Munich - Deutsches Museum

The Deutsches Museum consists of several floors devoted entirely to the marvel of engineering.  Alex and Kieran had a great time at the Kinder Reich, a children's area with interactive physics and music exhibits.  After we spent the morning lifting Jeff with ropes and pulleys, taking turns on the hamster wheel so that we could lift a large bucket of scrap metal and getting wet at the water power exhibit, we ate lunch at Schuhbecks Orlando, a recommendation from yesterday's cab driver.  The driver told us that this bistro had "super" and "very famous" ice cream, so who were we to ignore such passion?  The kids got a kick out of their "Spaghetti Eis," which was a vanilla ice cream sundae covered in strawberry sauce and almond slivers made to look like a plate of spaghetti.  The restaurant itself was a treat to behold, as we sat amongst gilded everything and dozens of hanging glass chandeliers.  Alex reverently breathed, "This is the most beautiful restaurant I've ever seen."  Jeff particularly loved his tagliatelle with vegetables and shaved white truffles.  We all gobbled up the original ice cream, reveling in flavors such as mango with chilies, apples and honey, fig with mascarpone, and some kind of incredible rum-based gelato.

We were insanely full from lunch, so dinner was a very light affair.  We ate at H'ugo's, a hip and trendy lounge with a lot of blue light and fun cocktails.  Because it was Easter Sunday, things were slow and the wait staff indulged the kids in some playtime by bringing them out mounds of pizza dough to pound as we waited for our entrees.  In keeping with his truffle theme for the day, Jeff got a pizza with white truffles shaved on top.  For dessert, the server enthusiastically recommended the arugula mousse, saying that even though it sounded strange, it would be delicious.  It was refreshing, although Jeff wasn't sure that it was worth all of the hype.