Looking up to the Summit from the train station 300m below

September 12th 2018
It was a bright, clear, calm and sunny day with a high of 28 degrees so it looked like a perfect day to visit the Zugspitze or the highest mountain in Germany. We got a 3 day Zugspitze ticket at the station which will allow us to get onto the mountain railways and chairlifts. The trip we did today was an engineering miracle started back in the 1920s when the first cog railway was constructed. Sin ... read more

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As Europe's largest economy and most populous nation, Germany remains a key member of the continent's economic, political, and defense organizations. European power struggles immersed Germany in two devastating World Wars in the first half of the 20t... ... read more

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These blogs were started to record our Europe May to August 2011 trip. The Blogs were great for us to diary each day, for others to follow and for us to review when back home. Several have been published into personal books. And so it has continued adding: Europe - Italy,Switzerland, France, 2011 The Hurunui High Country Walk 2011. Tasmania 2012 Europe 2013 - Austria, Switzerland, France and Ireland. Alps2Ocean and Clutha Bike Trails 2014 A Christmas in Switzerland and Germany 2014 Biking the Danube, the Italian Dolomites and Austrian Lakes 2015 Vancouver, Lake Chelan (Washington S... full info

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