Day 11 - Zugspitze

Today, we set out for the top of Germany, the Zugspitze!  We caught the U-bahn train to the S-bahn train to a regional DB train to a cog wheel train to a bus around rail construction to another cog wheel train to a gondala to the top of Germany!  We had a chance to play in the snow near the glacier on the mountain.  The Germans snow ski here all summer.  The very top was a bit windy, and the Austrian side was completely closed for some reason.  But the views were terrific!  Very clear, a bit hazy at spots.  A long day.  One minor disaster, I left our backpack at a train stop on the way down, but the train officials were able to find it and get it back to us.  I blame the bus without climate control.  In the valley, it was around 80 or 85 and even in the snow at altitude it was still pretty warm.