For Memorial Day weekend Matt had another 4 days off work, so we decided to take a quick trip to Switzerland. My pictures are a little backwards, What you will see first is Hitler's Eagle Nest retreat in Berchtesgaden, Germany. We stopped there on our way home from Swiss land. It seemed like a cool thing to do on Memorial Day. What I knew was that Eagle Nest is perched at the top of this mountain peak, surrounded by other huge mountain peaks in the Austrian/German Alps. The road is only open from May to October, and in accessible the rest of the year. What I didn't know was that there are no roads all the way up to the Eagle's Nest. You take a bus (no private cars allowed) to the parking lot below the Nest, and then you walk into the mountain by way of a long tunnel. After that daunting walk, you get into an elevator which goes up 124 stories and ends inside the Eagle's Nest itself. Hitler sure did not want this retreat snuck up on!
Here is a view of the Nest with the tunnel access at the bottom
walking along the tunnel.
Anya at the top of the peak behind the Nest.
Hitler's formal dining room. Everything in here (besides the tables/chairs and people) is still original. It is now used as a restaurant.
As we left the sun came out (again), while we were here...three different storm systems blew in. This is a parting shot of the "Nest". You can barely see it, way up there on the tip of the mountain.
On our way to Zurich we passed through Reutte Austria. This is one of three castles you can tour there. I want to go back now!
Hannah, sporting her new glasses next to a fountain. Zurich has hundreds of fountains all through out the city. All claiming to be good drinking water. After all Switzerland is known for it's fresh spring water...Evian here we come.
A view up the river of the sky line of Zurich
The boys in front of Lake Zurich
Luzern, Switzerland
Luzern in the background with Chapel bridge
After Luzern we took a drive up through the berner Oberland on our way to Interlaken
The water in these glacier lakes was incredible. You could see the bottom even though it was quite deep...that is how crystal clear the water is here.
How would it be to wake up to this every morning? I think it would be awesome to have a waterfall in my back yard!
We had a quick trip to Switzerland, it was beautiful and I was glad that we were able to go.
1 comment:
AMAZING! I can't check your blog very often cause I am so jealous. You guys are having such great experiences! I had to write back after reading your post. Speaking of stake activities, my sister found a picture from the For the Strength of Youth play we did, and you were in it. Memories! Makes us miss you! Good luck with everything! You're amazing!
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