Both woke up feeling rough as! But it was time to hit the road as we wanted to spend a few days in Austria. Before leaving Berchtesgaden though we agreed to drive up to Obersalzburg on the way to see if we could get up to the Eagles Nest. We got on the next available bus & spent 2 hours up there, Walked through the tunnel & rode the lift up to the Teahouse at the top. Admired the massive views & wondering how they managed to build all that in 2 years.
Next stop was on G’s wishlist, Burg Hohenwerfen. The castle used in the 1968 film Where Eagles Dare. The guided tour was really good & the bell in the bell tower has been there since 1568. We were allowed to climb out of what looked like a velux window & stand next to it & touch it! The bell weighing in at 4412kg was “shipped” from Innsbruck which is 218kms away. How did they do that in 1568?
Decided to take the scenic route (shortest travel time on the satnav) to our overnight stop in Lofer. Bad move. It had been a long day & lots of mountains roads, so thought we’d just go for it rather than heading back to Salzburg & across. Both feeling ropey as we drove up the mountain roads, 9 miles in we found out that the road was closed. Turned around, went 9 miles back down the mountain roads, back to the autobahn & the long way round to Lofer. Arrived on our pitch at 6pm & promptly fell in to bed!
