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**saralou** · #**1441** 30 Sep 2015

Arriving back at Daytona we were again warmly greeted. We were given our old boots, which now looked new again and asked if we could wait a few minutes for Mr. Frey who wanted to give us a tour of the factory.

eggenfelden 22 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr

eggenfelden 24 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr

eggenfelden 25 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr

**saralou** · #**1442** 30 Sep 2015

We got a tour of the factory and saw how these boots are made from the almost 100 parts in 75 steps. The inner footplate, which is designed for maximum strength while still being flexible for walking is what saved Sara’s foot from worse damage in Ecuador. We saw how the leather is cut and sewn. And how the boots are painstakingly assembled. Now I know why they work so well after seeing what goes into making each boot.

eggenfelden 26 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr

eggenfelden 27 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr

eggenfelden 29 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr

eggenfelden 31 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr

eggenfelden 32 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr

eggenfelden 33 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr

eggenfelden 34 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr

eggenfelden 38 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr

eggenfelden 37 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr

eggenfelden 39 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr

eggenfelden 41 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr

eggenfelden 42 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr

eggenfelden 44 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr

eggenfelden 47 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr

eggenfelden 50 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr

eggenfelden 51 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr

eggenfelden 52 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr

**saralou** · #**1443** 30 Sep 2015

The Frey’s were very kind to gift us the service on the boots and also some leather care products. This was a super nice surprise.

eggenfelden 55 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr

eggenfelden 56 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr

Screen Shot 2015-09-22 at 5.04.47 PM by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr

**saralou** · #**1444** 1 Oct 2015

From here we rode south in very windy conditions to meet up with the Alpine road or Deutsche Alpenstrasse.

Screen Shot 2015-09-19 at 7.42.47 PM by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr

**saralou** · #**1445** 1 Oct 2015

We left Eggenfelden at almost 3 pm. We took the 304 and 306 to Inzell, the 305 to Berchtesgaden and then the 20 onto on to Konigsee. Here we did not expect the hundreds of tourists here to take the boat trips on the lake and take the tram to the mountaintop for alpine hiking.

bad tolz 7 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr

We kept following the “brown signs” of the Alpenstrasse.

bad tolz 8 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr

bad tolz 9 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr

**saralou** · #**1446** 1 Oct 2015

We were in Austria for about 30 minutes on the 305 after Reit im Winkl. As Canadians it is always a strange feeling to wander into another country and not always know what country you are in at all times.

bad tolz 12 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr

The driving here is really incredible with sweeping turns thru the mountains with picturesque villages.

bad tolz 10 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr

**saralou** · #**1447** 1 Oct 2015

We got back on the Alpine road and went west on the 307 towards Bad Tolz.

Screen Shot 2015-09-30 at 12.37.54 PM by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr

The GPS took us on a “short cut” to Walgau, where the only exit out of the valley we were in was a private road with a toll of 8 Euros! We tried to keep going and again ended up in Austria, but with no exit and now very little gas so we turned around. We had not thought of filling up earlier since here in Europe there is usually a gas station every 30 or KM!

Screen Shot 2015-09-30 at 12.39.50 PM by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr

Sara actually ran out and had to put in the gas from the camping canister and Dan probably has a few 100 ml left when we got to the gas station in Bad Tolz.

Screen Shot 2015-09-19 at 7.43.32 PM by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr

bad tolz 15 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr

**saralou** · #**1448** 1 Oct 2015

We went to Mc Donalds to look on line for a hotel, but it was 95 % booked and everything was very expensive. So we drove around looking for a hotel, but most were full and the one we found that had a room it war 180 Euros! We decided despite the bad weather to head 5 km west to the campground. On the way we saw a small inn about 400 m from the camping on the same side road. We stopped in here and they had a much cheaper room.

In the morning the weather had improved to cloudy, but not raining.

alpine road 14 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr

**saralou** · #**1449** 2 Oct 2015

We continued on the Deutche Alpenstrasse west on the 11 to finally get to Wallgau.

bad tolz 14 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr

alpine road 15 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr

alpine road 16 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr

**saralou** · #**1450** 2 Oct 2015

Continuing west we took a small side trip into Grainau and up to the base of Zugspitze the highest mountain in Germany. We had hoped to take the cable car to the summit, but it was totally in cloud cover. We were amazed to find massive car parks that were full. We did go for a walk to the near by Eibsee lake.

Screen Shot 2015-09-19 at 7.43.48 PM by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr

Screen Shot 2015-09-30 at 12.44.50 PM by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr

alpine road 17 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr

**saralou** · #**1451** 2 Oct 2015

We then did the short back track and headed northwest on the 23 to Oberammergau. This is the town famous for the performance of the passion play. It was first done in 1634 after a vow made by the villagers to God. If He spared them from the bubonic plague they would all perform the play every 10 years. The plague had been brought to the town by a man that then died, but after the vow noone else in the town died and everyone else sick recovered. It has been performed by over 2000 residents of the town every 10 years since in years ending in zero, plus 1934 the 300 th anniversary, and 1984 the 350 th anniversary. The 1940 play was cancelled due to WW 2. It was a bit emotional for Sara since this was one of the last things she did for her grandmother was to organize her dream trip here.

bad tolz 13 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr

alpine road 19 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr

alpine road 20 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr

alpine road 22 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr

alpine road 23 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr

alpine road 24 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr

**saralou** · #**1452** 6 Oct 2015

We made another small detour from the 23 to see the Wieskirche “Pilgrimage” church. This was a very popular pilgrimage spot after it was said in 1738 that tears were seen on a wooden figure of Christ.

alpine road 27 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr

**saralou** · #**1453** 6 Oct 2015

We stayed north on the 23 to the 17 and then south towards Fussen. On the way here the Alpine road meets the Romantic road and at the meeting is the 17 th century fairy tale “Disney” Castle Neuschwanstein and Castle Hohenschwangau.

The neo-Gothic Schloss Hohenschwangau castle was built in the 19th century by Maximilian II of Bavaria. His successor, Ludwig II continued living there, but in 1868 he ordered a new castle built on a high ledge that he had chosen. Neuschwanstein would be even bigger and more luxurious than Hohenschwangau, but the castle brought Ludwig no luck. He spent just six months in the palace, after which he drowned in suspicious circumstances.

alpine road 30 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr

alpine road 31 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr

alpine road 29 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr