Our last Bavarian trip was to the Ettal Monastery.
It has really amazing details inside, probably one of the most beautiful chapels that we had seen in our whole time in Europe.
The monastery is completely self sustainable, they have their own live stock, farms, and everything they would need. In order to make money, they make and sell beer and cheese. Beer making was actually started by the monks and considered a very sacred thing. For quite some time, they only people allowed to brew beer were monks. At first, water, malt, hops, and yeast were the only ingredients allowed in beer.
The cheeses were amazing, and the kids really loved watching the process of making it. They showed us a short video then you could go look through windows as the machines and people were busy at work. On the way back we stopped at another traditional wood carving shop. This one was much more impressive because it was only one man who made everything and we got to peak into his workshop. A great way to end a beautiful trip.
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