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This past Sunday Justin and I woke up to a beautiful day and decided to make the trip up to the top of the Zugspitze. We got ourselves together and had a quick breakfast and walked to the train station. We found out that I had to get my ticket at the Zugspitze Bahn Station which is separate from the regular train station. So we walked under the tracks to the Zugpsitze Bahn and talked to the ticket lady, paid my 37 euro and got my ticket. We got on the 12:15 train and worked our way along the tracks at the base of the mountains. We had to switch trains once along the way and we snaked our way up and through the Zugspitze in a dark tunnel up to 2600m and the Zugspitzplatt. We walked around outside the Zugspitzplatt area and walked up to the highest church in Germany. Justin picked up a postcard of it for his grandmother. We then went back inside and waited for the cable car up to the top. We elbowed our way in and I got a spot next to the window for some pictures as the car worked its way up the last ~360m to the top. We walked around inside the lodge at the top which has a little history museum area and a restaurant and cafe. We then went up to the outside viewing area which is basically the roof of the building. The view was amazing! We took pictures and tried to stay warm. There is a walkway over the border with Austria which we went through and I took some pictures of the mountains to Italy and Switzerland. So pretty. We then went back inside and had a hot drink and snack at the cafe and then caught the Eibsee-Seilbahn cable car down the mountain which took only 10 minutes. We then waited for the next train(we missed the 3:15 one by about 30 seconds) and made our way back to the Hausberg stop where Justin works and walked home from there. Beautiful day with a spectacular view.

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