As we drove through the area we were so impressed with the
green meadows, yellow wild flowers, jagged Alps, pristine lakes and rivers,
etc. It is like a picture perfect
postcard of a mountainous area or town.
Spectacular!
It was also a
fantastic place to pick up some souvenirs.
The kids will get some soft dolls (a boy and a girl) dressed in the
traditional German clothing. Also, We
got a knights helmet for Jackson and a Viking cap with braids coming out of it
for Hallie. We got a few items for
ourselves and our babysitter. We sat
down at an outdoor café and enjoyed some Bavarian curryworst and I had Bavarian
garlic and tomato pasta. It was so
delicious. I am really loving the food
here.
After spending longer there than we anticipated, we went to
the Linderhof Palace. This is a place
where King Ludwig spent half of his time. . .
alone. This place was incredibly
extravagant . . . every square inch of the rooms were covered in intricate,
gold-embossed design work, murals , porcelain vases (on platforms coming out of
the wall) bohemian crystal chandelier and mirrors. I really liked the table he had that could
be lowered to the kitchen to be set and filled with food and then raised to his
dining room so he could eat facing a mirror and a grandiose view of the
fountain in his backyard.
We then headed up to the grotto. This was awesome! If I was a king, I would totally build myself
my own man-made cave (talk about a man-cave!)!
This one had a heated ‘lake’ (it got up to 100 degrees), a giant mural
and mirror, a boat and places for concerts to be performed. The lighting and waterfall was impressive as
well.
We explored the garden area, the stairs leading to the
fantastic view of the palace. The
fountain in the middle of the reflecting pool came on, shooting water 30 feet
high!
We were 4 hours behind schedule after the awesome tours at
the castle and palace, but we didn’t want to miss the hiking in Garmish. So we drove to yet another mountain town and
literally RAN up the hill to the Partnachklamm – a gorge. The trail was similar to the Zion’s narrows,
but the rock was gray and the water was tan (filled with clay?). The trail went right through the side of a
cliff so we could see the water rushing
down the gorge. There were points where
the water was falling down the side of the cliff and it was so cold we could see
our breaths. There were parts that we
had to walk through tunnels that were so dark you couldn’t see the next step
you had to take. It was like taking
steps of faith until the light appeared again.
We climbed back down the gorge.
At this point we were so far behind schedule and had so far to go to our next destination we reluctantly decided to cut out Saltzburg, Austria and head straight to Munich – with no reserved hotel or way to call to reserve one. (We did have a hotel reserved in Saltzburg, but it was too far to go tonight)
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You can see more in a day than any other tourist! Is the picture of the inside of the church in Oberammergau? It's beautiful and I've never seen it. We'll put that on our list.
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