Garmisch, Germany Travel Blogs

More Garmisch Hiking
Sep 18, 2006 (40 photos)

Here's some more pics of o'fes the 2nd time we went and caught up with one of the guys we did the camino with. More pics around town too.

Hiking
Sep 25, 2006 (49 photos)

Check out how pretty the hikes are in this part of the world. Shhh don't tell anyone, we want it to stay this way. Oh yeah and some more parites and o'fest shots (trip #3).

Into Germany
Aug 6, 2005 (27 photos)

Last Sunday, July 31, we left for Garmisch and Oberammergau. We also spent some time in Ettal. On Tuesday we left for Berchtesgaden which included a trip to Eagle's Nest (very cloudy and rainy so didn't see the views). On Thursday before leaving for home, ...

Füssen and Neushwanstein
Aug 31, 2005 (5 photos)

... get sick of backpacking after four months?". Yes it really can be tough, sitting on a ferry on a beautiful day watching the germany country drift by while chatting to (in this case) some spaniards from the Basque country and learning about their part of ...

Climb Every Mountain
Jul 9, 2009 (26 photos)

... helped us.  Without cracking a smile, she validated our passes and we were off to the Gleis for a train bound to Garmisch-Partenkirchen, the village at the foot of the Alps that would serve as our launching point for Zugspitze.  Along the route, ...

snow capped mountains in July??????
Jul 18, 2009

Traci here: We arrived in Garmisch today, a little wet, but safely.  It rained almost the entire drive and was cold.  We pulled into the resort and it was 55 degrees and will drop to 39 tonight.  To say this place is beautiful would not do ...

Scared
Oct 9, 2003

... from high school this summer and this whole trip to Oz and New Zealand is meant to be an escape from small town Germany, a brush-up-your-english-for-university-kinda-thing and, last but not least, I'm paying tribute to the general travel hype that's going ...

Garmisch... Skiing
Mar 18, 2005 (2 photos)

Skiing

Garmisch-Partenkirchen and the 'Wank' haus
May 21, 2007 (27 photos)

We were very happy this morning as the sun was shining and this meant that our plans would proceed as planned and we would spend the day at the 'Wank' haus up on the top of one of the mountains.  We had a big breakfast at the ...

German beer blog...
Jul 20, 2009

... yet similar, still very different than what we get back home. Side note, bought some wine in Netherlands for the ride down to Germany. the Bordeux was less than averge, give me Paso any time, but the Italian Barolo was awesome. Wish we could get cheaper& ...

Germany, what a perception changer. It is beautifu
Jul 20, 2009 (6 photos)

... seems to be made up of villages, farms, forests, and everything is green beyond belief. I had no idea Germany was this beautiful. And then we pulled into Garmisch during a rain/snow storm in July. What a site, how awesome and breathtaking. I can't believe ...

A Mountain Paradise
Sep 23, 2005 (5 photos)

9/22 Garmisch, Germany We awoke from our Quality Inn experience to the best complimentary breakfast I have ever been given. Typically breakfast here consists of coffee, bread, jam, and some cheese if you are lucky. This was a buffet which had so many ...

Childhood memories
Jun 11, 2005 (2 photos)

We slept by the 1936 Olympic Ski jump stadium and found the best ice-creams yet. White chocolate and Tiramisu for only 60c a kugel. Throw in Maria's Grill Stube with Schnitzels-a-go-go and we may stay here for ever. They even have a choice of mountains ...

Lovely Time in the Mountains
Sep 25, 2005 (4 photos)

9/23- 9/26 Our Time in Garmisch We are approaching an end to our time in Garmisch. It has been a nice relaxing time. The first day was filled with mountain delight. The second consisted of some shopping, a short but exciting toboggan ride and another ...

Skiing the Bavarian Alps
Jan 1, 2010 (16 photos)

... Christmas we took a train from Munich and headed south to the Bavarian Alps, to a skiing paradise surrounding the towns of Garmisch and Partinkirchen.  We rented a small apartment in a local man's home and each morning jumped a local bus and within a ...

