Garmische...Found the Neverland !!!

This was a totally awesome experience...Garmische has one of germany's highest peaks...Zugspitze summit at 2962 meters...

From Herzogenaurach its a 5 hour jouney and we had to change the trains at Nuremburg and Munich but when you finaly reach the promised land its worth all the trouble and maybe more....

on the first day, we took a cogwheel train that takes you right till the summit, we were still marvelling at the german auto technology which has made a train that takes you almost 3000 meters above sea level when the train started....

The cogwheel train travels very slowly and stops at several places so tourists can get down and take in the scenery and even click pictures.....we also saw a lot of hikers on our way but for lesser mortals like me thankfully train was available...the first stop was the Grainau region....there were these fairytale cottages amongst the panoramic view of the german alps with a few cows grazing here and there....all the fairytales that I have read about the beautiful meadows and neverland came true in my mind....the next stop showed us the aerial view of the Ibsee lake and finally after crossing several long tunnels we reached the final station which is at 2600 meters.....Germany's highest church is here and the view of the alps is just breath taking....theres also an open air restaurant here...from here we took a cable car till the summit...after coming out of that car it feels you are in a different world....there were hundreds of tourists at the summit and you could hear about as many languages...

There are about 3 restaurants at the summit and you can get almost everything from a hamburger to extended italian cuisine and from coca-cola to the rarest wines....we had our lunch here which was an extended italian meal and we boarded the last train down at 6 pm.....after refreshing we explored the city which is very modern and well laid out.....after having a delicious meal we finally called it a night....

Next day we took a bus till the Ibsee lake which we couldnt cover on saturday and the view is just amazing....we did boating....shopped for souveniers and took the cogwheel again on our way back....

I spoke to a lot of europeans here and to them Switzerland is over rated unlike indians who thanks to Yash Chopra movies always think of Swiss as the dream destination....these people find Garmische almost as beautiful as any other place and during winters its the skiing paradise.....

Actually if you ask me then the entire europe is very beautiful.....long blue mountains in the distance with their peaks covered with snow.....lush green meadows....small fairytale houses.....streams with cold and transparent blue water.....its a paradise....