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Next morning as we woke up the first glance was at the sky. Which was as clean as a glacier lake, but not as emerald, which is OK. I would be very worried to wake up looking at an emerald sky. It was time to go escape July heat up in the mountains again. This time it was Jennerberg, 1874 m high with numerous trails around it. We took the tickets to the top only with the goal of walking all the way down. The views and surroundings during the walk were so amazing, that words are not really capable of describing them. Pictures are not as good as real feeling, but still better than words. So I offer you a picture gallery from the walk around Jennerberg, down the flank of Jennerberg over the Königssee lake and back into the Schönau am Königssee.
*For those, not familiar with our 2013 adventures in the Alps, read here. The post is in Russian, but Google Translate works well, albeit adding somewhat Yoda style accent to the storytelling.
- The route
- Day 1. Die Hängebrücke
- Day 2. Conquering two peaks
- Day 3. Glacier lakes and a small miracle
Next morning as we woke up the first glance was at the sky. Which was as clean as a glacier lake, but not as emerald, which is OK. I would be very worried to wake up looking at an emerald sky. It was time to go escape July heat up in the mountains again. This time it was Jennerberg, 1874 m high with numerous trails around it. We took the tickets to the top only with the goal of walking all the way down. The views and surroundings during the walk were so amazing, that words are not really capable of describing them. Pictures are not as good as real feeling, but still better than words. So I offer you a picture gallery from the walk around Jennerberg, down the flank of Jennerberg over the Königssee lake and back into the Schönau am Königssee.
The cow below was one of the many we encountered on the way. In general it was a pretty surreal feeling walking among mountains with almost noone in sight and accompanied by the music of bavarian bells on cows necks.
In total we walked about 9 km that day, very refreshing.
In the second part of the day we visited the Berchtesgaden Salt Mine. Pictures were not allowed inside due to "security reasons", so I can only share impressions. A nice ride on the small train into the depth of the mountain felt like a small rollercoaster. Then we had a walk in the tunnels stopping at several exhibition sites, all very high-tech and modern: 3D model of the mine with accompanying video on how the salt is mined, nice laser show in the cave, two slides and a beautiful light show while we were crossing the underground lake (Tip: sit on the right side of the boat to be the closest to the show). One useful feature was that they actually gathered an English-speaking group - with an English-speaking guide and corresponding video and audio - which is a luxury in Germany. Overall, not very authentic, but still nice experience.
We finished the day at the hotel with a huge (bavarian) portion of dinner. The fish I had was delicious, though I had to look up the name of the fish in the dictionary (not that it made me any more knowledgeable about what I was eating).
And the all-day-promised thunderstorm also came conveniently after 9 PM. Alps were very kind to us this time*.
*For those, not familiar with our 2013 adventures in the Alps, read here. The post is in Russian, but Google Translate works well, albeit adding somewhat Yoda style accent to the storytelling.
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