The asscent of the Zugspitz

Yesterday we took the 100 man Cable Car to the peak of the Zugspitz which was frozen and snow covered and reminded me of the film "Ice Station Zebra"  It is a super fast service that climbs from 1200m to 3100m in just ten minutes and uses only three pylons in the three mile journey!

At the pool today

The resort has an excellent in/out pool with a very nice view...
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Zugspitz Sunset

End of our first full day at Ehrwald at the base of the Zugspitz Mountain at 3000m the highest in Germany. For some reason the rock reflects the sun creating a deep orange glow most evenings. We saw this a couple of summers go but even though the weather is not great it is still glowing this week!

The resort has a fab indoor/outdoor spa pool at about 35 degrees as well as a sauna complex, out door play area, go kart track and many mountain bike trails. The restaurant is excellent and the beer tastes quite good too!

Tiroler Zugspitz

Arrived at the excellent Tiroler Zugspitz Family Resort at the base of the highest Mountain in Germany the Zugspitz. The village is Ehrwald and is actually in Austria near Lermoos.

We made the trip in two days with a stop over in Aachen near the borders of Germany and Belgium, looks like a nice town. More later....

2011 Summer Tour

We are now getting prepared for our 2011 Summer Tour in the Frankia. We are heading for Austria on Saturday after staying one night on an Island in River Mosel near Koblenz in Germany.


We are staying the first week at the fantastic Tiroler Zugspitz Active and Family Resort http://www.zugspitz-resort.at/ which has spectacular camping pitches attached.

Weather looks changeable but then it always is in the high Tyrol Mountains. Further update when we arrive at the Zugspitz the highest Mountain in Germany on the Austrian Border.

Arromanches-les-Bains

Yesterday we visited Arromanches-les-Bains to look at the British "Gold" landing beach and the other sights the pretty little town has to offer. We took the town train up the hill to look down on the town from the cliff tops before descending on foot via a WW2 Sherman Tank and then onto the promenade to view the beach close up including the second of the Mulberry Harbours. This one is very much still in view with about 25% of the harbour wall still in place. The Museum was about to close so we decided to visit it next time. We stayed at the town Municipal site and left for Calais in the morning.

Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial

Today we visited the amazing US war memorial and cemetery at Colleville sur Mer. We were truly impressed by the scale and immaculate lawns and beautiful pines all overlooking Omaha Beach. Later we drove on to Arromanches sur Mer near Gold Beach and the amazing floating harbour much of which is still in the sea and beach!
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