Day 4: Oberagmmergau, Germany

Day 4

We left our rustic little paradise after the same breakfast of croissant rolls with meat, cheese, and nutella. Our old host said good morning and goodbye to us in his lederhosen, and we walked around the little town.

The cute town of Oberammergau, surrounded by gorgeous mountainous landscapes. 

For Ida because of her Noah's ark collection ;)

There are all the nativity figurines, dad--hundreds of them. And this is just one wall of one of the shops. I also really liked the way they carved those trees to the right...

There were shops that were only Christmas decorations: nutcrackers, nativities, propeller-driven candle carousels, etc. Aren't the ceilings cool?! We got a little nutcracker man to dangle on our Christmas tree, a decoration of the Neuschwantstein castle, and a teeny music box for me. We go big when it comes to souvenirs.

The cuckoo clocks were awesome. They all had different songs when they went off. Mostly Edelweiss; we actually heard a real cuckoo bird one of our first days in Germany. That was cool. They're pretty awesome clocks--extremely intricate and fun.

Some had little wooden people that danced and water wheels that turned...

But this was my favorite: The dark wood with the elk and leaves...it is around $3,500. It was gorgeous, I would have put it in my house.

Then we set one off: