The Top Of Germany

The adventure continued Saturday afternoon...

The cable car station to the top of the Zugspite, Germany's tallest peak, was right beside Lake Ebisee.  Not completely sure what this cable car ride was all about (the top of the mountain was covered by clouds and we couldn't see where the car stopped), we put our faith into German engineering. 

Here is our transportation to 10,000 feet: 

 Up, up, and away!

 Lake Ebisee

Chris and I both tried to look out and not down too much!

 Disappearing into the clouds. This was pretty erie! One second you see nothing but clouds and then...

 the side of the mountain!

Here is a picture of one the cable cars heading back down the mountain.

We made it to the summit!  

The true adventurers scaled the rock cliff behind us, but we'll stay on this side of the guard rail! ;)

 We wandered around the visitor's center at the summit for a while, eating a pretzel and taking in the views. Here's Lake Ebisee again.

 We took a small cable car out onto the glacier. There were sleds (just like our Zipfys!) to take for a ride.  

I think these facial expressions say enough...

 Man vs. Glacier

 The highest church in Germany.

 :)

 I think we might fall of this bench and roll down the mountain, mom!

 Someone had too much excitement today.

We opted to take a leisurely ride on the cog wheel train down the mountain.

 We stopped in the little town of Grainau for dinner at this wonderful gasthaus (the schnitzel smothered with grilled onions was so good I almost licked my plate clean).

It is vacation, so the night isn't complete without ice cream! ;)