Photography by Mike Mander | Germany 2011 - Day 04 & 05 - Grainau & Zugspitze

Germany 2011 - Day 04 & 05 - Grainau & Zugspitze

August 18th & 19th

The highest peak in Germany is the Zugspitze at over 2,962 meters (9,715 feet) and there is a tramway leading up from the Bavarian town of Grainau. We stayed in a nice little hotel (photos 1-3) with a great view (photos 4-7 & 59-60). Frames 6 & 7 are telephoto shots of the Zugspitze from my hotel room balcony. The border between Germany and Austria passes right through the top of the Zugspitze and in some viewing areas up on top, you are actually in a different country.

Lots and lots of black birds (close up of one in frame 44) everywhere, picking up scraps left behind by people. There is one cafe inside with a truly stunning view (frame 47) of the surrounding mountains! My father photographed me on top of the peak (frame 30) as I was doing a favour for a couple, taking their snapshot by the peak marker. Then he took a shot of me afterwards in frame 34 as well. I do hate myself in photos but I suppose that one turned out okay. On the way back down the mountain, we took a different tramway part way down, then a very steep cog-wheel train the rest of the way to the bottom, underground for much of the way and then breaking into the open near the bottom (frames 56 & 57). That evening there was an amazing stormy sky to end the day!

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