Up until last weekend, the weather in Germany has been a bit loopy. We had snow, then 20C and sunny, then back to cold and cloudy. There was one point where I thought we changed to summer tires too soon. Now the days are a bit more normalized, with sunny and cool forecasts, absolutely perfect weather for the Mountains. Even better than the weather many of the hikes opened last weekend. To celebrate, Dominic, I and two other couples in our friend group, decided to take a nice stroll through the Aschauer Klamm tour in the beautiful hiking region of Berchtesgaden.The hike itself is very family friendly and took us a little over 3hrs to complete. For much of the hike we followed a beautiful well maintain path along a large stream with rushing waterfalls. There is a lovely Gasthaus where one can drink a Radler and enjoy brotzeit before or after the main part of the hike. Our misfit crew of hikers, taking in the beautiful weather and views.
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I never thought I would love genuine winters, Hawaiian winters don’t count. As a kid winters were great, they meant snow days and violent snow wars but as an adult winter is synonymous with frigid temperatures, an eternal flu, perpetually cold hands and feet, and overall grey and unpleasantly boring days. When I moved to Germany I didn’t have the most positive thoughts about winter but I really tried to keep an open mind, and luckily I did. After being equipped with better winter clothing I learned a valuable lesson in German mentality. “The weather is never bad, one is just poorly dressed.” So that really fits into he stereotype of German tourists wearing lots of Gortex, and seemingly overly prepared.
Dressed in my rain, wind, and cold proof coat, pants, and shoes I am able to take on winter and punch her right in her icy face. Ok, not really. Winter has been that horrendous but I am better prepared and I am able to enjoy winter sports without worry of freezing and or annoying Dominic with my constant cries for heat. Some of the winter activities I’ve taken up are skiing (falling down slopes), normal snowy walks in the woods, and more recently snow shoe hiking. A group of us sampled a 2.5 hr trek in the fresh snow of Berchtesgaden and it was absolutely breathtaking, both from strain and beauty. We enjoyed our time so much that we all decided to purchase snow shoes and pick up a new winter hobby. |
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