A
cloudy misty sea fret type of day, we waited till lunch time to start
our walk, 3 hours round trip, all up to about 3400 ft then all down,
but some lovely falls and a great view at the hutte and the hot sun
came out.
We
ate out at the restaurant on the campsite, it was delicious!
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| A CLOUDY DAY |
STROHWOLLNER SCHLUCHT
IWONSKIHUTTE
A lovely meal in the campsite restaurant at the end of a lovely day
DAY TWO
We
set off early for the hour's drive to Berchtesgaden and either a bus
trip up to Eagle's Nest or walk up....guess what we chose! The walk
was great hardly no one on it and a logging road easy to walk on,
just 2 hours of uphill and 2897 ft, then 15 minutes to the final top
which most people took a high speed elevator cut into the rock. We
came down that way and used the bus back. Views at the top were
superb, temperature in valley bottom was around 30oC but more
pleasant up in the mountains.
The
infamous “Eagle's Nest” or “Hitler's Teahouse as it is also
known.
Kehlstein
Haus as the Germans now call it was presented to Hitler on his 50th
birthday by Martin Bormann says one book another source says its not
true. Hitler, however, seldom visited as he considered the trip there
too risky as one book says another states he spent time here!!
Having
narrowly escaped destruction at the end of World War 11, the building
is now preserved in its original form as a restaurant and a reminder
of the dark days of National Socialism.
WALK UP
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| I ASKED A MAN WHO HAD AN EXPENSIVE CAMERA TO TAKE OUR PHOTO OF THE CROSS! NEVER TRUST A MAN WITH A FANCY CAMERA |
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| ROY'S SUPERB PHOTO OF THE CROSS! |
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| KONIGSSEE IN DISTANCE |
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| SPOT ROY |
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| EAGLES NEST |
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| THE HIGH SPEED HUGE LIFT |
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| TUNNEL LEADING TO LIFT |
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| THE TUNNEL AND EAGLES NEST ABOVE |
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| VIEW FROM BUS ON WAY DOWN HAIRY ROAD! |
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