Travel Day

Another opportunity to travel - so grateful…this time I am heading to Germany. I took an Uber to the airport - definitely the way to go considering the price of parking. Believe it or not, even at a rate of $70 one way, that was still cheaper than driving myself and parking at the airport. Traffic was not too bad and I arrived in an hour - pretty good since that was a Saturday afternoon. Once my mom arrived at the airport, we enjoyed some holiday cocktails and snacks to help pass the time as we waited for our boarding time. Easy breeze through bag drop and security and 8 hours later - Munich.

Took the airport train (S1 or S8) to the Munchen Central Station. The journey took about 40 minutes and cost 13 euros. We then hopped on another train to Garmisch-Partenkirchen - our final destination for this trip. Our hotel/apartment - Moun10 Urlaubswohnen - was right next to the train station - very convenient. This was not a coincidence. Seemed somewhat good logic since we will be travelling by train quite frequently.

Sunday arrival - means not much open in the way of stores and shops, but today was the only day we could get to the Top of Germany - Zugspitze. After today, all operations will be shutdown for mandatory maintenance checks for the next week. Doing research prior to the trip was beneficial to learn this before arriving. I had said to myself - if our arrival day is a beauty, clear day, we would drop our luggage and head up. That’s exactly what we did!

We freshened up and walked over to the train station for yet another train ride, but not before I secured 2 tickets online to be sure there was availability. Half the fun was the journey there - train to one station, switch to the cog railway train across the platform and then a cable car ride to the summit.

Zugspitz, at 2962m is Germany’s highest peak. It offers unique 360 degree panoramic views of 400 alpine peaks not only in Germany, but also Austria, Italy and Switzerland. At one point we had even crossed the border into Austria. It was a little chilly at top - altitude will do that. We ate lunch at one of the restaurants at the summit with amazing views.

We definitely have had a full day - not bad for the first day.
More pics to come. My computer is not working properly so I am using iPad. It’s slowing me down.

Sunday = stores closed = no rum and expensive snacks at the corner store.