We stayed a second night in Köningssee and the sky looked like this when we were getting ready to sleep

In the morning it looked like this.

It was slowly clearing up so we went for an early morning walk

It was a chilly morning but as soon as the sun came up it was quite pleasant seventy-degree weather 

The views are amazing everywhere but completely impossible to show in pictures what the eye sees

In the 1930s, after becoming the German chancellor, Adolf Hitler was looking for the perfect spot to establish an official mountain retreat — Camp David for his Nazi regime. He chose Obersalzberg, a dramatically scenic mountainside area a few miles uphill from the market town of Berchtesgaden.

But Obersalzberg was also home to a huge compound of 80 buildings — fenced off from the public after 1936, and connected by extensive bunkers — where the major decisions leading up to World War II were hatched. Hitler himself spent about a third of his time as chancellor at the Berghof, hosted world leaders in the compound, and later had it prepared for his last stand.

In April 1945, Britain's Royal Air Force bombed the Obersalzberg compound nearly flat, including the Berghof. Seven years later, the Bavarian government blew up most of what had survived the bombing, wanting to leave nothing to attract neo-Nazi pilgrims

The Eagle's Nest", which is here called "teahouse" actually refers just to this small lodge itself, perched alone amid spectacular scenery like a Bond villain's lair. Built in 1939 with precision stonework evoking fascist obedience, it was Hitler's 50th birthday gift from his inner circle. The lodge and the road up to it cost a fortune — but Hitler, who was afraid of heights, visited only 4 times. (It wasn't even much of a lodge: While Nazi officials met and hosted visiting diplomats here — and Eva Braun was fond of sunbathing on the terrace — it never had any beds.)

These binoculars are set up everywhere in town and for 1 Euro you can get a good look at the place

The house is just to the left of this highest peak.

Mom did have plans to visit this place, but after finding out you can't drive there yourself, instead paying a steep price for the busride and then even more for lunch, she decided it's not worth it and zoomed in with the camera for a picture

The RV parking only allowed 2 nights in a row so we packed up and went back to Austria?

That's because we were only visiting a finger of Bavarian territory that pokes south into Austria, which had long been one of the classic Romantic corners of Germany. Hitler had famously credited its landscape — so steeped in legend and close to the soul of the German people — for inspiring him as he finished his manifesto, Mein Kampf, in a rented Obersalzberg cabin in the 1920s. His propagandists capitalized on his love of this region to establish the notion that the native Austrian was truly German at heart.

So we left this beautiful town heading south again, and from what I see it looks like Lucy is going to get a workout soon

We are in Zell am Zee Located in the Kitzbuhel Alps the town is an important tourist destination due to its ski resorts and shoreline on Lake Zell While Zell am See has been a favored winter and summer resort for the European aristocracy since the 19th century, it is known as a hub of the international jet set today.........and here WE are haha

and according to the map, it's only a 1.5-hour drive fro where we were, but for some reason, it took us a little more than 4 hours?

Mom HAS to stop so many times to admire the view and take pictures. I think it's unnecessary because I see everything I need to see while she's driving. 

Mom says: Driving here demands concentration on the road, not the views so that's why we stop often.

Also, Mom likes to take it easy and others are more in a hurry so she rather moves to the side to let them pass.

Mom found these delicacies at the supermarket and enjoyed frying them in butter for lunch, I didn't get a taste so I have no opinion of being something special.

It's 10 am and it looks like it'll be a clear sunny day, so  after a walk we will continue on south over parts of the Alps

We're having a great time and feeling awesome, 

 Kisses to ya all

Henry

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