Wanderlust: Staying Put Today

There is an option to ride a gondola or a train up to the top of the Zugspitze. We intended to do that when we booked two nights here since the enjoyment of that experience is weather dependent. And this morning, clearly, the weather was stellar. However, after yesterday’s 10 hours in the car and in tunnel after tunnel after tunnel, we just couldn’t get excited about spending the day in close quarters doing that. Plus, the view was sooooo beautiful from down here. Even at high noon in the worst light.

Instead we enjoyed a leisurely breakfast. Sat on our balcony. Walked into town. Stopped and had a 🍺 .

Chatted with a couple there with their Shiba Inu. They were surprised that we/I had lived in Pennsylvania (her sister lived for many years in New Jersey). Then in California. And now in Florida. Those places all being so far away from each other. (And that was before the mention of the Caribbean.). But then she offered that moving around like that isn’t unusual for Americans. Where were they from? She is Polish and he is Belgian. Which, to us, seems far more note worthy and cosmopolitan than moving about in one’s own country.

Anyway, their dog jumped up and took note when our glasses were set down on our table. But immediately sat back down. They explained that their previous dog, a German Shepherd, loved beer -of course. But this one prefers Bailey’s. 😉

On the topic of drinks, I nearly sprained a wrist trying to remove the cap from the first Coke Zero we bought. They are designed to make that absolutely impossible. Pour the content into a glass or fight the cap drinking from the bottle, but you will not discard that cap on its own.

So why here but not in the States?

Finally, thanks to the internet again. I looked up why traditional Bavarian farm buildings have walls that are not vertical but rather angle diagonally so the building is larger at the roofline than at the floor. It increases stability is buildings. No, no photo as we were driving at the time. But feel free to Google it.

And while we are on the topic, one can actually see an unfamiliar car emblem fly by, google “car emblem that looks like a kokopelli’s head” and ultimately find your way to this:

What a world!