Garmisch-Partenkirchen

This weekend we visited our friends, The Huber's in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany. It's located in Bavaria - half way between Munich and Innsbruck about 4 hours northeast of Basel. We have been to visit our friends several times and always seem to bring bad weather with us and Saturday was no exception: rain, clouds and cold. After catching up with the family, Robert Huber took us to the beautiful Parnach Gorge a delightful sight even in the rain. Afterwards we visited a wonderful old church, St. Martin's, and then wandered around the old town looking at the historic houses ornamented with colorful paintings. For dinner we went to a traditional restaruant with music and dancing - Nancy had Kaiserschmarrn and Robert had veal and potatoes. Afterwards we went to a quiet, but trendy bar for a few drinks before calling it a night. Sunday we were up bright and early because we heard the weather would be perfect to visit Germany's highest mountain, The Zugspitze ~3,000m...from the top we were able to see mountains in 4 countries: Germany, Austria, Italy and Switzerland. We rented some sleds and had a great time! After returning to earth we went to visit the area that hosted the 1936 Winter Olympics' bob sled, speed skating and hockey events...a natural lake! They had information posted about the winter games and it was great to it in person. After the best risoto lunch we've ever had we headed back to Basel on a terrific drive thru the mountains. You can see all of our pictures here. Thanks Robert, Gaby, Daniela, and Florian for another great visit!