{"id":3587,"date":"2015-09-02T15:47:13","date_gmt":"2015-09-02T20:47:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/zurekbrau.com\/blogs\/richsblog\/?p=3587"},"modified":"2015-09-02T15:47:13","modified_gmt":"2015-09-02T20:47:13","slug":"european-vacation-day-5-nostalgic-in-schlepsheim-and-garmisch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/zurekbrau.com\/blogs\/richsblog\/?p=3587","title":{"rendered":"European Vacation Day 5 Nostalgic in Schlepsheim and Garmisch"},"content":{"rendered":"

It\u2019s still hot!\u00a0 This was the morning we leave Augsburg for the German Alps.\u00a0 We sure hope it is a lot cooler there.\u00a0 The weather says it\u2019ll be 85.\u00a0 Maybe there will be a breeze and less humidity.\u00a0 But first, we had to get breakfast and pack up our stuff.<\/p>\n

We took showers and headed down to the breakfast room.\u00a0 There were quite\u00a0 a few people there ahead of us.\u00a0 We did get a table out in the enclosed room.\u00a0 So this suited us both.\u00a0 I was as close to sitting in the garden as I could get and Rich was still sitting inside and not out there.<\/p>\n

When we sat down, the couple next to us said, \u201cMorgen.\u201d I barely heard them.\u00a0 No one speaks very loudly here.\u00a0 I don\u2019t think Rich heard them at all.\u00a0 Everyone says something to you in passing.\u00a0 And I thought the south was friendly.<\/p>\n

We got our breakfast of brotchen, luncheon meats, and cheese.\u00a0 We had a hard-boiled egg and fruits as well.\u00a0 I had better luck with the coffee machine and actually got what I wanted this time. \u00a0The speciality was Italian fruit bread.\u00a0 I love that stuff.\u00a0 I blame Rich\u2019s brother, Paul, for that.\u00a0 If he hadn\u2019t introduced me to it at Christmas one year, I would never know what I was missing.<\/p>\n

After breakfast, I stopped by the front desk to check out and get instructions for leaving the garage key without having to return to the front desk.\u00a0 We took our bags down to the garage and Rich got our car down from the rack.\u00a0 It was a simple matter of loading and plugging the address in the navi.<\/p>\n

Our first stop of the day was out to Rich\u2019s apartment in the village of Schlepsheim.\u00a0 I wanted to see where he had lived while he was stationed in Augsburg.\u00a0 I had a picture in my mind, but seeing it for real would help with stories I had heard.\u00a0 The navi got us out there without too much trouble.\u00a0 Rich remembered the way as we got onto familiar roads. \u00a0Before you know it, we were standing in front of the building.\u00a0 Don\u2019t make me repeat the address.\u00a0 It was something about Neuesdeckerstrasse or something like that.<\/p>\n

We took a few pictures and Rich waxed nostalogic from the days when he would ride his bike to base.\u00a0 The hausfrau who lived below his apartment would do little things for him.\u00a0 However, she was ready with the glasses if he came home with a bottle of Jack Daniels.\u00a0 She had a taste for American whiskey.<\/p>\n

Then it was on to find the autobahn again and head to Garmisch for our next few days.\u00a0 The ways was pretty easy.\u00a0 It was just hard to know what speed to go since it kept changing every few klicks!\u00a0 I thought speed traps were everywhere in the U.S.<\/p>\n

The car was under half full by the time we got to Oberammergau.\u00a0 I pulled off to find a station and fill it up.\u00a0 I had no idea what this was going to cost.\u00a0 The price was in Euros.\u00a0 Turned out to be a little more than I paid at home, but this was diesel.\u00a0 We bought a much needed German map at the same time.\u00a0 This should help understand where we are going.\u00a0 We don\u2019t want the navi to do all of the work.<\/p>\n

Back on the road, we took the streets through town.\u00a0 It was a very tourist driven economy here.\u00a0 For those not aware of the history, Oberammergau is the town where they hold the passion play every 10 years or so.\u00a0 This is in thanks to God for sparing their town during one wave of the plague back in the day.\u00a0 That tradition continues on still today.\u00a0 I think the next one is due next year.<\/p>\n

We went through Ettal, which is one of the other towns on my list to visit.\u00a0 The monastery there is also a distillery that makes their own liquors.\u00a0 I thought it would be interesting to see tour their facility and see how it compares to those in Kentucky.\u00a0 The town is sleepy and small.\u00a0 It should be a nice visit.<\/p>\n

Finally, we arrive in Garmisch.\u00a0 Only the road we need to turn onto for our hotel is closed!\u00a0 Why didn\u2019t the navi know that?\u00a0 I continue around town as the navi tells me to turn around\u00a0 I thought her voice was getting higher as I ignored her.\u00a0 I finally made a left that she seemed to like and came up with an alternative route.\u00a0 Good news is that we found the hotel pretty easily.<\/p>\n

We parked and went inside to check in.\u00a0 The young lady at the front desk greeted us with the Bavarian saying, \u201cGruss Gott.\u201d\u00a0 We signed the papers and got instructions for parking in the underground garage.\u00a0 Then she took us up three flights of stairs to the 2nd<\/sup> floor.\u00a0 That\u2019s right.\u00a0 Here they count the ground floor, the first floor, and then the second floor.\u00a0 For us, this is the third floor.<\/p>\n

The maid was waiting inside our room to welcome us.\u00a0 She left as we entered.\u00a0 We are under the roof up here.\u00a0 A small balcony is off the room through a glass door.\u00a0 We were greatly surprised when we stepped out.\u00a0 We could see the village pasture behind the line of house across the street.\u00a0 The pasture has a small barn for each family that they use for their supplies.\u00a0 It is very quaint here.<\/p>\n

