One of those “classic hikes” for me is around the Jennerbahn mountain area. Typically, I would take the ski gondola to the top and hike from there, but today I was craving a work out so took the lift up to the middle of the mountain to climb the remaining 2, 000 feet before lunch.
Walking up the trail I can see the alpine hotel where Kristen and I stayed, in 2003, off in the distance.
The further the trail climbs, the smaller Berchtesgaden gets in the distance, but the main building of the Hauptbahnhof still gives a strong visual impression.
It is funny how I can vastly underestimate the time and effort needed to climb a mountain, even on a well-groomed trail.
On this side of the mountain, the hotel of the previous stay is clearly visible.
(A picture for the big sis’.)
Bavarian families seem to take their hiking together seriously. Here, a Mom and her two young kids have climbed to a steep point and are making their careful retreat.
(If you can, double click on the picture to enlarge it and see how steep the rock is that this young family is descending.)
This is the same rock from another angle… a very adventurous family excursion.
My “no holds barred” approach to Berchtesgaden continues with eating lunch at the summit lodge.
What a great lunch time view!
Yes, Kristen this is the “real deal” the German version of Hungarian Goolash, complete with a slightly sour kick at the end. The ball is a knurdel or one gigantic round noodle.
After lunch, the weather has changed enough to give this para-sailor “second thoughts” about launching. He eventually aborted the attempt.
Armed with a gortex shell I was ready for the shifting weather and got to enjoy the cloud transitions.
I wish we did more of this back in the states. This is a couple out for a “hiking date”, with his father.
Taking the mid-mountain gondola back down the ski slope, the early evening sun really began to hi-light the changing leaf color.
We like to complain about gas prices, but their cost per gallon for the cheapest gas equates to about $4.40.
Continuing the big sister theme of the day, before hiking back to Berchtesgaden from the Konigssee I had to stop by McDonalds for our favorite snack/desert, the original deep-fried apple pie. Yum!
Two days ago, when I walked this route, the mushrooms were obvious but they are down right dominant now.
Knowing that this would be the last evening in Berchtesgaden, I soaked up the Bavarian ambiance of traditional houses and cows.
(Calves too.)
There was even one garden, that had not be pulled for the fall, with incredible flowers. They were huge!
This scene of an O’ma clearing her garden for the coming winter was too classic to pass up.
In spite of it origin, I really like the train station here and it welcomes me back to town.
There is something classic about the architecture and arches.
Perusing the menu for the last time, I noticed something. Anything that is not 100% organic has an asterisk next to the menu item. This literally included anything, even phosphate preservatives. Nearly 80% of the menu was completely organic and delicious. It made me wonder if a restaurant like Chili’s had to list all the artificial ingredients in each meal how many tens of pages the menu would need to expand to accommodate? Hmmmm...
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