When the time was near, I got sick so often (cold, head ache, gastritis, diarrhea), all indicators for stress becoz of the student project :P I almost cancelled the trip four days before, but luckyly nobody would like to replace me to go there, and therefore I decided to be healthy and go. (life is all about decision, right?) Becoz otherwise, I would miss Zugspitze and wandering in beautiful bavarian green pasteur. It was a right decision, the trip turned out to be sooooo good!!!
Day 0: Wed, Apr 30, 2008
Went with Germany's night train - first time in my life. Could sleep, and it is quite comfy in compare to the night bus trip.
Day 1: Thu, May 1, 2008
The trip members: Kenyo (Jakarta, Uni.Indo, Uni.Emden), Bintari (Jakarta, Uni.Indo, Antwerpen), Jibran (Aceh, Uni.Indo, TU Hamburg), Yohan (Jakarta, Uni.Emden) and David (Padang, Uni.Emden).
As we arrived in Parten Kirchen, we were so hungry, so first plan: eat indomie :D
Then plan the real plan for wandering and how to get to Zugspitze. Since it was too late to go up the mountain on that day, we decided just wandering around near Lake Riesser.
Day one was ended after a glass of wine with our nice neighbours.
Btw. the appartment we rented was really good, complete with all cooking and eating utensils, clean and cheap - 30 Euros for three nights, and... the family which lived downstairs are a mix couple, the husband came from Indonesia and the wife was a german - she could talk indonesian, awesome! So, many thanks to Yohan for finding it.
Day 2: Fri, May 2, 2008
Start wandering from Olympia Skistadion direction Partnachklamm, a preety gorge with many small waterfalls. So glad that I could visit it! This is a must-see if you go to Zugspitze area.
Then continue walking along Partnach river, very beatiful view and the path was also quite flat. With lots of food supply in our bags, good companies to talk to and to laugh with (or sometimes laugh about), it was a perfect wandering for me! Our achievement: Bockhuette @ Reintal (unfortunately, I am not successful in looking for the elevation and the distance).
After wandering for 7 hours (maybe just 4 hours walking and the rest 3 hours were non-distance-adding activities, such as eating, taking hundreds of pictures, or studying the map with the help of our compass - which were very needed too), we then continue to other best part: BBQ with the Kang Asep and Andrea. The meal was good, I guess it is because Kang Asep worked as a cook in a hotel. He was also funny and Andrea was friendly.
Day 3: Sat, May 3, 2008
Finally went up the mountain with a train that ran on two different rails. On the flat ground it ran on normal rail, and on steep slope on the cog railway (Zahnradbahn). Then we took the cable car to go to the top. First we went to the top, but it was foggy, or should I say cloudy, because we were really standing inside the cloud as if we were angels - well, Zugspitze was quite high, 2962 m. Then we had a sip of coffee a the top, before continuing to Zugspitzplatt, which lais 300 m below the summit.
Zugspitzplatt was very full that day, because it was the ski season's last day. But we didn't care, we took pics like crazy, acted as if we never saw snow. So childish, but felt so good!
After that we went down to Lake Eib, took some pics and then bring Bintari to the train station because she departed earlier. On the way back home, we saw a local celebration in Garmisch and got a dinner treat from Jibran at a chinese food restaurant, called Jade. Day three was ended with lots of laughter, I guess I was 'drunk' due to too much tea and "lap pel in javanese".
Day 4: Sun, May 4, 2008
Went home after a delicious breakfast - fried rice with tuna, the house-cleaning procedure, and saying good bye to the nice neighbours, as well as the Emdeners at Munich main train station.
For more pictures:
http://ajibrans.multiply.com/photos/album/4/Garmisch-Partenkirchen_-_Road_to_Riessersee_-_01.05.08
http://ajibrans.multiply.com/photos/album/6/Garmisch-Partenkirchen_-_Road_to_Zugspitze_-_03.05.08
Special thanks to:
Kenyo - for being such a good organizer for this trip and snack supplier
Yohan - for the hiking routes, the fried rice, findind the cool apartment and becoming our photographer
Bintari - for the indomie and becoming our health counselor. Success for your thesis!
David - for washing the dishes, throwing the garbage and for the 'crispy' jokes.
Jibran - for being a very kind train-trip-chatting-partner and for treating us in the Jade.
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