Garmisch-Partenkirchen Ski Resort

... are religious scenes, or farming life, but many are nursery rhymes - we found little red riding hood and Hansel & Gretel. Garmisch Partenkirchen's claim to fame is as host of the 1936 winter Olympics. These days it is an upmarket ski resort in ...

... but also being a town of reasonable size offering decent accommodation. This town is one of, if not the biggest ski resort destinations in Germany, luckily we were there in between seasons so we got a decent room in a place called the sunshine ...

Our next train journey took us to the town of Garmisch Partenkirchen. Well, it's now officially one town, but originally it was two separate ones, Garmisch and Partenkirchen. However, when Hitler made his bid to get the Olympic games in 1936 he needed a ...