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01-MonastryUnderWay * A monastery near a parking place on the Autobahn between Lindenfels and Berchtesgaden. * 1280 x 960 * (133KB)
02-FirstLookWest * First look to the Southwest from the camping site, where the weather should be coming from. Normally we would get some idea how the weather would be that day. At least - we hoped. * 1984 x 1488 * (323KB)
03-FlowersOnTheAlm-1 * On the alm, on our first walk. This is a very common flower. * 960 x 1280 * (116KB)
04-FlowersOnTheAlm-2 * and an orchid. There were a number of plants nearby but we couldn't find it anywhere else. * 580 x 1062 * (86KB)
05-BombCrater * Bomb crater. The allied forces bombed the area in 1945 with 5000-pound bombs that created these holes. * 1280 x 960 * (435KB)
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06-ASecondBombCrater * Another crater, just a few meters away * 1280 x 960 * (398KB)
07-ViewOverTheGreens * The Berchtesgaden Golf course was built by the American forces between 1945 and 1950. It is said the highest course in Europe, and certainly one of the nicest. * 1280 x 960 * (156KB)
08-RoadToWalk * On our way back, look over the alm, showing the road we had to follow (and that we came by earlier). * 1280 x 960 * (256KB)
09-StarisJustPassed * Stairs we just passed. The bomb-craters are just behind these stairs. * 960 x 1280 * (288KB)
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Saturday June 25, Willem, Rita and Franka continued their drive to Berchtesgaden, and that evening Kasper and Edwin were dropped off at the station in Utrecht for their train ride to Berchtesgaden via Munich and Freilassing. Willem and Rita arrived in Berchtesgaden - and though the whole day was bright, sunny and warm, it stated raining when they were near the town. Later, it cleared so a walk could be made, uphill from the camping site. This same route was, at least for a part, redone a few days later.
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