Eagle's Nest Bavarian Alps

Bavarian Alps , Bavaria, Germany
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    My God! It's full of stars!

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    "My God! It's full of stars!"- Bowman, 2001 a space odyssey

    It's the only line I can think of that can actually describe what we saw today. When he was taken into the alien monolith, these were his last words, and they express the wonder he saw. I understand. What amazing, breathtaking views we saw today. The mountains were beyond …

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    Eagle's Nest

    Another day we drove about 80km to check out Berchtesgaden and Hitler's Kehlsteinhaus. Also known as the Eagle's Nest, it was an official 50th birthday present from his private secretary Martin Bormann. The steep road leading up to the top of the mountain was blasted out of solid rock and is the highest road in Germany at 2300 feet. After walking …

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    Berchtesgaden

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    Our second day in Salzburg we went to Berchtesgaden, the home of most of the Nazi leadership and the location of the Eagle's Nest.

    Berchtesgaden itself is a beautiful little town situated in the shadow of the Alps, of course it has a bit of a grim history. We saw the location of a lot of the original buildings but many were destroyed after …

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    All Hitler, all the time!

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    ... at the view, have a schnitzel, or go for a hike through the craggy, cliffy edges that surround the hideout with a view out over the Bavarian Alps. We hiked as far as the signs would allow, all of it cable lined with wooden logs to serve as stairways and ...

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    The Eagle's Nest - Salt Mines

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    ... nbsp; The British hit everything but The Eagle's Nest.  Everything associated with Hitler was burned to the ground in Germany, however, The Eagle's Nest was spared.  Dwight D. Eisenhower and Allied Forces used it and then turned it back over to ...

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    Bertchesgaden- Yosemite meets Leaderhosen

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    ... . Worth the couple of hours. I licked the walls and thez tasted like salt! Today we went to the Eagle's Nest Peak and enjoyed a panoramic view of the Bavarian Mountains. This peak is one of the highest in the area. A building was constructed at the top ...

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    Germany, what a perception changer. It is beautifu

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    ... . We took 2 tours while in Garmisch and wish we could have spent more time. The first trip was a 2 hour drive to the Eagle's Nest which we thought was just Hitler's "Camp David" but soon were taught different. During the war, the entire area was ...

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    Kelsteinhaus

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    ... accurately, the spectacular views from the mountains surrounding the town steal the show. B'gaden achieved infamy as the location of Hitler's Eagle's Nest (known locally as Kelsteinhaus) in WWII. The retreat was a gift to the Führer on his 50th birthday ...

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    Road trip to the Eagle's Nest

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    ... views from the top of the elevator were absolutely spectacular with mountains surrounding us.   The inside of the Eagle's Nest is now a restaurant, but we were able to go in and see the room that was used in ...

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    BERCHTESGADEN & HITLER'S LAIR, GERMANY

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    ... what we were told. After the war, the UK and USA blew up most of his buildings in this area but Germany managed to save the Eagle's Nest because it was so amazing and actually had little attachment with Hitler (he only visited it maybe 10 times). We ...

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    Off to Hitler's Eagle's Nest

    ... for the night. October 8, 2005 (Saturday) Took taxi to train station in order to catch the bus to go to Hitler's Eagle's Nest. The taxi driver gave us the "discounted trip" to Documentation Center bus stop. We looked up at the Eagle's Nest ...

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    Eagles Nest

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    ... we caught another another bus up to the 'Dokumentation' centre, which is the initial staging point for trips up to the 'Eagle's Nest', Hitler's mountain getaway that he never really used due to his fear of heights. The Dokumentation Centre was his ...

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    Eagle's Nest

    Another day we drove about 80km to check out Berchtesgaden and Hitler's Kehlsteinhaus.  Also known as the Eagle's Nest, it was an official 50th birthday present from his private secretary Martin Bormann.  The steep road leading up to the top of ...