wank 1780 m, GaPa, DE

when in garmisch-partenkirchen (GaPa), most tourists think + speak about the zugspitze, germany's highest peak at 2963 m. you know what? if you want to enjoy a really nice view over GaPa and to see the zugspitze silhouette, you have to hike from partenkirchen to the wank mountain 1780m in about 3 hours ooooor you can take the wankbahn cable car, which operates since 1928 😇. well, my youngest daughter + me managed to find the mayby last warm october weekend day + wake up on time + climb up the hill. soooo crazy, we have met 2 friends from munich on the top without making any appointment 😊

moo!

GaPa + Zugspitze, the snowy 2963m high summit on the left side of the village

almost at the summit ...

the cable car + the summit cross at 1780 m 

view from the top of wank (former names were eckenberg and eggenberg)

where there is a cable car, there are many, many tourists. you know?

there were sooo many different mushrooms on the way ...

more pictures here.

golden autumn at the würm river hiking trail, DE

beautiful autumn in bavaria! what a nice easy hiking trail along the würm river between gauting and starnberg. well, we didn't reach starnberg as we stopped in cafe / kiosk uferlos (= boundless) at the former guest house and today often closed restaurant & event location forsthaus mühltal.

golden autumn in bavaria

two of us

unification of two branches of the würm river

cafe / kiosk uferlos (= boundless) at the würm river

best of all wives? who knows?

more pictures here.

kitzbühel, tirol, AT

kitzbühel (kitzbichi) was many, many hundreds years a bavarian city + region. today belongs this famous ski resort to tirol, austria, you know?

well, for us was kitzbühl the last stop-over (it was the #5) after izola, slovenia + udine, italy + plöckenpass IT-AT border + lienz, austria at our way home from istria, croatia. the countries in central europe are quite small and so are the distancies between different regions. on the way back from premantura to munich we have decided to try the shorter but slower way (566 km in 7.5 hours) through HR-IT-AT-DE in two days with a night in udine, IT. the way via ljubljana, slovenia through HR-IT-SI-AT-DE is 626 km long, but takes almost 1 hour less to drive to munich (i.e. 6 h 48 min according to google maps right now) and it is also more expensive as there are more toll roads on the way. 🚙

kitzbühel, österreich, AT

the main street in the city center

the first hospital (= spital in austrian german 😂; in germany we say krankenhaus = sick people house) in the medieval city operated 1412 - 1966. it was open because of some public facilities (a canteen for city's cleaning / machinery / service employees? or some similar public service?) 

hotel goldener greif, kitzbühel

the town hall (rathaus)

kitzbühl, munich, landshut + ingolstadt = a former alliance of 4 bavarian cities

wilder kaiser massif, alps (alpen)

even after a nice vacation we're to come back home 😇

more pictures here.