05-30-2014, 09:31 PM
PREFACE
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Last Sunday, a colleague and I startet a 5-day-tour along the so called "German Alps Road". This road goes in E/W direction along the German side of the Alps from the Lake of Constance to Berchtesgaden (close to the Austrian border).
It is hard for me to describe the 5 days in detail as English is not my mother language and writing a detailed report in English would just cost too much effort for my clumsy fingers.
So here is the compressed version with some pics.
DAY 1
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We started on last Sunday morning 9 am at Mannheim and headed to Berchtesgaden (as we planned to ride the tour from East to West). The weather was fine but riding on the German Autobahn for approx 5 hours with 140-150 km/h speed is not so comfortable. I packed all my belongings in a simple rubber role (from the manufacturer Ortlieb) which was totally waterproof (unfortunately, we tested this during our ride). When we arrived at our first hotel ("Götschenalm" in Bischofswiesen close to Berchtesgaden),
we unmounted all the baggage and immediately started to ride along the "Roßfeldpanoramastraße". Nice curvy road and sometimes great panoramic view.
After riding the road 3 times (you have to pay 4 EUR toll fee), we headed for lake "Königssee"
before we went back to our hotel. By the way: in Bavaria all the cattles have "free passway" which means they are allowed to cross roads wherever they want. So you have to take care of them and especially their slippery digestion remnants on the roads.
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Last Sunday, a colleague and I startet a 5-day-tour along the so called "German Alps Road". This road goes in E/W direction along the German side of the Alps from the Lake of Constance to Berchtesgaden (close to the Austrian border).
It is hard for me to describe the 5 days in detail as English is not my mother language and writing a detailed report in English would just cost too much effort for my clumsy fingers.
So here is the compressed version with some pics.
DAY 1
====
We started on last Sunday morning 9 am at Mannheim and headed to Berchtesgaden (as we planned to ride the tour from East to West). The weather was fine but riding on the German Autobahn for approx 5 hours with 140-150 km/h speed is not so comfortable. I packed all my belongings in a simple rubber role (from the manufacturer Ortlieb) which was totally waterproof (unfortunately, we tested this during our ride). When we arrived at our first hotel ("Götschenalm" in Bischofswiesen close to Berchtesgaden),
we unmounted all the baggage and immediately started to ride along the "Roßfeldpanoramastraße". Nice curvy road and sometimes great panoramic view.
After riding the road 3 times (you have to pay 4 EUR toll fee), we headed for lake "Königssee"
before we went back to our hotel. By the way: in Bavaria all the cattles have "free passway" which means they are allowed to cross roads wherever they want. So you have to take care of them and especially their slippery digestion remnants on the roads.