Read from a poster from an Allied War newspaper on top of the Kehlsteinhaus aka Hitler's Eagles Nest in Berchtesgaden, Germany.
The 101st Airborne Division captured Berchtesgaden in May of 1945. Sixty-Eight years later Franklin A. Fox ascended the Eagle's Nest in an air condition, 4 wheel drive, Mercedes Benz bus along with 40 other tourists.
I spent 1 night in Berchtesgaden. It was the most impressive and beautiful area I have ever set foot-in. The rain and fog luckily cleared the day I left from Salzburg to Berchtesgaden. The sun was out and you could finally see all the beautiful sights people come from all over the world to see. The snow capped peaks, yellow flowers, green valleys, turquoise blue rivers. This place is the above all be all for me personally, I was a bit teary eyed seeing it in person. Some may enjoy the ocean and beach scenery better. Certainly those places are nice but for me..THIS WAS IT. Never in my life did it all look so original and classic like the films I had seen. Sound of Music, the part from Disney's first Fantasia when Goofy skis down the alpine slope, Band of Brothers. Which by the way was not filmed on site. The places seen in that last episode resemble the area but were entirely blown away by the "real thing".
I would like to be fair in one thing. We are lucky enough to live near an area that reminded me of this dream-esque place, and that is McCall. They smell very similar. That is it. The rest is not even in comparison. The mountains stand directly around you, and they are cliff like mountains, with rock faces the size of the mountains in McCall. They are tall, big and intimidating. The water is turquoise blue, and you are surrounded by old time German built houses with their unison red-brownish roofs.
I write with not exaggaration or fluffiness of this area. (I know in the past I have been a bit infatuated with some places, Rome, Hamburg, Berlin, Naples, etc.)
and I write with no sarcasm in telling you that if you really want to see why God loves his children go to Berchtesgaden, problem with this, is you'll see that God loves the Germans a little better. ;)
In seriousness. John Fox I strongly recommend you sell your Mercedes in a few years time, fly to Germany, take mom, and do that deal with the dealerships here, where you buy a car and drive it around then they ship it to the U.S. I would recommend staying in the southern region of Germany and then heading towards Austria, for the food and sights and because the up-kept paved roads are very windy in the mountains and perfect for trying out the handling.
This wont do it justice but here's a video I made.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cEGucmW5BaI
The 101st Airborne Division captured Berchtesgaden in May of 1945. Sixty-Eight years later Franklin A. Fox ascended the Eagle's Nest in an air condition, 4 wheel drive, Mercedes Benz bus along with 40 other tourists.
I spent 1 night in Berchtesgaden. It was the most impressive and beautiful area I have ever set foot-in. The rain and fog luckily cleared the day I left from Salzburg to Berchtesgaden. The sun was out and you could finally see all the beautiful sights people come from all over the world to see. The snow capped peaks, yellow flowers, green valleys, turquoise blue rivers. This place is the above all be all for me personally, I was a bit teary eyed seeing it in person. Some may enjoy the ocean and beach scenery better. Certainly those places are nice but for me..THIS WAS IT. Never in my life did it all look so original and classic like the films I had seen. Sound of Music, the part from Disney's first Fantasia when Goofy skis down the alpine slope, Band of Brothers. Which by the way was not filmed on site. The places seen in that last episode resemble the area but were entirely blown away by the "real thing".
I would like to be fair in one thing. We are lucky enough to live near an area that reminded me of this dream-esque place, and that is McCall. They smell very similar. That is it. The rest is not even in comparison. The mountains stand directly around you, and they are cliff like mountains, with rock faces the size of the mountains in McCall. They are tall, big and intimidating. The water is turquoise blue, and you are surrounded by old time German built houses with their unison red-brownish roofs.
I write with not exaggaration or fluffiness of this area. (I know in the past I have been a bit infatuated with some places, Rome, Hamburg, Berlin, Naples, etc.)
and I write with no sarcasm in telling you that if you really want to see why God loves his children go to Berchtesgaden, problem with this, is you'll see that God loves the Germans a little better. ;)
In seriousness. John Fox I strongly recommend you sell your Mercedes in a few years time, fly to Germany, take mom, and do that deal with the dealerships here, where you buy a car and drive it around then they ship it to the U.S. I would recommend staying in the southern region of Germany and then heading towards Austria, for the food and sights and because the up-kept paved roads are very windy in the mountains and perfect for trying out the handling.
This wont do it justice but here's a video I made.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cEGucmW5BaI
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