It's a very famous place due to the fact that Hitler had what was called his 'Eagles Nest' there. It is a house built right on top of a mountain, perched in fact, as there is nothing around it at all except sheer drops. It has fantastic views all around and it is now a restaurant and tourist attraction, where nationalities from all around the world visit. The ironic thing is that Hitler only visited a few times because he was scared of heights!
We had our usual walk around the town, stop for coffee and then shopping. Despite my determination NOT to buy anything I found some excellent shirts that will be ideal for my next trip to Egypt. There were dark clouds approaching so we left just in time to miss the heavy downpour but the mountain looked amazing, cloaked in black.
On the way back to the car we came across a man carving a statue from wood, just by the side of the road!
From Berchestesgaden we went back over the border into Austria. Disco Sally makes us laugh as every time we cross a border she welcomes us to the new country!
We made our way to St Martin bei Lofer, a tiny hamlet that has the most amazing house, in fact it's known locally as the Flower House.
We walked around the corner from here to the 17th C church, inside which is the body of a martyr, St Gaudentius. The skeleton is covered in stockinette and there are jewels all over it.
From here we went back down the road to the larger village of Lofer. This is one of our favourite places, mainly because the film 'Where Eagles Dare' was made. There is a wonderful war memorial that was disguised for the film, but is amazing to look at, as it's next to a tree that grows bigger every year. The house behind it was used for a main part of the film with Richard Burton and Clint Eastwood. They stayed in the nearby hotel and the residents still remember Burton drinking a bottle of whiskey a night when he stayed there with Elizabeth Taylor!
We went to our regular shop, Farbinger, looking for more shirts for me, but ended up leaving with a coat each, reduced in the sale, naturally!
After this, we of course made our way to Cafe Schmid, where this time I had a hot black currant with ice cream/cream dessert - delicious!
Whilst I was there someone had a massive fruit one, how they eat it is beyond me!
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