Garmisch Parten-Kirchen

Finally, we decided we should leave our cosy home, as we were getting a little too comfortable even to write on the blog! We checked our camping list and made sure we were prepared, and jumped on a train to Garmisch Parten-Kirchen. Or Garnish Park in Kitchen as we have been saying….We arrived on the train open jawed…the view of the alps was spectacular as we approached, and we couldn’t even see the tip of the Zugspitze (highest mtn) through the clouds! The air is so fresh and the rivers sparkling clear. The museums and bridges we have seen are nothing compared to what it’s like here.

We got off the train and followed the signs (or so we thought…) to the info centre. We walked a big square around town before we finally found it. We had been given different directions by about 4 people, and they were all wrong. We got some maps & some food from the supermarket and jumped on the bus to the camping ground. We asked the driver to let us off for the camping ground, but he got confused and took us all the way to the cable car that takes off up the mountain…. We had to wait 15 mins before the next bus went back down!! We got off again at the bottom of the hill, and walked what seemed like 3 km’s to finally reach the camping ground. (It was actually only about 800m). We set up camp looking up at the Zugspitze, with an Alpine river flowing behind us. The water was icy from the mountain, and was really good for cooling beer! We cooked our first dinner under the mountain, and slept our first night camping in good weather.