Germany’s ULTIMATE mountain town! (Exploring Garmisch-Partenkirchen)

Germany’s ULTIMATE mountain town! (Exploring Garmisch-Partenkirchen)

Yesterday we hopped onto a 1 and 1/2 hour train ride from Munich and headed to garish Parton kirkin a gorgeous Mountain Town located in the Bavarian Alps this year-round Paradise is known for its beautiful hikes winter activities Bavarian architecture and Mountain views and after spending all day yesterday on the Zug spitza the

Highest mountain in Germany we’re spending the next few days exploring in and around the town itself and we’re kicking things off at the part knot Gorge this is just something I never would have expected to see here in Germany we’re taking a 20-minute bus ride to the start of the gorge and one

Neat thing about staying here is that the daily tourist tax you pay with your accommodation includes a bus pass for many of the local buses the bus dropped to off right by this Olympic ski jump which is where the Winter Olympics took place in 1936 in

Fact while the town is now called garish Parton Kirk and it actually used to be two separate towns but they were forced to merge for the Olympics but from here it should only be about a 20 minute walk or so to the entrance of the Gorge

To get in the gorge you go through this tunnel so we’re not even in it yet and it is already so cool oh my gosh this is amazing w wow this is Beautiful this 699 M long Gorge has been formed over time by the part knck River whose bright blue Waters still rush through its 86 M tall walls it became a national landmark back in 1912 but at that time people had to risk their lives to go through the gorge thankfully there

Is now an easy paved walkway that takes you along the Water the water falling here is so pretty and I love how it’s collecting on the rock face there and then just like instantly turning to ice and icicles we’ve seen photos from later in the winter when all of the walls are just completely covered in ice it’s just one

Big icicle in here I can’t stop freaking out about this place this is just something I never would have expected to see here in Germany it’s like an adventure walking through here you’re ducking under Ledges there’s water falling ice falling I’m just waiting for a rock to fall on my

Head and this is all just in the first 5 Minutes I feel like Indiana Jones going through all of these Tunnels it’s so narrow in this section it’s almost like a Cave we have made it to as far as that we are able to go to today but man that was so much longer than I thought it would be we kept thinking we were done and we kept going and going and going and one really nice thing about this

Gorge is that you have to go back the same way you came so you get to go back through the gorge to Leave that Gorge was one of the things I was most excited about not only in this area but in all of Germany and actually the last last couple weeks it’s been closed due to storm damage so we didn’t think we were going to be able to go but

Today was the first day that it was back open and we just feel so lucky that we got to experience it I had very very high expectations for it and it completely exceeded them we still have 2 days left here but between this and zuk’s pizza I’m already completely in love with this

Place oh my gosh oh my gosh we have made it back into town and for lunch we are having a Bavarian staple shine saaka which is roasted pork knuckle look at this monstrosity oh my gosh it also came with sauerkraut mustard this maybe horseradish a little salad over here and then a potato

Dumpling I just love the presentation also it’s so pretty with the German flag and then this plate is super cool it looks like it’s handcarved I don’t know how to pick this up oh my gosh this is so heavy it’s nice and crispy on the outside oh that crisp don’t even know

Where to start can hear the crunch from here M like a chichiron on the outside crispy pork skim pork is so juicy that’s amazing oh my gosh heaven we learned our lesson with the Schnitzel and Munich and we’re sharing this one cuz we knew it was going to be

Be pretty big we also got a pumpkin soup to start and it was insanely delicious everything here is just beautiful the presentation of the food is so beautiful oh my gosh just imagine the most perfectly crispy pork and that is exactly what this is this feels like a

Meal fit for a Bavarian King huz Huz Garish Parton kirken feels exactly like what we thought Germany especially Bavaria would be like when we lived in Seattle we used to go to a town called lenworth often which was Bavarian themed and pretty amazing but getting to experience the real deal is so much better we’re currently walking around

The garish side of town which is the more modern side but even though it’s starting to rain quite a bit we’re going to head over to the Parton kirken side which we hear is even more Charming okay everyone was right it is even cuter over here there’s a br worst beer milk eggs vending machine right in the middle of town does it get more German than That this part of town feels much less touristy and a bit more of a traditional feel and I just love all the colorful buildings with all the murals on them these are called Lal Malai which tell different stories like from fairy tales medieval times or more personal stories to the building Owners yesterday didn’t go exactly how we had hoped we planned to go walk around Lake iy but a storm rolled in and it was a complete wash out we didn’t think it was worth the trick to get over there so we we had a chill day instead

