Blogs from Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Bavaria, Germany, Europe - page 4

Todays target: Zugspitze! Yesterday we tried to figure out which one of the mountains was Zugspitze, the highest point in Germany. Today we decided to be sure to see it and after an enormous breakfast (again!) we made plans to drive to Eibsee, where it is said to be the best view of Zugspitze. Eibsee is a mountain lake about 9 km southwest from Garmisch-Partenkirchen. The lake is over 3 km long, about 560 meters wide and in average 12 meters deep. At deepest it is 35,4 meters! The water is clear and has a beautiful light blue color. There are a few small islands in the lake, that look like the coral islands in the Caribbean Sea! I think it is the limestone that dyes the clear water white around the islands. With the ... read more

Garmisch-PartenkirchenAssi Visamo Hello! June 15, 2007 a group of four exchange students of Technische Universität Darmstadt (3 Finns & 1 American) rented a car and drove down to southern Germany to spend a long weekend near Garmisch-Partenkirchen. Now after visiting the place I can tell it is a great place to spend a summer holiday - especially if you like outdoors activities like hiking, biking, swimming or mountaining climb. It takes about 4-5 hours to drive down to Garmisch-Partenkirchen from Darmstadt. We stayed on autobahns and trusted our way to the Navigator. "She" said to follow first the autobahn A5, then A6 to Heilbronn, then A81 to Stuttgart, then A8 towards München and finally A95 to Garmisch-Partenkirchen. Estimated travelling time: 4 hours and some minutes. All went well, except for we got stuck for... read more

Well, I am now on the plane to Johannesburg. Fourteen hours of travelling to go before I finally reach Africa. Germany was originally added to my itinerary as a layover, I didn't chose to go and I wasn't very excited about it until I found the Bavarian Alps a couple of weeks before I left. Even then I had trouble trouble convincing myself to be excited. Was I ever wrong....... Germany was a complete whirlwind. I loved every minute there. There was so much sychronicity in my time there, it was unbelievable. Five days of divine timing. Jordan and I really wanted to go to this place called Partnach Gorge. We headed over there a couple of days ago only to find I did not bring any Euro's again (I must start remembering this money thing). ... read more

Watching the scenery go by as I sat on a bus with 21 Americans, 2 Germans, and 2 Russians, I thought about all the things I love about Germany. Everything outside my window looked so green, and it reminded me of the sensible laws Germans have to do their share in protecting the environment. First of all, everyone recycles. You have to, it’s the law. If you try to dispose of a huge bag of recyclable trash, you’ll get a fine, and the trash men will leave your trash behind. That’s right, if you don’t recycle all of your waste is going to pile up in your yard, and you’ll have to look at it everyday, so you better start recycling. And they recycle everything, including milk cartons and juice boxes. If it’s packaging, they recycle ... read more

It was another great weekend (July 22-24) for us and a chance for me to visit another part of Germany that I had not been to before. This time it was Garmisch-Partenkirchen. Kate had been there before on a work related matter but this time it was much more pleasant experience. We went down to Garmisch to attend a marriage enrichment seminar put on by the army’s chaplain office here in Ansbach. The seminar was held at the brand new military R&R hotel (Edelweiss Lodge & Resort) located in Garmisch. Beautiful mountains and meadows surround the Edelweiss Resort. The room, facilities and meals were outstanding. Buffet style breakfast and dinner with a desert bar to die for. This was not a weekend to even hint of thinking about dieting. The seminar was conducted by the senior ... read more