2015 HF Holidays. Austria, Bavaria

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15-09-08 - Nice view from up here.

Mayrhofen, Austria, Day1,2. Ahornbahn

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15-08-28 - Bradley Ave. Waiting for Pearson bus.

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15-08-29 - Hotel Waldheim balcony view. What a contrast to Woodside Drive.

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15-08-29 - Mayrhofen mascot. Seen on our arrival day walkabout downtown.

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15-08-30 - Cablecar up, first ramble. Mayrhofen below. Our hotel is visible on that middle patch of green pasture. On the point, between the two lobes.

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15-08-30 - Drat. After lunch we had to go back down.
15-08-28 HF holiday, Mayrhofen, Day1,2. Ahornbahn

Mayrhofen Day3, Finkenberg Almbahn

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15-08-31 - Top of the Almbahn.

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15-08-31 - The rigours of camping. Actually Merle is more eager to hit the trail than to relax. I had to briefly hand-cuff her to this chair to get the picture.

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15-08-31 - Alpine welcoming committee. On our walks we were nearly always able to hear the jingle of cowbells.

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15-08-31 - Balcony views. Turn right for Mayrhofen Our route back to the hotel took us along a forest path on the side of the Ziller valley.
Speculation was that it might have been an old rail line, forest road, or a useful route in times of flood. We heard the term "balcony" applied to walking paths on the side of a slope paralleling the edge of a valley.
15-08-31 Mayrhofen - Day3, Finkenberg Almbahn

Mayrhofen Day4 Gerlosssteinwand

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15-09-01 - We only looked in at the gate. Too early for lunch.

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15-09-01 - We did stop here for lunch.

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15-09-01 - Cows and waterwheel entertainment. More entertaining than watching the grass grow.

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15-09-01 - Norma: Search-and-rescue friendly shirt.

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15-09-01 - Privileged position.

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15-09-01 - The view fom the balcony. Our hotel is down there in the middle, between the two green fields near the lower centre.

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15-09-01 - Let's buy shares in this place.

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15-09-01 - Brandberg: Church interior. Waiting for a bus back to Mayrhofen.

15-09-01 Mayrhofen - Day4 Gerlosssteinwand

Mayrhofen Day5, Free day

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15-09-02 - Walkabout: Waldheim hotel, ahead. On the left.

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15-09-02 - Heisse lieben Icecream. Merle doesn't seem impressed. Perhaps my lieben isn't heiss enough.

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15-09-02 - The rain in Austria falls mainly... on the tourists.

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15-09-02 - The little engine that could. And did. Pull trainloads of tourists up and down the valley.

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15-09-02 - She'll be comin' round the mountain.
15-09-02 Mayrhofen - Day5, Free day

Mayrhofen Day6, Schlegeis Dam, Ital border

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15-09-03 - The toilsome upward path

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15-09-03 - Die Grenze. We're now in Italy. S. Tirol. This was the scene of fierce battles between Italian and Austrian troops in WW1.

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websrch:Trails and trenches of the Dolomites

Mayrhofen Day7, Schlegeis Dam, Downstream

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15-09-04 - Schlegeis dam again. Today we walk downstream.

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15-09-04 - On the parapet.

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15-09-04 - Hold very tight, please.

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15-09-04 - Snack-time already? We've only just started out.

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15-09-04 - Alm dude-ler. Here he is. His dude-lerina took the picture. That's her imprint on the chair beside him.

15-09-04 Mayrhofen - Day7, Schlegeis Dam, Downstream

Mayrhofen - Day8 = Tegernsee - Day1

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15-09-05 - Tearful departure, Mayrhofen, Austria

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15-09-05 - Tegernsee, Bavaria, Terrassenhof hotel

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15-09-05 - Our new room We may just ignore the hiking.

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15-09-05 - Our new west wing.

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15-09-05 - Our new balcony. We lived happily ever ... At least, until the flight home.
15-09-05 Mayrhofen - Day8 Tegernsee - Day1

Tegernsee Day2, Bauer in der Au. Bauer in der Au is the title, in the HF literature, of today's ramble. The name appears to mean Farmer in the dell. After considerable web searching, found that the term brings up an actual Tegernsee tourist guesthouse, the proprietor's zoning troubles with the municipality, and also information that the term au is Bavarian or Austrian dialect for meadow. Au is not listed in some major, on-line, German-to-English dictionaries.
Anyone recall the nursery rhyme?

The farmer in the dell, (2x)
Hi-ho the dairy-oh,
The farmer in the dell.

The farmer takes a wife, (2x)
Hi-ho ... (etc.)

The wife takes the cat, ... ... cat ... mouse ... cheese ... (each verse, someone is pointed out in succession.)

The cheese stands alone ...

I think this last is the "gotcha" line. The person selected is either "out" or voted into public office. We voted ourselves into carrying on with the ramble, despite misty, drizzly weather. Walking is quite feasible under these conditions, provided you have suitable raingear and stick to lower altitudes.

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Tegernsee Day3, Balcony Route

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15-09-06 - Derek's precious. We did not practice safe sex while at Tegernsee.

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15-09-07 - Here's our transport across the lake.

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15-09-07 - I'm the ruler of the Queen's navee. With a pop-gun to intimidate pirates of Penzance.

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15-09-07 - Though there are several churches ... on its shores, this is not the Holy See.