We grabbed coffee and pastries at Wild Cafe a coffee shop right by our Airbnb and then watched movies and played games which was a ton of fun but today is our last day here and we’re not going to let the still lingering crappy weather stop us garish Parton kirkin is home to a

Bunch of mountain Huts that serve food and drinks so today our plan is to hike to the tanan huta which should be about 4 miles round Trip Mountain Huts are one of my favorite things about Europe when we visited the dolomites a few years ago one of my favorite memories was going Hut hopping and getting pastries and drinks at different Huts it makes the uphill climb so much more worth it knowing that you have something delicious waiting for you

At the End Woo it is so bouncy kind of scary cuz you can see straight to the bottom oh yeah that is quite a drop don’t look Down oh no at first the door would not open and we were like no we just walked all the way up here and we can’t even get food but thankfully the door was just messing up and we’re In and they have a fire yes feel so good this Hut is super nice it’s much more modern than the other Mountain Huts in the area and even on a pretty gloomy day you still have sweeping views of the area we’re here for one food item in particular but but

Before we get that we’re trying a few other things including almdudler which is this carbonated drink that has some interesting ingredients it’s from Austria Alpine herbs beet sugar citric acid and soda water doesn’t really smell like much of anything oh that’s really good it’s very lightly carbonated so it’s not really like a

Soda kind of just tastes like a good sparkling we also got a potato soup and a kaisa spla this one looks like the best one we’ve seen yet looks so creamy my gosh that is ridiculous so cheesy the noodles the perfect texture and the crunchy onions it’s so rich and

Creamy oh my God good yes so this is the reason we came here this is Kaiser schan which is an Austrian green dessert it’s basically these sweetened kind of like pancakes with powdered sugar and then this one came with applesauce and she said that we can just dip it in the

Applesauce and it looks so good it looks very very moist oh my gosh yeah that was so good it’s kind of like spongy but also a little crispy and it’s very hot and the mix with the cold applesauce it’s like a interesting temperature thing going On oh my gosh it’s kind of like a little underdone so it’s super moist I love Yeah gooey I kid you not I’ve been looking forward to this for probably 6 months ever since I found out it existed and this alone was worth hiking up in the pouring rain so Good the family does not I like the suspension Bridge it’s 12:30 and we have about 4 hours of daylight left and we just checked the lake Ipsy webcam and it seems like the weather is clearing up a bit so we’re going to head back down to town jump on the Cog wheel train and go check it

Out well so it turns out the train is not running to Lake iy today because of weather further up the mountain and this late in the day there’s really no other way for us to get there without having a car so we will not be going to Lake iy

Which I am a little bummed about cuz I really wanted to see it but even without the lake we had such an amazing time here in garish par and kirkin I loved everything about this place the Epic Mountain scenery the really cool architecture the food there’s just so

Much to do here I loved everything it was magical here and I think visiting in the winter made it even more magical but we will 100% be coming back here in the summertime because there are so many trails that we want to hike next time

We’re going to hike up to z z spit spit up we’re going to hike all the way to the top and I’m going to finally see that Lake I’m determined I’m going to see see Lake I’ve see from Crown level someday but tomorrow we are saying goodbye to Katherine’s family and we’re

Heading to our final destination here in Germany and it should be straight out of a fairy tale also do you like my Mickey Mouse umbrella we had to buy in Munich during the Christmas Market because we didn’t bring our umbrella and it was raining we did the same thing it’s a video Okay

Welcome to Garmisch-Partenkirchen, a charming town tucked into the Bavarian Alps! This year-round paradise is home to EPIC views, beautiful hikes, fun activities, mountain huts, a bright blue gorge, Bavarian architecture, and so much more.

We may not have had the best weather during our few days in the area, but what we got to experience absolutely blew us away!

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⌚Timestamps
00:00 Introduction
00:37 Taking the bus
00:58 Olympic Ski Jump
01:15 Partnach Gorge
04:49 Trying Schweinshaxe (pork knuckle)
06:27 Exploring Garmisch-Partenkirchen
07:49 How we spent a rainy day
08:19 Hiking to the Tannenhütte
10:51 Trying Kaiserschmarnn
12:27 Lake Eibsee fail
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