Under and above. Today started off with a trip to the Hotel zum Türken, (hotel of the Turkish) an inconspicuous, albeit very fancy hotel. Though on the way I completely accidentally stumbled on the remains of Hitler’s Berghof residence. It started as a nice small pretty chalet style home that Hitler had rented to finish … More Unter und Über
For some reason I posted this yesterday and went to bed while it uploaded and decided it didn’t want to post for some reason so here it is now. I’ve never actually hated clouds until today. One of the biggest attractions I was looking forward to the most this whole trip turned out to be … More The Nest
First things first, I went back and fixed the very numerous typos in my Salzburg post, and added a short description and a couple pictures of my first ‘major’ encounter with the Middle Eastern refugees. I encountered my first Syrian, or random guy claiming to be Syrian literally day 1 in Berlin. The pictures are … More The Lakes
Zum Berchtesgaden! Pronounced as: bare – ch – tez – gahden. Where the ch sounds like a throaty scratching hissing noise. It is not ‘berchessgarden’. Whew! Now that that’s finally out of the way, I have made it to one of the top 3 places I have been looking forward to the most. The ultimate … More And The Winner Is…
So after the ride to the top of the mountain I had to race back to my hotel for my stuff, and get to the train station to begin my month long adventure in Austria…just kidding, but I did spend 2 nights in Salzburg, Austria, which is very close to the border between the 2 … More Jon’s Journey Through Austria
So in order to help get caught up this will be a shorty. I’ve had virtually no internet the last couple days so I couldn’t post. I went to the other side of town to the tram, the Karwendelbahn to do the opposite of going down in a canyon; I went up to the top … More Top o’ The Mountain To Ya
Got up this morning and headed towards Geisterklamm, a gorge/canyon/mountainous hiking trail where the entrance is only steps away from the border with Austria. Moments after steppping through you cross the invisible boundary into Austria. As with many other things and sounding redundant it was all so beautiful. There is a hiking trail that takes … More The Gorge
So I finally left Munich today, and took the train to the southern border town of Mittenwald. The town is maybe only a mile or less from the border with Austria, but is a beautiful town reminiscent of Swiss chalets, yodeling and annoying Ricola commercials. I didn’t do anything except wander around and get some … More The Deep South
Generally the goal is to go to Oktoberfest a few times (depending on length of stay obviously). And today was my third time, I went back, lederhose and all for more rides and carnival food, just as fun this time, though I didn’t stay as long as it just becomes too expensive. You could run … More Oktoberfest pt. II and The Old Masters
A simply spectacular day. I went with a tour group early in the morning to visit the far away town of Hohenschwangau located in the Bavarian Alps, location of the castle of King Maximillian, and even more famous the castle of the mad “Fairy Tale King” Ludwig II. Schloss Neuschwanstein (noy – shvahn – shtine; … More The Castle of the Fairy Tale King
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