Saturday 24 September 2016

Brom goes upper

Coocoo

Today we had our very own driver. Gera's friend Andreas came to pick us up a little after nine o'clock. The original plan had been to visit Schloss Neuschwanstein, which is a castle and is beautiful. But the path we wanted to take up was closed because rocks could be falling. So, Andreas came up with a few other ideas.

View from the car
One of his ideas was to go through a very narrow canyon and that sounded okay to us. It only took us an hour and a half to get there, but the view was beautiful and we didn't mind one bit. The canyon was real good fun. It was narrow, there was water and there were fantastic views. 

Is it a ghost?
No, it's Gera in a little tunnel
It wasn't very long before we got to another part where we would have to pay and where it got steeper and less interesting, so instead we turned back, because Andreas had another great idea.

Getting a good view of the canyon
Close to the canyon there were several villages and in one of those villages there was a cable car up the mountain. Up and upper! And if we got on after two o'clock, we would get coffee and cake included!

Going up
Guess what we did: we waited for two o'clock, got on the little cable car and went up the mountain. And upper and upper and upper until we were upperst! And when we got there:

FANTASTIC, BEAUTIFUL, AMAZING, STUNNING, WONDERFUL, MIND BOGGLING, BREATH TAKING!

I think it is the best thing we have seen during this whole holiday! The views were so wide and magnificent it was unbelievable. We could see for miles and I felt even smaller than I already am. 

Mara said we started at a little over 1000 meters (over 3000 feet) and we ended up at 1900 meters (over 6000 feet). 

I wouldn't have minded staying there a bit longer, but we needed to get back for some dinner and then back to the hotel. But I really hope to be back some day to see some more of the Alps! 

Thank you Andreas for the beautiful day we had. I loooooooved it!

YUM!!!

7 comments:

  1. Hari OM
    OMBears, that is definitely my kind of 'up'; what an amaaaazing place!!! You are one luck bear. That tunnel photo is brilliant... and again with the yums... hugs and growlies, YAM-aunty xxx

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    1. Yums are important in a bear's life! Hugs even more so, but I get those from Mara every day. Even if she lifts me up by the ears sometimes...

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  2. Oh, Brom, my comment got gone because I hit the wrong button thingy. I hope I get to be as smart a you are, some day.
    Hugs to Mara and Gera, and lots of hugs to you, Brom.
    K

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  3. I remember being on a mountain top in the Rockies at Jasper. It is a good memory.

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  4. What a special friend to take you three on this beautiful adventure. Just breathtaking views. BTW, I have my great niece doggie spending the night with me tonight. Lucy says hi to Brom!

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