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Off to Inga we go...

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A bit of Blighty.

A 4 day whirlwind trip to visit Chiara in London before she bids it farewell after 2 1/2 years and hightails it to Sydney (well, not before a bit of R & R Munich-style).

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P.S I didn't realise until I started putting these photos on here how much Oli and Elke look alike in the 3rd photo! One would almost think they were related...

Schliersee.

Trampoline in the background, slide to the left and Saturn to the right.

Oli & Saskia on the water slide.

Floating biergarten to the left.

Spring board.

Serenity.

Swinging with Saskia.

We spent Saturday at Schliersee, a natural lake in the Bavarian Alps, about 45 minutes from Munich and not too far from the Austrian border. There were inflatable things for the kids, a couple of diving boards, a floating biergarten as well as another biergarten complete with a giant TV outside in anticipation for the big game! Plus the water was ridiculously clean. So clean in fact that 80% of Munich's drinking water comes from here. MunichRe has approx 50 appartments here which all employees can use free of charge so a return visit is definitely on the cards. We could have stayed all day but had already organised to watch the Germany v Argentina game with the neighbours. We returned home to stadium style seating, a TV set up on the lawn along with a couple of BBQs and at least 60 people all geared uo to cheer on Germany. And beer of course. Lots of beer.

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