Germany : Berchtesgaden
Winter 2013
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Konigssee in Germany's border at Berchtesgaden
(Feb-2013) |
Journal Entry... Thinking a Jurassic Park was out there in Berchtesgaden got my ears all perked up, like a puppy. Why not? Konigssee is the third deepest lake out of a Jurassic rift, formed out of glaciers during the last ice age.
12-feb: Day trip to Berchtesgaden... Woke up late for the day trip to Berchtesgaden. Crossing borders today, Austria to Germany. It's winter. A head start was crucial for that natural light outdoors. Days are shorter, and nights longer, in winter. I could hear the hubby muttering about behind me. I pretended not to care.
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| Achtung: Berchtesgaden Wintersperre |
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| Two Peas in Berchtesgaden |
We could not locate a bus stop for Salzburg train station, from the Linzergasse apartment. Where was the bus stop? We opted to walk to the train station so as not to waste more time; well, I did convince the hubby, who was not keen to walking, to walk. It took us 30-minutes to reach the Salzburg train station. Arriving at the station, hubby recalled there's a bus ride to Berchtesgaden, from Salzburg. And he proceeded to the Ticket Office to purchase bus tickets, but was told taking the train to Berchtesgaden, from Salzburg, was convenient, and easier, than taking the bus. So, hubby purchased train tickets to Berchtesgaden, instead.
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"Ice Age"
at Konigssee |
As it turned out, train ride to Berchtesgaden, from Salzburg, had to connect via Freilassing, as compared to the single bus ride to Berchtesgaden, from Salzburg, that could have been also a combo bus ticket for an unlimited bus ride around Berchtesgaden, thus saving us extra Euro for the pocket. Hubby muttered he should not have listened from a person selling train tickets, when one is buying bus tickets.
Moral of the story: Wake up early, huh?!
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| A legendary Konnigsee at Germany's border |
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| Two Peas in Konigssee |
What can one expect in Berchtesgaden, situated in Germany's Bavaria region, in winter? Answer: Freakin' heaps of snow!!! It became clear hubby and I cannot remain outdoors too long even if we wanted to, as nightfall was creeping in, fast... Made it down to Konigssee, by 4:45PM, no thanks to the bus schedule around Berchtesgaden. I wanted to go on a boat cruise to St. Bartholoma, sadly, the boat was nowhere in sight, either because the boat cruise was over, or there was no boat cruise at all, with the lake all frozen up. What to do? Photo-op!
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Dokumentation center
in Berchtesgaden |
The most important thing is that hubby had made it inside the Dokumentation Obersalzburg (museum), and the preserved underground tunnel from the last world war, before museum closing time; otherwise, I would not really hear the end to hubby's muttering for the day that all started from when I woke up late. Nearby Eagle's Nest, a fave spot of him-who-must-not-be-named, and a must-visit when in Berchtesgaden, was closed in winter.
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| Alpine village in Berchtesgaden |
Day turned to night, finally, it was time to head back to Salzburg across the border. I have (just about) had it with too much snow for the day, as well. But, for the nth time, the local bus took so long to arrive... The McDonald's across the bus stop was tempting me with a cheeseburger-and-fries meal, but all I could do was imagine munching on it. Hubby and I could not leave the bus stop fearing we'd miss out on what could be the last bus ride to Berchtesgaden train station.
13-feb: Crossing the border, to Munich... Link to>>> Journal Entry: Sunny-Orange Stop in Munich #germany #munich #winter2013
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