Travel Blogs from Mittenwald, Germany
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don't forget your mittenwald
Today we awoke early to catch the train to Mittenwald, the most charming Bavarian town according to Rick Steves. We arrived at 9:30 and found it to be the sleepiest Bavarian town as only a handful of shops were open. We took the train back towards Munich ...
Lederhosen and Dirndls, Sausages and Beer
... nbsp; After waiting a whole day for luggage left in London (why did we pay extra to fly BA??), Dan and I took the train to Mittenwald in the Bavarian Alps for a couple of days of getting over jetlag. We stayed at the Hotel Alpenrose, a lovely, old hotel ...
Mountains and Monasteries
... He is pointing to a wound on his leg, almost as if saying, "Look at my owie!" I also browsed through "beautiful downtown Mittenwald" - all three or four blocks of it. The town's setting with the Karwendel range in the background is stunning. The pictures ...
Charming Bavaria and a Fairytale Castle
I also visited two beautiful Bavarian towns: Mittenwald and Garmish. Both considered to be some of the most beautiful and charming villages in Germany. They are small enough to visit in a day. Garnish hosted the Winter Olympics in 1936, so you can include ...
Mittenwald
... we had expected, huddling in the shadow of an enormous mountain still capped with the remainder of last winter's snow. Mittenwald itself was a little less beautiful than it must have once been due to the heavy concentration of souvenir shops. Nonetheless ...
Today We Climbed a Mountain
Yesterday we got on the train and went to a town called Garmisch about 2 hours east of Fussen but only a short way from Mittenwald where we are staying for the next couple of days. We stopped there to go to the top of the tallest mountain in Germany ...
Mittenwald
... us to what must be the most beautiful landscape in Germany, but then I am partial to mountain scenery. We drove into Mittenwald, which Goethe referred to as "a living picture-book." Situated in the Alps, next to the Austrian border, Mittenwald does most ...
Day 16 - Linderhof and Mittenwald
Went shopping for some Jousting sticks (dreamin') at a 5 yearly Medieval Street Market, it was the last day. Drank some wine from a clay ...
Germany-Austria Part 1
... and Austrian Alps as I celebrate the 20th year anniversary of my first international trip. I will travel to Munich, then on to Mittenwald, Germany, then on to Innsbruck, Austria, Salzburg, Austria and then finish up in Munich for a couple of days. I am ...
Journey to the top of Germany
... of the mountain and my first foray up the cable car. I arrived at the top, and was amazed by the view down the mountain to Mittenwald, but that was nothing compared to the view from the other side. I hiked around the path to the other side of the ...
Garmish
... and the Zugspitze We rented a car for the day to venture to Garmish and to reach the Zugspitze mountains, the tallest point in Germany. Steve was a happy man today, we rented an Audi A4 and hit the autobahn, it was a great time and we made it to ...
Mittenwald
There was construction between Munich and mittenwald so I had to take 2 trains and a bus. After 4 hours of travel I made it to the most beautiful part of bavaria. Mittenwald is famous for its hiking and the surrounding mountains, forest and lakes make it ...
The Salt Mine and Lake Konigssee
... as we had 3 hours of driving still to do that day. After the boat ride back, we made our way to our next destination, Mittenwald. The start of the drive was through mostly winding mountain passes and our GPS missed a turn, so I think we took the long ...
Lovely Mountain Town
... explaining the legends of the gorge and special flora and fauna of the area. The remainder of the day we spent wandering around Mittenwald. During our walk we ran into a bride and her father being escorted to the local Catholic Church via a horse drawn ...
Heading to Mittenwald
... up, but it was the best scenic train ride we had the entire trip. It doesn't take long to go between Innsbruck and Mittenwald, maybe an 1 1/2. We arrived in Mittenwald around noon, on Saturday. Its a very small town that sits in a valley ...
On the Castle Tour
We went by car to Mittenwald and got at room at the Hotel Post. It was a nice room, but very narrow. It reminded me of a train compartment. There was a hail storm and it was rainy and cloudy. I bought placemats/napkins. We toured ...
Hiking the mountains in mittenwald
The weather was sunny with no clouds today. I got the courage to hike the kranzberg mountain and the karwendal mountain which is the tallest mountain in Bavaria at 9100 feet tall. I took a lift to the top of the kranzberg and a cable car to the top of ...
Salzburg and Germany Weeks 4 and 5 (21 to 31 May)
... city. Smaller than Vienna of course but just as cultured. We had dinner in the old city. 29 May 2008 Mittenwald Germany Mittenwald is another world. Many of the homes have frescos painted on their walls. It's a quaint town surrounded by ...
A city of Violins
... ;t promise!!! Sorry its taken me so long to update everything! Alright, so this day, Stephan, his parents and I went to Mittenwald, a city about half an hour away from Garmisch-Partenkirchen. I enjoyed it because, of course, it was a much less touristy ...
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