Blogs from Berchtesgaden, Bavaria, Germany, Europe - page 4

It’s Friday morning and I thought we were going to sleep in, oh no….. we’re up and heading to the bakery. Today was supposed to be an easy day because we’re waiting or Bea, Swen and Eva. It’s not starting off like an easy day. We get to the bakery, Kirsten and her sprecken the Deutche and I standing there Ga-Gaing over the pastries. As we were leaving, Kirsten says we’re coming back before everyone arrives to purchase cake and pastries. We’re going to have cake and coffee when everyone arrives, WOO HOO. After breakfast Kirsten says let’s go to Berchtesgaden today is Market day. Cool, this is when all the merchants come to town and sell their stuff. You remember the chicken man and the guy that sells the roasted pork and all the stuff ... read more

I woke up and rolled over. Kirsten was already up and gone, the lady who rented us the house told Kirsten that the baker was just a quick walk from the house. By the time I was dressed Kirsten was coming thought the door smiling and carrying a large bag. I’ve got breakfast she says as she rushes into the kitchen. We all set down and had fresh brotchens, with cheese, meats and jams. Just like if we were staying in a Zimmer. We even had eggs, Kirsten made soft boiled eggs and they were great. Since we’d been going fast for the previous days we all decided to take it easy today. So after breakfast we all piled into the car and headed to the Zentrum “downtown area” of Berchtesgaden. Kirsten quickly spotted the ‘I’ ... read more

Day 4 If the trip continues like this it is going to be the most amazing vacation of ALL TIME! We travelled to the German mountain town of Berchtesgaden and it is the most beautiful place on earth. A 900 year old village with a crystal clear aquamarine stream, alpine houses with flower boxes and goats grazing on the hill, men in mountain clothes, Bavarian folk musicians playing on the street and a perfect little cemetery. We took a tour of Nazi bunkers and the Eagle's Nest (Hitler's personal teahouse) and saw mountain views that almost made us forget Colorado. We kept up our daily sausage/sauerkraut/beer diet and we're looking forward the next part of our trip, Budapest!... read more

Our original plans for this weekend were to go to Ireland since Matt had a 4-day weekend (Friday and Monday off from work) but, as it turned out, he had to work Friday after all. There was some speculation that he was going to have to work on Saturday (he didn't) so our road trip was kind of thrown together last minute. Matt didn't get home from work until 3am Friday night/Saturday morning so we had a late start on Saturday but by lunch time we were on the road. It was a fun trip...I brought snacks (I made Rice Krispie treats lol) and we played music and chatted. It's a 4.5 hour drive from Mannheim to Berchtesgaden when there are no traffic jams. However, if you've ever driven on the autobahn in Germany you know ... read more

Tuesday 6th October Germany-Berchtesgaden- Eagles nest On Tuesday, after we’d been to the information centre we decided to drive to the tiny town of Obersalzberg 3km out of Berchtesgaden, to visit the place when the Nazis had their southern headquarters. Hitler fell in love with the town and slowly he and his henchmen took over and made it their holiday location. There was a Document Museum which was incredibly cheap at 3E (and 2E for an audio guide). When we first saw the museum we thought it would take us all of 15 minutes and we’d be out. But we were there for hours!!! Everything was written in German and therefore the audio guide was a necessity. The amount of letter, documents, advertisement, photos and video was astounding. Everything about Hitler and the Nazi part were ... read more