Date(s): January 27-31, 2012. Album by David Clement. 1 - 48 of 48 Total. 12 Visits.
1 Olympia Schwimmhalle in Munich - location of Mark Spitz's 7 gold medals in the 1972 Olympics
2 Olympiaturm and Olympia Schwimmhalle
3 Olympiastadion, has hosted many soccer matches since the 1972 Olympics
4 it cleared up a bit!
5 map of the Olympic Park
6 some fanfare at Marienplatz
7 Neues Rathaus (New Town Hall); the next photo has a zoomed in look at Glockenspiel, which is surrounded by green
8 Mariensäule in foreground, it was erected in 1638 to celebrate the end of Swedish occupation during the Thirty Years' War
9 Altes Rathaus (Old Town Hall), the municipality moved to the New Town Hall in 1874
10 Frauenkirche (domes completed in 1525) viewed from St. Peter's Church
11 Neues Rathaus viewed from St. Peter's Church
12 inside Michaelskirche, the largest Renaissance church north of the Alps
13 in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, this is the ski jumping stadium
14 the ski jump, recently renovated and still in use
15 there are several of these wooden shacks around the Garmisch-Partenkirchen area
16 at the Men's World Cup Super G race
17 the race was cancelled
18 Christof Innerhofer stayed to greet many fans
19 with the day free, I found some pretty decent quality junior hockey to watch at the Olympia-Eissport-Zentrum
20 it hosted 1936 Olympic hockey (and also Al Hackner's 1982 World Curling win)
21 first game
22 second game
23 my hotel, right beside the train station
24 about to go up the Hausbergbahn
25 unused Super G start gate
26 top of Super G course
27 Alpspitzbahn went up above the clouds, but the only lift up here was a T-bar
28 woman on the extreme left has just torn up her knee while dismounting the T-bar
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30 Alpspitz
31 this is a combination of the sky and the ground, note the orange pole on the right used for navigation (look hard)
32 tunnel under the Kandahar course
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34 the bottom of the Kandahar course with the grandstand is straight down, Garmisch (centre) and Partenkirchen (far right) in the background
35 a rope tow
36 Garmisch in the centre, the main train station is towards the right
37 the next morning, weather has improved a bit
38 my train to Reutte in Tirol (which was followed by a bus to Füssen and then another short bus ride to Hohenschwangau)
39 Schloss Neuschwanstein, being refurbished until 2013
40 Schloss Hohenschwangau - childhood residence of King Ludwig II
41 Neuschwanstein in background
42 exiting Hohenschwangau
43 bus up the hill to Neuschwanstein doesn't run in bad weather, so this is the alternative to walking
44 Neuschwanstein, commissioned by King Ludwig II, he only lived here for 172 days before his mysterious drowning in 1886
45 Marienbrücke
46 the construction was never finished, but Ludwig's room on the 3rd floor was ready (it took 14 woodworkers 4 years to decorate his room including his canopy bed, which is topped by wood-carved Gothic churches)
47 the castle was opened to the paying public immediately after Ludwig's death
