Day: 317
Also on vacation this week, Markus, was keen to do a little hiking in the Bavarian Allgau Forest; He had stated as much in his e-mail, and I was wonderfully thankful to have a local guide, instead of getting jammed in with the tourist crowds at the normal spots. We spent a couple of traffic filled hours driving from near Stuttgart (where he lives) down to Oberstdorf, the southern most German city, sitting on the Austrian border.
An avid hiker, whose parents brought him to this forest for most of his childhood, he already had a few trails he had never done before in mind, and with the changing color of the leaves, my camera and I were happy to tag along.
The hike was relatively mellow, with plenty of time for lunch on a hilltop and a cappuccino in the little café on top of the mountain. We wandered back down, past numerous amounts of bell ringing cows and (after checking in with the information stand) found a tiny room in a guesthouse back in Oberstdorf.
Finally we get to my favorite part of Germany; Food and Beer. We found a local steam beer brewery offering three types of glorious beverage; Pils (a standard lager, think Becks only better), Dunkle (a darker red beer with lots of flavor) and a Wiessbier (a Hefenweizen/wheat beer). I went for a giant liter of Wiess and ordered myself a Gambsbraten (roasted wild game, which was Ram, Markus seemed to think) which was quite pleasant.
The night progressed though various stages of drinking and after spending a couple of hours playing ping-pong with the locals we called it a night.
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LOLnri seriously think there’s a way to work around it!nrnrwhat melodious cows!nrthen again, if i were them, i would have totally lost my mind with that incessant clanging!nrnr
Loved the cow video. Reminds me of when JoAnn and I were up north of Gryon and hiked among the cows for miles and miles.
Great Pics!
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