Today was a long but fun day. We went to Oberstdorf, a village in the Alps in southwest Germany. Gerhart and Erika signed all of us up for a bus ride to a ski resort in Obertsdorf which took about 3 hours to get there from Bergoberbach. Once we got there we took the gondola up to the top of the mountain which was a little over 9000 ft. There wasn't any snow on the ground where we were but we could see snow on some of the higher peaks around us. Once we got to the top we walked about 4 to 5 miles around the top of the mountain, going to a few other peaks and then eventually back to the gondola to go down to the base of the mountain. It was absolutely beautiful on top of the mountain. The views were spectacular and the pictures just doesn't do it justice! A few showers moved over us and yes, for the 2nd time in Germany it snowed on us...not much, but enough to say it snowed on us. Yes it was cold, about 40 degrees on top of the mountain! Also for a 2nd time in Germany, I had my cup of coffee on top of the mountain at a ski resort in Alps...and for the 1st time Tammy had her cup of hot chocolate on top of the mountain at a ski resort in the Alps.
The flowers that were on top of the mountain were beautiful, and for being as cold as it was up there, it was amazing how pretty they were.
After we got down the mountain, we had a nice dinner. I had roasted deer medallions with spatzel (a small German noodle)...very good, and Tammy had wiener schnitzel without the breading in brown sauce and spatzel. It was sehr gut!
While we were at the restaurant, me, Tammy, Christina and Manuel got VERY sleepy and thought we would sleep on the bus ride home. Unfortunately the bus ride was warm, loud, and...well several of the people had beer before they got on the bus...and beer while ON the bus, and...well you can guess the rest. We even thought at one time someone was coming around taking orders for beer, but we were tired and turned the other way.
I have to give kudos to my trainer Dan Miller. The leg workouts really paid off today. Other than being out of breathe due to the altitude, my legs were fine...which is amazing given the elevation change we walked today...thanks Dan!
Tomorrow we are going to church with Manuel's family and then resting from the past few days.
We've added pictures from today so take a look...
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