{"id":727,"date":"2011-07-31T12:47:32","date_gmt":"2011-07-31T11:47:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/copperlioness.com\/pannencakes\/?p=727"},"modified":"2011-08-14T22:32:05","modified_gmt":"2011-08-14T21:32:05","slug":"overnight-in-oberaudorf-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/copperlioness.com\/pannencakes\/2011\/07\/overnight-in-oberaudorf-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Overnight in Oberaudorf"},"content":{"rendered":"

There are two kinds of free campsites in the guide. Really free, and free overnight parking if you buy dinner in their restaurant. Austria doesn’t have either kind, but Germany is littered with both. We decided to try the second kind, in a little place called Oberaudorf, which is in Germany, in the little corner surrounded by Austria (near Munich and Salsburg). It turned out to be a good choice. The beer was local and good:<\/p>\n

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And the food was also good – fried mushrooms and scrambled eggs for me and some kind of fish thing for Ivo:<\/p>\n

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But the kids were done, it was too late, we should have stopped for food earlier but Liam was sleeping, and they couldn’t deal any more, so eventually we were back to eating one at a time while the other took Kaya outside. Luckily that wasn’t terrible since there was a plastic cow in the beer garden outside that fascinated her (sorry, no cow pictures). <\/p>\n

In the morning, we got a good look at where we were. Nice hotel and restaurant:<\/p>\n

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We headed out to find a bakery for breakfast – luckily in Germany bakeries are open on Sunday mornings, about the only things that are. It was in this cool building.<\/p>\n

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View walking back to the hotel:<\/p>\n

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And the sign on the hotel, saying it’s been in the family since 1441. 1441. Fifty years before Columbus did his thing. Wow.<\/p>\n

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We decided to walk to the swimming pool our GPS showed as being 450 meters away – Liam entertained himself with stones as we got ready:<\/p>\n

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And then we walked. And were passed by this lady who has probably been wearing these type of clothes for 70 years or so:<\/p>\n

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But the swimming pool was deserted and empty, apparently for a while. Sadness ensued, though Liam really did take it pretty well, despite having been excited. <\/p>\n

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And we walked behind it to make sure and were treated to this vista:<\/p>\n