THAT WAS SOME HIKE!
Aug 5, 2009 (42 photos)

... Darn it all. We get our spot, we are surrounded by mountains and just under the Zugspitz (the highest alpine mountain in Germany).  Across the street are 2 grocery stores.  Perfect location with an incredible view. The sky has just a few clouds, ...

The foot of the Alps: Bavaria & German Castles
Nov 22, 2007 (28 photos)

We stayed in Garmisch, Germany at the foot of the German Alps for Thanksgiving 2007.

Plan B
Sep 27, 2006 (12 photos)

September 27-28 I said good-bye to Austria when my train crossed over into Germany on the way to Garmisch-Partenkirchen. The rain, although light, followed me the whole way - about an hour's trip, maybe two but certainly not more. It was only a short ...

maria'S grill stube again
Nov 18, 2006

our last time - the first place we've been to on The Big Trip

Garmish-Partenkirchen
Sep 27, 2008 (20 photos)

... 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 apartments! Having missed ...

Well it is about time
Feb 19, 2003

Well it is finally time to put on the pack (Mine is new!) again and take off into the world. We will be leaving Garmisch Monday morning and heading down into Austria on our way to see all of Lichtenstein. An hour after that we will be moseying into ...

Hello this is tamara this is my first ...
Dec 7, 2002 (4 photos)

Hello, This is tamara, this is my first travel pod entry. Brian usually does the entries. I have some pics to upload of this area, we got jobs. Woo hoo, its off to India for us in a few months.

Snowboarding the Bavarian Alps
May 27, 2004 (95 photos)

... definitely looking forward to the food! Anyways, finally, here is our t-pod from our snowboarding trip to Garmisch, Germany. We went with our Aussie friends Bruce and Ange. It was great. Take a look... ============================== WEDNESDAY ...

Ahhh...that's why all the BMWs!!!
Jul 3, 2009 (24 photos)

... the least.  We had found out from the American we met at Stelvio Passo that the big annual BMW Motorrad Fest at Garmisch-Partenkirchen was on this weekend so we decided to pass through Garmisch to check it out. Those crazy Italians again!  As we ...

a lovely cool mountain breeze
Jul 16, 2006 (6 photos)

GP for the second time and a repeat trip to Maria's Grille Stube for schnitzel and chips!

Dammit dammit i just accidentally erased ...
Jan 1, 2003

... to begin again. The last you heard from us was a small snippit from Tamara saying that we got jobs and that we are in Garmisch. Among the pictures was a really suave shot of me in drag (That would be Chris, a coworker, who is trying to grab my boobs.) ...

Well we last left you at the exciting ...
Oct 21, 2002

... . We sat around a gas station and drank Spanish wine, eating french bread and cheese. Anyway, last night we got into Garmisch and it is an amazingly beautiful place. Garmisch also has the highest peak in Deutschland, Zughspitz at just under 3000 meters. ...

German Alps
Jun 2, 2008

While trying to decide where to head next I recalled a close friend\s remarks on the beauty of Garmisch/Partikerkin which he had visited while a USA soldier stationed in Germany decades ago. So I decided to visit it. and it truly was beautiful. Surrounded ...

Going Baroque in Bavaria
Jul 6, 2003

Hello Dear Friends, I can't even begin to describe our B&B in Salzburg. It was gorgeous and our double room with bath was about $60 a night with breakfast. Walked though all of the old city and then when we couldn't go on, walked about 1/4 mile uphill ...

Swiss Misses and Mister
Jul 7, 2003

Just got out of the swimming pool. We found this huge facility built for the winter (?) Olympics. They have a huge indoor wave pool, a 50 meter outdoor pool (guess who's swimming up and down there?)a diving pool, 2 kiddie pools and a semi-hot, whirlpool ...