Day 32 - Friday 26 June

A leisurely 4 hour driving day from Oberammergau to Munich,

Before departing Oberammergau, we stopped at Hansel & Gretel's House and Little Red Riding Hood's House.

 

We drove through the Austrian Tyrol.

We stopped in Stumm to see John's (Bill's brother-in-law) grandparents' manor house, and then in Kossen to visit John's cousin, Anita.

Day 31 - Thursday 25 June

This morning we walked around Schwangau, including a visit to the fairytale Schloss Neuschwanstein.

After lunch, we drove east for 1 hour through the scenic countryside to the delightful Bavarian town of Oberammergau. We checked into the Hotel Garni Fux, then spent the afternoon walking around, admiring the buildings (including the spectacular interior of the Parish Church of St. Peter & Paul), craftsmen and shops. In the evening, we went to a biergarten for dinner and entertainment by an oompah band.

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Day 30 - Wednesday 24 June

What a lovely morning.

Our lovely host at - www.dreibirken.it - recommended that we didn't drive into Bolzano, but go in as the locals do - a 5 minute local train ride followed by a 15 minute cable car ride - fantastic.

Di spent a couple of hours looking through the laneway of shops.

Whilst Bill went to the South Tyrol Museum of Archaeology to see Otzi, and tried on a replica of his hat and clothes - http://www.iceman.it/ .

After returning to our car, via the cable car and local train, we drove 3 hours north, from Italy, through Austria, back to Germany, with beautiful views from the autobahn.

We arrived at Zugspitze, the highest mountain in Germany, in the middle of the afternoon, and caught a cable car to the top and back.

We then drove a further 1 hour north to Schwangau, Germany, where we are staying the night.

Day 29 - Tuesday 23 June

A beautiful view from the balcony of our pension in Kals am Grossglockner.

We then drove about 2 hours south into Italy, where we drove for about 5 hours through the Dolomites, including a exhilarating and spectacular drive from Cortina d'Ampezzo to Bolzano, where we stayed the night - http://www.traveller.com.au/the-drive-stupendous-20c3z .