Before the Bethels left, we had a chance to take them to Mittenwald, an alpine village about an hour from us that we had first visited in February. This town is known for its makers of stringed instruments, so we thought it would be a perfect place to take Rob.
Our first stop was the Geigenbaumuseum, a museum documenting the history of instrument-making in the town.
There were oodles of violins, quite a few violas, and several cellos--but Rob was most impressed with the baryton, a cello-sized viol with six primary strings as well as--way cool--13 sympathetic strings.
And here are the three Bethel men inspecting a very old musical score.
An unexpected perk of the stringed instrument museum: a traditional Bavarian hat display! Both David and his dad have had their eye out for the perfect hat to buy, but so far no luck (you may recall how great David looks in this type of hat from our trip to the
Neuschwanstein castle in February).
After the music museum, we took a walk through the alpine village (very beautiful!). The destination? Yes, you guessed it - a biergarten for a late afternoon lunch.
The Wren nibbled on a baguette, while the rest of us had the standard biergarten fare.
After our meal, we chanced upon this set of posters:
We are not quite sure what Blutwurz is--blood sausage? or some kind of juice or liqueur?--but the ads are priceless. Note in particular the poofy gamsbart (hair tassel) on the gentleman's hat - much like we had seen in the museum display!
Our first stop was the Geigenbaumuseum, a museum documenting the history of instrument-making in the town.
There were oodles of violins, quite a few violas, and several cellos--but Rob was most impressed with the baryton, a cello-sized viol with six primary strings as well as--way cool--13 sympathetic strings.
And here are the three Bethel men inspecting a very old musical score.
An unexpected perk of the stringed instrument museum: a traditional Bavarian hat display! Both David and his dad have had their eye out for the perfect hat to buy, but so far no luck (you may recall how great David looks in this type of hat from our trip to the Neuschwanstein castle in February).
After the music museum, we took a walk through the alpine village (very beautiful!). The destination? Yes, you guessed it - a biergarten for a late afternoon lunch.
The Wren nibbled on a baguette, while the rest of us had the standard biergarten fare.
After our meal, we chanced upon this set of posters:
We are not quite sure what Blutwurz is--blood sausage? or some kind of juice or liqueur?--but the ads are priceless. Note in particular the poofy gamsbart (hair tassel) on the gentleman's hat - much like we had seen in the museum display!
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Update: Blutwurz is indeed a liqueur, made from the root of the Blutwurz plant. No relation to Blutwurst (blood sausage). See here for some information about the plant, in the form of some inadvertently comical machine translation.
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