After my week between Berlin and Prague, I ditched the Vienna part of my itinerary and headed back to Traunstein.
The journey wasn't quite as easy as it seemed. It was going to be an 8 hour train ride. Ok fine. Thankfully, I wrote down the itinerary that I found online complete with the tracks the connecting trains would be leaving from. More on that later. So, I hopped on for the first leg of my trip which was to some city I never heard of in Germany. The conductor came over to me and said something to me in Czech and pointed towards the front of the train. I just gave him a blank stare and then he walked off. I went to sleep. Thankfully, a nice girl pointed out that at the next stop the train was going to decouple. Just in time, I moved to the front train car that would take me to my next stop. The train was running a bit late and this is where my notes that I got off the internet saved my ass because I only had 3 minutes before my train was leaving, but I was able to run directly to the next platform and jump on just in time. I had no time to determine what platform I needed to get to. Whew!
The center of Traunstein.
Nice old buildings.
Cute garden near the river.
Another view of Traunstein.
Church on the hill.
Hee hee.
Karlstein Castle Ruins.
I have never seen such a disgusting slug in my life. And what is it about to eat? It looks like a tiny brain! Ewww!
Just below that is a beautiful view from the baroque style St. Pankras Holy Pilgrimage Church. It was built around 1427 and sits 150m above the valley.
View from the church over Bad Reichenhall Basin.
St. Pankras on the hill.
The journey wasn't quite as easy as it seemed. It was going to be an 8 hour train ride. Ok fine. Thankfully, I wrote down the itinerary that I found online complete with the tracks the connecting trains would be leaving from. More on that later. So, I hopped on for the first leg of my trip which was to some city I never heard of in Germany. The conductor came over to me and said something to me in Czech and pointed towards the front of the train. I just gave him a blank stare and then he walked off. I went to sleep. Thankfully, a nice girl pointed out that at the next stop the train was going to decouple. Just in time, I moved to the front train car that would take me to my next stop. The train was running a bit late and this is where my notes that I got off the internet saved my ass because I only had 3 minutes before my train was leaving, but I was able to run directly to the next platform and jump on just in time. I had no time to determine what platform I needed to get to. Whew!
The center of Traunstein.
Nice old buildings.
Cute garden near the river.
Another view of Traunstein.
Church on the hill.
Hee hee.
We decided to take a drive to Karlstein and take a short hike up a hill to the Karlstein Castle ruins. It was built by Count Peilstein around the 12th century. Later, the castle belonged to the Bavarian Dukes. Remains of a house, a chapel dedicated to St. Andrew and the round keep from raw blocks and broken bricks give you an idea of the former size.
Karlstein Castle Ruins.
I have never seen such a disgusting slug in my life. And what is it about to eat? It looks like a tiny brain! Ewww!Just below that is a beautiful view from the baroque style St. Pankras Holy Pilgrimage Church. It was built around 1427 and sits 150m above the valley.
View from the church over Bad Reichenhall Basin.
St. Pankras on the hill.
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