We went out to park the car in the garage.\u00a0 Rich got the door open and I drove inside.\u00a0 It was small, but there was no rack to stack cars onto.\u00a0 We made a good comic team as I was trying to park and read Rich\u2019s hand signals.\u00a0 One of them might have been impolite, but only one.\u00a0 With the car parked, we were ready to set out and explore.<\/p>\n

Since it was 1:00 and we had not eaten for a while, we felt lunch was in order first.\u00a0 We got directions for the downtown area and some suggested places to stop.\u00a0 Our trek took us down the street, over the bridge, and through the park.\u00a0 We came up on the main street.\u00a0 The first restaurant looked like full menus.\u00a0 We were wanting just sandwiches.\u00a0 The recommended place was Kronner.\u00a0 They had tables on the sidewalk and we found a couple of seats with a breezy view of the street.<\/p>\n

There were no English menus for this place, so we were going by what we know.\u00a0 I didn\u2019t want anything hot, but the sandwiches I wanted were not being served after 1:00.\u00a0 Rich got the lunch special, which was a white wurst with pretzel.\u00a0 It turned out to be pretty good.\u00a0 After watching the foot traffic for a while, we paid our bill and went out to wander.<\/p>\n

We walked in and out shops looking for interesting things.\u00a0 We want German outfits with Bavarian colors.\u00a0 The first place was very expensive\u00a0 We\u2019ll have to look in other shops.\u00a0 I saw some gifts I wanted to get.\u00a0 I\u2019ll go back and see if I can have them sent home for me.<\/p>\n

We checked out other restaurants to see where we wanted to eat later in our stay.\u00a0 On our return back up the street, we found a restaurant that served venison and other game meats.\u00a0 That\u2019s where we would have dinner tonight.\u00a0 We ambled back up the way.\u00a0 Then Rich decided it was coffee time.\u00a0 We saw a couple of possible places, but I took him up the street to one I thought would be quick.\u00a0 We went inside and got in line.\u00a0 Apparently, coffee beans had been spilled behind the counter and they were trying to clean it up while waiting on customers.<\/p>\n

As one lady waited for something to be brought out to her, another lady jumped the line to pay for items.\u00a0 For some strange reason, she was paying for panties and house slippers.\u00a0 What the heck?\u00a0 I turned to look behind me to see a lingerie shop.\u00a0 Lingerie and coffee, together?\u00a0 Rich thought it was strange, but the Muslim couple standing next to him were somehow offended.\u00a0 I don\u2019t think they noticed the lingerie store either.<\/p>\n

Back on the street, we wandered around some more.\u00a0\u00a0 We made it back to the park and stopped in the information office to pick up brochures and ask questions.\u00a0 The lady at the desk was able to tell us how to catch the bus to go out to the Parchnklamm for our hike tomorrow.\u00a0 It seemed very easy to get there.<\/p>\n

We walked back through the park, over the bridge, and down the street to our hotel.\u00a0 We sat on the balcony for a while to cool down.\u00a0 I wrote up another blog.\u00a0 I was watching the trams go up and down the mountain in front of us.\u00a0 The ski lift was running to ferry people up to the top of the mountain as well. \u00a0Pretty soon, a guy with a parachute flew overhead and landed in the pasture.\u00a0 You don\u2019t see that everyday.<\/p>\n

We decided to head back to town for dinner.\u00a0 We decided to go to the place with the game meats.\u00a0 When we arrived, the patio seating was just filling the last table.\u00a0 It was just too hot to sit inside.\u00a0 We went back out to the main street and down to our second choice for the evening.\u00a0 We could sit outside at the Alpenhof.\u00a0 They were associated with the Hofbrau Haus so Rich knew what kind of beer he was getting there.<\/p>\n

We started with a couple of Weissbiers.\u00a0 I went with the schnitzel again for dinner.\u00a0 Rich tried the roasted duck.\u00a0 The food was excellent again.\u00a0 Rich had another round while we watched the street and listened to an accordion player just on the other side of the platz.<\/p>\n

After dinner, we went to drop money in the accordion player case and ended up buying a CD.\u00a0 He didn\u2019t really speak English, but he seemed to appreciate the sale.\u00a0 I just don\u2019t think I\u2019ve seen German accordion music sold on many American street corners.\u00a0 It would be a first for us.<\/p>\n

We wandered down through the main street and to the Alt Kirche.\u00a0 From there, we walked another main road back to the hotel.\u00a0 It was getting dark by now.\u00a0 We have plans to hike in one of the natural areas tomorrow.\u00a0 But tonight, I\u2019m trying to get caught up on my blogs.\u00a0 I finished writing Day 4 and plugging Day 3 into the website.\u00a0 One day, I\u2019ll be caught up.\u00a0 Probably on my first day home.<\/p>\n

\"Rich<\/a>
Rich outside of his old apartment in Schlepsheim.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Our<\/a>
Our first stop to look at the Alps on the way to Garmisch.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"View<\/a>
View from our balcony looking out to the village pasture behind the houses.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Toilet<\/a>
Toilet with a view through the skylight. We are in the rafters here.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Our<\/a>
Our hotel from the other side of the Partnach River.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Flowerbed<\/a>
Flowerbed in the park on the way to downtown Garmisch.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Sitting<\/a>
Sitting on the street at the Kronner watching people and dogs and having a light lunch.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Ornate<\/a>
Ornate buildings are common in Germany.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"A<\/a>
A house in the middle of Garmisch identified from 1595 when it was rebuilt from a fire. The earlier structure was from the early 1400s<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Ski<\/a>
Ski resort is on one of the mountains we can see from balcony.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Village<\/a>
Village pasture is at the end of our street. We can see it over the houses in front of us.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Beautiful<\/a>
Beautiful wardrobe in our room painted in traditional style.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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