Carol and I went to Germany with my brother Bill and his wife Sonya in mid-June, 2010. None of us had been there before. Bill and Sonya are great travel companions, fun, intelligent and good with figuring out things to do. They live in Idaho Falls, Idaho and had to change planes a couple of times. Carol and I left LAX the evening of June 10 and flew non-stop on Lufthansa to Munich. We arrived late afternoon of June 11, ten hours after Bill and Sonya arrived. They spend the time visiting downtown Munich, including the famous gluckenspiel at the City Hall. We rented a Mazda6 station wagon diesel manual transmission and drove to Garmisch. It took as about an hour to get there, but then finding the condo took several minutes because the addresses were not necessarily on the building but, rather, on the fence around the building.
The condo, loaned to us by Wilf and Meka Voge was super nice, comfortable and had a beautiful view of the German Alps and the river that runs through Garmisch.
I was very happy with Lufthansa. There is a little more leg room in the plane and everyone got a pillow and blanket. Further, they did not charge extra for anything. The gate attendants and the crew were professional and seemed to want to help. I took a pill and slept most of the way. The opposite from Lufthansa is Delta.
The top photo is the view out the living room of the condo.
The next photo is edelweiss, planted in front of the Edelweiss Lodge which is on an airforce base. We caught buses for our various tours.
These are the mountains right by the condo and the lodge. The Zugspitze is the highest mountain in Germany.
Here we are chilling out after a hard day touring. Carol on the computer and Bill and Sonya putting together a puzzle.
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