More from Garmisch-Partenkirchen

So I've finally made some time to put together some of my photos from our recent trip to Garmisch. As many of you know, we don't really "plan" our vacations. We go to places where we have ideas of what we want to see and do, and then get there and change up where we go based on a variety of factors.

Well, Garmisch was no different. The only thing I really wanted to see was the Partenachklamm. Apparently "klamm" is "gorge", so we went to the Partenach Gorge. It is a 20-30 minute walk from the parking area to the entrance, and a mostly pretty walk, but nothing amazing. The gorge itself is pretty cool - I just love that shade of green water. Ice cold at this time of year, and probably just as cold in the summer, but I'm guessing much more refreshing.

Anyways, at the far end of the gorge the trail divides. We took the wrong turn (blame me, my German is nicht sehr guht). Funny thing is, after a long climb from the valley floor, this is where we came out:

Not bad for a wrong turn! I don't think that "village" even has a name. There were hotels there and a nice restaurant with this amazing view.

The shot below here is from inside the Partenachklamm. It is a very narrow gorge, and the water isn't all that deep, but it does move pretty quickly. There are all these overhangs and tunnels that have been cut into the rock, and from one end to the other is only about 1/2 mile.

This is at the "top" end, where we exited. The sun was finally able to make it to the bottom of the gorge, and really helped to warm things up.

And at the very end people had made these rock cairns in a bizarre sort of zen-garden kind of thing. Ian and Leah had a great time deconstructing one of them while I was occupied trying to get a nice photo. There were plenty to choose from, so no real harm was done.

And a parting shot from some of the fields just behind the Edelweiss hotel, where we stayed. I'm not entirely sure what all those buildings were for, but some were packed to the gills with wood, others hay. But this is generally what we were waking up to every morning outside the hotel.

Have a wonderful day everybody!