Today was a fun day. We caught an early train off to Garmisch-Penkirken at the base of the Alps. We had some stress early on because our discount ticket was technically good only after 9 AM and we needed to leave at 8:30 to catch our connection. The train conductor gave me a stern talking to at 8:55 but we manged to move on.
In Garmisch, we got onto the cog wheel train. Due to construction, we took a bus around one section. Then we took another cog wheel train through a long tunnel to the glacier. It was cloudy but still beautiful so we had snowball fights and did some sled riding. After some food and drink, we took the gondola up to the Zugspitze, the highest point in Germany. Again, we had clouds to deal with but overall it was a pretty neat experience. I think the students enjoyed it a lot.
After coming down the mountain we spent some time in Garmisch. Garmisch is a small little alpine village with plenty of tourist shops and restaurants. We also toured around a bit before getting on the train back to Munich.
Andi reports from the pedometer just 5.9 miles, 14 flights, 13,330 steps.
