Today we went to Rottach Egern, a beautiful town on Lake Teggernsee. It's a lovely shopping town. We had coffee and walked around a bit. Then we walked in the park beside the lake. It was lovely.
Today we had planned Eibsee and Garmisch Partenkirken. We got a bit lost around Munich so that added considerably to the journey. We had a lovely walk around Garmisch Partenkirken . This town consists of 2 towns that were merged for the 1936 Olympic Winter Games. It is both a world-class ski resort and a summer vacation playground with an influx of hikers, mountain climbers and cyclists etc. The shops there are lovely and the buildings very beautiful. When we got to Eibsee the place was thronged. The car park was for the lake and for the cablecar for Zugspitz. We didn't fancy queueing for the cablecar so took a short walk around the lake - my blood pressure was very low and I was feeling really unwell. We went on from here to Fussen but really got little value from the visit as I couldn't cope very well.
Last evening I made flammekuchen for the first time and I was delighted with my attempt.
Our plan for today was a boat trip on Konigsee in the extreme southeast of Bavaria near the Austrian border. We set off before 9am to get there as early as possible. The journey got increasingly more scenic the closer we got to Shonau am See from where we would take the boat. We parked in one of the huge (packed) car parks and the lake was 5 minutes away up a shopping street which was capitalising on all the tourists. there were huge queues for the ticket office but eventually we got tickets for the trip at 12.35. Jim got himself a bratwurst and I got an ice-cream. The boat trip was on electric boat and was very quiet and very slow. Some people got off at Bartholemy, St. Bartholemew's Church, which can only be accessed from the lake. Everyone got off at the last stop and we got the return trip.
A beautiful day in beautiful surroundings!