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15-09-07 - Rathaus at the end of the universe. Lake Tegernsee comes close to being a mini tourist universe.

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15-09-07 - The schloss-monastery-brauerei.

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15-09-07 - Am Ludwig Erhard-Platz, Gmund. Wikipedia: He is often famed for leading German postwar economic reforms and economic recovery ("Wirtschaftswunder," German for "economic miracle") in his role as Minister of Economics under Chancellor Konrad Adenauer.
15-09-06 Tegernsee - Day3, Balcony Route

Tegernsee Day4, Wallberg

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15-09-08 - I'll get the next car, Merle. But you'd better keep an eye on the dude with the sunglasses.

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15-09-08 - Up.

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15-09-08 - Hang-glider chapel. That may be Germany's Zugspitze behind the light standard, almost hidden in cloud. Check out DR's 1950's show including Zugspitze cog railway pictures.
Zweibruecken. Germany, 1950's

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15-09-08 - Merle is content with the view. Of Tegernsee.

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15-09-08 - Flight preparations. She's waiting (right) till the wind picks up.

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15-09-08 - Liftoff. The wind is blowing uphill. They take a running leap, then tuck up legs to avoid the tree-tops.
A second, blue para-sail is ahead, just above the yellow one. Someone said they saw one of the gliders land on a green area below.

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15-09-08 - Lunch: a bit over the top. Who was the guilty party?

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15-09-08 - Bauern omlette for DR. A real man-of-the-people, authentic, salt-of-the-earth, farmery kind of dude. Oh yes, and a radler to wash it down.
The name "radler" means "cyclist" and was first applied to a drink by a Bavarian innkeeper whose establishment was overwhelmed one day by cyclists. Having limited beer, and an overstock of lemon soda in the basement, he mixed beer and soda 50-50, with the claim that they wouldn't fall off their bikes on the rest of the ride. The new drink immediately caught on. Unfortunately, ready-mix radler can be hard-to-find in North America. And waiters, typically, don't know what you mean by shandy. (That's my glass, discreetly placed off-camera at the right of the pic.)

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12-09-11 - The gods onside, or beer INSIDE? And remember, guys, One swallow does not a summer make. So drink up. (A tribute to The Biking Vikings at The Boathouse, Chippewa)

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15-09-08 - Not a hot pot. Or a crock-pot, or a crack-pot.
15-09-08 Tegernsee - Day4, Wallberg

Tegernsee Day5, Free day

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15-09-09 - Shorewalk: Brit embassy? Wrong crest.

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15-09-09 - Nice kitty. Today, Merle, you don't have to take any thorns out of its paw.

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89 - 1989 M. as Androcles, Trafalgar Sq.

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15-09-09 - Schloss-brewery-monastery of day3.
15-09-09 Tegernsee - Day5, Free day

Tegernsee Day6, Spitzingsee

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15-09-10 - The group, ready for anything.

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15-09-10 - This is getting serious already. Some of the group went up to the very summit of this peak.

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15-09-10 - Are we having fun yet?

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15-09-10 - Our path, left and back, upwards. Rotwandhaus, ahead, our eventual destination.

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15-09-10 - Note: UNDER, not on. We make a polite (Canadian) statement für Judenkeit. The highest point on the trail.

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15-09-10 - Splendid views.

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15-09-10 - Path to lunch at Rotwandhaus.

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15-09-10 - Is this the Rotwand?
15-09-10 Tegernsee - Day6, Spitzingsee

Tegernsee Day7, Kreuth, Koenigs Alm

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15-09-11 - Visit to a cheese factory, Pfoern Couldn't buy stuff to take home because of import regs. Picked up snacks instead.

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15-09-11 - Looks like Augustus in the woods. Emperor Maximilian somebody. BIG Max, we're told.

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15-09-11 - Lunch stop at the alm hut. Overlooks the Austrian border atop the ridge, south. Alm means alpine meadow.

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15-09-11 - Swim clockwise or anti-clockwise? Fish-hatchery behind the spa.

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15-09-11 - We perambulate Wildbad spa frontage. The spa is a historical site, appears to host conferences. Didn't hear if they still have mineral baths.
15-09-11 Tegernsee - Day7, Kreuth, Koenigs Alm

Tegernsee Day8, Departure for home

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15-09-12 - Last day, morning surprise. What time does the balloon go up? Early, it seems. A change in flight plans by Air Canada?

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15-09-12 - Our checked-out-of room, middle left.

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15-09-12 - Terrassenhof patio. A last look out onto the lake. A class of kids was learning the art of stand-up paddle boarding.

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15-09-12 - Munich airport bye-bye.

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15-09-12 - Greenland Glacier. Or, Gruenland Gletcher, as they might say in some circles. Took many pics out the plane window. Does that make me a Gletcher Letcher?

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15-09-12 - Us: Awe and wonder.

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15-09-12 - Greenland w. coast. Heading for Labrador. I've looked for that "H" formation of fiords on Google maps, but not found it.

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15-09-12 - Us again. We didn't feel the cold. Rejuvenated by HF hols. My first shave in 50 years.

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15-09-12 - DR, reality. Home. Be it ever so bumbled ...
15-09-12 Tegernsee - Day8, Departure for home

Note: This HF holiday cost approximately $7600 for 2 people, including airfare and miscellaneous out-of-pocket expenses.
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