Swiss Q Hotel Wittelsbacher Hof Garmisch-Partenkirchen

... we had finished at the zoo, the sun was trying to come out and the snow had completely melted off the trees.<br><br>We caught the bus into the old city where I was determined that I was going to have some genuine Sacher torte so went to Cafe Sacher which is home of the original Sacher torte (it originated in Vienna). Sacher Torte is actually chocolate cake with a layer of jam in the middle ...

... you couldn&#8217;t be convicted unless you had confessed to the crime, so consequently torture was frequently used. There was a slide show with a description of Maximilian&#8217;s life and achievements. As was the custom of those times, his first marriage was one of political convenience but they also loved each other very much. He was devastated when she died, but again married for convenience, this time to a woman who had a large dowry ...

Walked to the train station and did an expedition to the supermarket to spend our last Swiss Francs as we are back to Euros in Austria. Had a stopover in Zurich for a while and then caught the train to Innsbruck. Again this was a scenic trip over the mountains and it started snowing and was very deep as we got higher- just beautiful scenery. Innsbruck is surrounded by mountains, all of which had snow on them.<br><br>We checked into our hotel where we ...

... been cleared and there was a wrapped set of cutlery that they left behind when clearing the table, and he got stuck with this one. The waitress refused to give him a new set. It was a bit strange as it would cost her nothing but 5 seconds to get him a new one and make him so much more comfortable eating his meal. He took the risk and hoped that the cutlery hadn't been played with by the previous occupants of our table.<br><br>It was time to move on so we piled into the car and ...

... well as a crystal on display that is larger than my head. The exhibits in each room vary considerably. In this case I think the pictures describe the museum much better than I can. Once at the end of the museum rooms, the visitor must pass through the showroom and store before leaving the facility. Mom and I had a lot of fun in the store and the men waited patiently for us to decide on ...

... of one of these new beauties with the Director of Motorrad from BMW Canada. This was always a condition of mine to buying a new bike and up to now I was told it would be impossible to do for this new BMW..."which is why I planned on buying an MV Agusta instead" I told the Director. Obviously faced with the loss of a sale, he said there must be some arrangement we could make, possibly making a story ...

This was a lovely little place we stopped at on the bus tour to the castles. Unfortunately, being Sunday, most everything was shut (except for the souvenir shops that is). They have a woodcarving school there that I plan to stop at for a weeklong course on the next trip. But of course it was shut that ...

... and surrounding mountains. In the evening we walked from our hotel down the street to what said beer garden. We walked inside and froze by the door, it was like walking in to another world in another time. A small front bar so thick with smoke we could barely see anything and inside sat around 30 middle aged German men wearing hats with feathers and woolen vests. ' I don't think we're supposed to be here' I ...

... antithesis of the day before. The mountains encircled me and they were spectacular, rugged and snow peaked as I'd seen in countless photos and as I'd imagined them the day before when hidden from view. I immediately formulated a new plan. I didn't have to be in Munich until that evening and I could always try to visit Füssen later. Maybe Sean and Amanda would even want to spend one day trekking out there to see the castle and we could all go together. So that gave me all day to ...

Another work conference for my parents brought us to Oberammergau for a week. We stayed in the cutest little wooden cottage - like the whole thing ceiling to floor and including flowering window boxes was made out of wood! Totally picturesque like you've read about in Brothers Grimm fairy tales. Aromatic town bakery. Absolutely enchanting.