The Zugspite- Sledding in July!

Again I am very slow in writing this entry...there is nothing better than spending a July day in the snow!  We headed for the Zugspite which is the highest peak in Germany, it also is shared by Austria but it is not Austria's highest peak. 

 The gold marker in the background is the top..we had lunch at a picnic table up there with the clouds swirling around us...very fun!

 I liked this cool thing at the top.

A better picture of the gold marker.

The Dad's finally found a beer, they wanted one at the very top but we rushed them down to the glacier so the kids could sled!

 We chose to go up the German side (over the Austrian) because from there you can also take the cable car part way down to the glacier.  Sledding on the glacier was amazing on a July day!

In season there is skiing at the top too, here are some of the runs partially still covered in snow.

 Greg and Erik decided to take some photos with all of this gear that was up there for some climbing school, they were trying to make all the images look as if they were really doing dangerous things, but I can assure you they were quite safe-enjoy!

Katie joined the fun!

There was a chapel at the top and this is a view out the window. They had a few pictures from when the Pope visited a few years back.  Must have been fun getting him in and out of there safely!

 We came down and the kids put on swimsuits and attempted the alpine lake...I'm not sure which was worse the pebbles at the bottom or the cold water.

 I tease Jake that I am snapping lots of pictures to share at his rehearsal dinner someday..here is a great one! He was wearing Charlie's swim goggles and dancing!

 We had dinner in this nearby town and it had wonderful painted houses and gorgeous flowers blooming off all of their balconies.

 Here's an example of the paintings...

 Tomorrow we headed separate directions...us home to Brussels and our friends on to more German cities.  Kids were bummed...

A final view of the beautiful mountains!

Again my friend Myev wrote about this weeks ago on her blog...here is a link if you want to see more photos...stay tuned, many more blog entries to come I'm just behind in writing this summer!

https://fillthewall.wordpress.com/2018/07/15/day-13-zugspitze/