
Sonny Vandevelde
Fashion should be fun and with my photography I love to create those fun moments.
Travel
German Austrian Border
I have been looking forward to getting back to Tux Lanersbach, it's my 6th time, but last time was 9 years ago
Stayed at a little village last night in Germany called Ulm ( was not in the mood for a 10 hour drive, plus I wanted to take a scenic tour ) which it turns out is the birthplace of Albert Einstein ( did not grow up there though, his family moved to Munich soon after his birth ) So about 90 minutes into the drive I get to Oberammergau
and yes, lots of snow still
look at that backdrop
and this is only the beginning
surrounded by tall peaks now
Ettal Abbey
Hohe Kisten mountains
spectacular looking mountain with the snow covering it
We just don't get this in Australia, hence my fascination ( I know I should go to NZ south Island )
about to take a smaller road ( which is covered in snow ) and just looking back at Wallgau and Krun villages. Still in Germany, and those mountains in the middle of the photo, that's Austria on the left and Germany on the right
Isar River, cold, fresh and clear
very clear
except for the snow bottom right of the photo, the colours could as well be from one of my Fiji or Tahiti trips
be a good swimming hole in summer though, might have to come back and check it out
looking west
so I spotted this on google earth and why I wanted to take this road, as it look like a super wide river the Rißbach, with just hundreds and thousand of river stones. On google earth it looked dry and today it is covered in snow
Rißbachhaus, just out of frame used to be the old border house
as just up that valley is Austria
I park the car and go for a wonder on the Rißbach
and covered in snow
but there is still a little creek running, can imagine after all the snow melts there must be a period when it is a running river
spot the car. Austrian mountains, not far to go
just crossed the border
Bettlerkarspitze
mountain at Achental
looks surreal to me
made it to my destination, park the car, look back to mountain I just drove past and that's the top of Penken
up so high in the mountains, we are closer to the planes flying overhead
balcony outside my room for the next 5 nights, love this place, this will be my 6th trip to Tux Lanersbach, and staying at the same hotel, SportVital Hotel but it has had a rename Das Alois, same people, same owners
google had me going via Munich or Innsbruck, I did neither