Blogs from Berchtesgaden, Bavaria, Germany, Europe

July 23, 2023 – Eagles Nest I wake up the morning sun light is reflecting off the mountain into our room. I feel this gentle touch nudging me. Wake up we are leaving in an hour with or without you, wow is that my loving wife speaking to me? YES! Ok, I hear you without even having my hearing aids in. WOW! talk about an alarm clock. I’m up showered and dressed in under 30 minutes. I get to the breakfast table and Caroline is just now getting up. What’s up with this? At breakfast Kirsten reviews today’s agenda. It’s as tight and regimented as yesterdays, not that I’m complaining. First, we are visiting the Eagles Nest our tickets are for 10:30 AM. NOT, 10 AM and NOT 11 AM but 10:30 AM. We are standing ... read more

Reiseziel Königssee Der Königssee inmitten der Berchtesgadener Alpen bietet eine traumhafte Landschaft und zieht Wanderer und Bergsteiger aus ganz Deutschland an. Der überwiegende Teil des Sees befindet sich im Nationalpark Berchtesgaden, welcher als Schutzgebiet für die brütenden Vögel in der Umgebung ausgewiesen und Teil des Biosphärenreservat Berchtesgaden der UNESCO ist. Mit einer Fläche von 5,2 Quadratkilometer und einer maximalen Wassertiefe von 190 Metern ist er einer der wenigen Alpenseen, der im Winter in der Regel nicht zufriert. Seine Wasserqualität ist eine der saubersten aller Seen in Deutschland. Bootsfahren auf dem Königssee Die Bootsfahrt auf dem Berchtesgadener Königssee bietet Touristen einen einzigartigen Einblick in die Landschaft und ermöglicht einmalige Erlebnisse. Der Königssee kann a... read more

Today's trip was to the east of where we are staying. About a 1.5 hour drive. Lots of traffic. The motorway is jammed with trucks as Europe does not make as much use of its railways to transport freight. We wanted to take the electric boat to a small church on the Konigssee (which is actually a fjord-like lake 2000' above sea level 650' deep. Said to be the cleanest lake in Germany. We only went to the chapel of St. Bartholomew's which you will see in the pictures. The mountain you see in the photo is Mt Watzman 8953' Germany 's 2nd highest mountain. We also spent a short time in the small area in the older part of Berchtesgaden. Just a few pictures there as I realized We had been there before. Today we ... read more

For a change today, and as we had free bus passes from the campsite, we decided to make the trip to the Eagle’s Nest (Kehlsteinhaus) using the bus rather than the scooter. We needed to take 2 public services buses to get to the Kehlstein documentation centre and museum and then another special bus followed by a lift to get to the top, the Eagle’s Nest lodge. Next time I say we are thinking of using the bus rather than the scooter please remind me of this trip. It seemed straight forward and I suppose it was …But… the 9.45 no. 841 bus from outside the campsite to take us to the bus station in Berchtesgaden with plenty of time to catch our next bus, was late, too late.. We arrived at the bus station just ... read more

Arrival @ hotel and view from the balcony on the Watzman & dinner @ The Watz bavarian resto.... read more