Germany 08/16 – Zugspitze
Day 5
It would be good to say the entire day was dedicated to the below park of such fine calibre, but it was mostly filled with mountains. Decided to go for Zugspitze: Germany’s highest mountain experience.
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Parked up at the station below and jumped on the biggest cablecar I’ve ever seen, both in length and car size. It felt unnaturally huge with only 4 people in it, but still had that characteristic and unnerving bounce when it cleared certain sections.
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What made this experience a little more interesting for me was the observation platforms they have near the summit, sticking out over the edge of the abyss.
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The metal grilled floor and relatively low glass edges provided an almost paralysing sense of fear in heights in me that I hadn’t really experienced to such a degree before.
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I can replicate the sensation best when holding a phone over the edge of an observation deck to take pictures, rather than with my own head, so it’s good to know my internal priorities are straight.
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We signed a book at the top of the mountain and then walked down this winding pathway towards another of the cable cars that could take us back down, for a slight change of scenery.
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Fear not, there was still time for a cred by the time we reached the car.
Märchenwald im Isartal
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Hidden in this forest next to a bottle bank (not quite as glamorous as the previous) is another Gerstlauer family coaster.
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Had several fun laps of the nutty squirrel, narrowly avoiding the low clearance trees.
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Followed by a wander around many more fairytale forest exhibits.
That’s enough of that.
Day 6