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2010-09-08: Travel to Seefeld, Austria

    Woke up in time to eat quick breakfast and catch the 7:35 bus to Garmish. Bus was cheap. Bus driver showed us the Zugspitze train was through the train depot and under the tracks. Nice ladies on the Zugspitzebahn. Diane fell asleep and had to shake her to wake her. Got out before the end of the line to catch the gondola instead of train through tunnel.

    Thermometer said it was 3C on the top of the mountain before the 26kph wind chill. A chilly view from the top of Zugspitze: A chilly view.
    Overcast but high clouds and low clouds allowed dark view of the mountain tops. Pretty cold lady: Pretty cold lady
    Lunch in a nice restaurant on top of mountain. Lunch in a nice restaurant on top of mountain with a nice warm eating area and…
    Really good cake Really good cake
    Nice German man from Hanover talked to us for long while on top of the Zugspitze. Came down early as was overcast and took the hiking path instead of gondola. Came down early as was overcast and took the hiking path instead of gondola.

    Took train to Mittenwald. Mittewald train station under repair. No lockers so did not go to town as did not want to drag roller suitcases along. Alternate train ticket place was closed from 12-2. Later found out sign said closed until 3. Later found out closed at noon on Wednesdays. Figured out how to use train ticket machine – go to pay and find machine only takes cards no cash.

    Wait for bus. Starts to rain. Large crowd of people show up just before bus arrives. Bus has no place for suit cases and no empty seats, shove under seats, hit ladies feet in row behind, hit old man’s feet.

    Next bus stop more people get on, no seats so standing in aisle, move suitcase so not sticking out in aisle, hit more people, very nice Germans take it with a smile.

    Get off bus in Seefeld, stop and read instructions, write them down sloppily on paper, start walking, take shortcut. After 1/4 mile start asking for help. Nice Swiss lady on vacation does not know where the hotel is, nice Austrian man takes us into a hotel gets a map and finds we are on the wrong side of town. Gives us map and wishes us good luck. Nice lady from Switzerland comes back with map and tells us we are on the wrong side of the town. She assumed we would be wandering the streets until she found us.

    The hotel is a long way away. Diane is really thinking about bringing less next time. We stop and look at map multiple times. Finally take tunnel under busy road. See home made sign that says our hotel is 3 minutes away. We are not the first to take this route.

    Arrive at hotel and no one is there. No one. Wait. A man walks through looks at us and keeps walking. Owners finally arrive and cannot find our reservations. Freddy shows up and welcomes us and tried to get us to buy a package for a trip tomorrow. Reminds me of MM Jr. Go to room and it is nice. Weak internet signal from somewhere.

    Down to supper and meet very nice couple form England. Talk until 9:30. Learned a new trick. Put the napkin in a special cloth holder when done with meal. Starts to rain very hard outside. Go to bed

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