The kids before we left our place in Germany playing with the baby ducks and the kids in Germany.
All of us on top of the Zugspitz on the border between Germany and Austria.
At the bottom of the Zugspitz they had a playground and a trrack with these fun "cars" that you pedalled. The kids had fun racing on the track.
On our way to the place we were staying in Austria we found a place with an alpine slide and the kids wanted to go for a ride. 6-5-10 Saturday
Early easy ride, then drive to Zugspitz, then on to Austria. Woke up to again perfect weather with clear skies and went on a great easy ride. Got everything cleaned up and packed into the car and ready to move on to Austria. The people who’s farmhouse we were staying at, their kids brought out some baby ducks and Mitzi had a great time with the baby ducks. Finally with the weather good and heading to Austria we decided to do the Zugspitz on our way. The Zugspits is the highest mountain in Germany and is right on the German/Austrian border. You can go up one way from Germany or the other way from Austria. Although I was planning on going up the German way, we ended up on the Austrian side, so we took the tram up to the top. It wisks you from the valley floor up to the top of the mountain in about 10 minutes. It’s pretty vertical and an amazing ride. When we got to the top everyone was hungry so we had lunch at their panoramic restaurant at the top. It looks out over a glacier that looks like they were still skiing on. The observation deck looks down on the valleys in Germany and Austria, has an amazing view of a lake, and then is surrounded by the Alps. It really wasn’t as cold as I thought it would be at the top, although there was still tons of snow. The Austrian side at the top seemed very organized and formal, then as I went over to where the German side was, there were a bunch of tables, and everyone was drinking beer, and eating pretzels and sausages. Brecken I guess is a little scared of heights and the ride up and on top she was a little freaked out. There were some gliders flying around and the views of the Alps were amazing. After the ride back down there was a little playground with a track with little pedal cars and trikes. The kids had fun racing around the track. Then it was on to Austria to try and find where we were staying. So far things have gone very smoothly except for the technology end of things, and I thought I was pretty prepared for that. My phone hasn’t worked, and we haven’t had any internet. I’ve been able to hit 2 internet cafes to check my emails. The place we were staying at in Austria had sent a couple emails. One with a map, and the other with her phone number and asked us to call when we were getting close and they’d meet us in town and take us up to the chalet we were staying at. I hadn’t written her number down, and as we were coming into Salzburg I decided to try and find an internet café to try and get her number to call her. I couldn’t find one, we grabbed a bite a McDonald’s and decided to just try and find the place thinking they might be there waiting for us. Surprisingly we found the place just from my memory of the map, and the pictures we had of the place from the internet. I say surprisingly, because it is actually about a ¼ mile up a very steep dirt road off the main road. I think we had a little help from upstairs finding the place, as it was getting later. The keys were under the front mat. The chalet we are staying at is pretty amazing. It has some old doors on the inside that are from the middle ages with hand formed hinges. One of them is painted, you can tell it’s extremely old, and has the date 1627 painted on it. Although the chalet itself is probably fairly old, it’s had a lot of updating and the insides are very nicely updated and comfortable.
Hello, or Hallo in german from Kindra, I have done better here than I thought I would. In fact people must think I am german because I have had 2 people come up to me and ask me directions – in german! I had to say “I sprechen sie English” and then they smiled and said something in german and walked off. I think these people have never seen one couple with so many kids! We get a lot of looks and counting- J. I have thoroughly enjoyed this trip , even the teenagers,
Early easy ride, then drive to Zugspitz, then on to Austria. Woke up to again perfect weather with clear skies and went on a great easy ride. Got everything cleaned up and packed into the car and ready to move on to Austria. The people who’s farmhouse we were staying at, their kids brought out some baby ducks and Mitzi had a great time with the baby ducks. Finally with the weather good and heading to Austria we decided to do the Zugspitz on our way. The Zugspits is the highest mountain in Germany and is right on the German/Austrian border. You can go up one way from Germany or the other way from Austria. Although I was planning on going up the German way, we ended up on the Austrian side, so we took the tram up to the top. It wisks you from the valley floor up to the top of the mountain in about 10 minutes. It’s pretty vertical and an amazing ride. When we got to the top everyone was hungry so we had lunch at their panoramic restaurant at the top. It looks out over a glacier that looks like they were still skiing on. The observation deck looks down on the valleys in Germany and Austria, has an amazing view of a lake, and then is surrounded by the Alps. It really wasn’t as cold as I thought it would be at the top, although there was still tons of snow. The Austrian side at the top seemed very organized and formal, then as I went over to where the German side was, there were a bunch of tables, and everyone was drinking beer, and eating pretzels and sausages. Brecken I guess is a little scared of heights and the ride up and on top she was a little freaked out. There were some gliders flying around and the views of the Alps were amazing. After the ride back down there was a little playground with a track with little pedal cars and trikes. The kids had fun racing around the track. Then it was on to Austria to try and find where we were staying. So far things have gone very smoothly except for the technology end of things, and I thought I was pretty prepared for that. My phone hasn’t worked, and we haven’t had any internet. I’ve been able to hit 2 internet cafes to check my emails. The place we were staying at in Austria had sent a couple emails. One with a map, and the other with her phone number and asked us to call when we were getting close and they’d meet us in town and take us up to the chalet we were staying at. I hadn’t written her number down, and as we were coming into Salzburg I decided to try and find an internet café to try and get her number to call her. I couldn’t find one, we grabbed a bite a McDonald’s and decided to just try and find the place thinking they might be there waiting for us. Surprisingly we found the place just from my memory of the map, and the pictures we had of the place from the internet. I say surprisingly, because it is actually about a ¼ mile up a very steep dirt road off the main road. I think we had a little help from upstairs finding the place, as it was getting later. The keys were under the front mat. The chalet we are staying at is pretty amazing. It has some old doors on the inside that are from the middle ages with hand formed hinges. One of them is painted, you can tell it’s extremely old, and has the date 1627 painted on it. Although the chalet itself is probably fairly old, it’s had a lot of updating and the insides are very nicely updated and comfortable.
Hello, or Hallo in german from Kindra, I have done better here than I thought I would. In fact people must think I am german because I have had 2 people come up to me and ask me directions – in german! I had to say “I sprechen sie English” and then they smiled and said something in german and walked off. I think these people have never seen one couple with so many kids! We get a lot of looks and counting- J. I have thoroughly enjoyed this trip , even the teenagers,
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