Where's Bertie? He's in a car park by the Hohenried Park, on the west shore of the Starnberger See, just to the north of Friedhof Bernried. (Exact location: 47.87396, 11.28299)
Weather: wall-to-wall sunshine and hot (low thirties) with barely a breath of breeze.
I was surprised to find the riverside and woodland paths at Weilheim so busy at half past seven this morning. Aside from the small children making their way to school and the people cycling towards town in workclothes, I would guess that I wasn't the only person adopting the 'go early' method of heat avoidance.
Breakfast was an al-fresco affair, over which I remembered that we had forgotten to revisit the church in the town yesterday, having found a service in progress on our initial visit. Being in no rush to get away (our ticket didn't expire until gone 3pm) and with nothing better to do with the first part of the morning, we wandered back into town for a look. It was the most ornate(/blingy) church we've been in so far this trip, but the frescos were a bit on the gory side and not as striking as many we saw last year:
Today's destination was only half an hour along the road, with the journey made slightly longer with a detour to a supermarket. It was as we were driving away with Bertie's cupboards and fridge restocked that I looked at Park4Night and saw there were new comments against our intended destination. They were all good reviews, but the most recent informed us that the car park, which used to be free, now costs €8. On that basis I decided it was worth a punt to have a look at one of the other car parks alongside the substantial body of water that is the Starnberger See.
The first one we tried was just fine for our purposes, so we snuggled Bertie up with his nose as close to a tree as we could reasonably get (shade is a definite bonus in the current heat) and went off to look at our surroundings.
What we found, adjacent to the car park, was a fenced-in park, with signs advertising the Buchheim Museum. The gates were open, so in we walked, unsure whether we were in the Museum grounds, intended for paying visitors, or whether it was public parkland. Further investigations (we've walked extensively, revelling in the shade cast by the woodland) have brought us down on the side of it being public. Within the enclosure is the museum, sporting some external exhibits...
...a schloss, where much activity (and many vehicles with company names giving the game away) is setting it up for some filming, and a huge Klinik (lots of people walking around on crutches or with brightly coloured tape liberally applied to bits of their bodies).
We also found the swimming pier:
It was clearly going to be too warm to sit in Bertie all afternoon, and it's not the sort of location where one can get ones chairs out in the middle of the day, so having explored the park at some length we grabbed a bag of essentials from Bertie and headed off to find a shady bench.
Taken from the first bench where we settled. Perhaps too good and distracting a view for a crossword solving location?
Subsequently we moved a couple of minutes further along the shore and positioned ourselves on a bench at the end of the swimming pier. Availing ourselves of the facilities (toilets and changing rooms; all free and well equipped), we then took it in turns to take a dip. I fear this photo doesn't do justice to the dramatic mountainous backdrop:
Mick can be reticent in entering cold water and I have a record of misrepresenting the temperature to him. Today I was kind and warned him that it was surprisingly cold on first entering the water. I did note, though, that the more you went in, the more acceptable the temperature got. Even with my forewarning, he looked surprised as he made his way down the steps:
With tomorrow forecast even hotter than today, I think we will find ourselves in the lake again.
Weather: wall-to-wall sunshine and hot (low thirties) with barely a breath of breeze.
I was surprised to find the riverside and woodland paths at Weilheim so busy at half past seven this morning. Aside from the small children making their way to school and the people cycling towards town in workclothes, I would guess that I wasn't the only person adopting the 'go early' method of heat avoidance.
Breakfast was an al-fresco affair, over which I remembered that we had forgotten to revisit the church in the town yesterday, having found a service in progress on our initial visit. Being in no rush to get away (our ticket didn't expire until gone 3pm) and with nothing better to do with the first part of the morning, we wandered back into town for a look. It was the most ornate(/blingy) church we've been in so far this trip, but the frescos were a bit on the gory side and not as striking as many we saw last year:
Today's destination was only half an hour along the road, with the journey made slightly longer with a detour to a supermarket. It was as we were driving away with Bertie's cupboards and fridge restocked that I looked at Park4Night and saw there were new comments against our intended destination. They were all good reviews, but the most recent informed us that the car park, which used to be free, now costs €8. On that basis I decided it was worth a punt to have a look at one of the other car parks alongside the substantial body of water that is the Starnberger See.
The first one we tried was just fine for our purposes, so we snuggled Bertie up with his nose as close to a tree as we could reasonably get (shade is a definite bonus in the current heat) and went off to look at our surroundings.
What we found, adjacent to the car park, was a fenced-in park, with signs advertising the Buchheim Museum. The gates were open, so in we walked, unsure whether we were in the Museum grounds, intended for paying visitors, or whether it was public parkland. Further investigations (we've walked extensively, revelling in the shade cast by the woodland) have brought us down on the side of it being public. Within the enclosure is the museum, sporting some external exhibits...
We also found the swimming pier:
It was clearly going to be too warm to sit in Bertie all afternoon, and it's not the sort of location where one can get ones chairs out in the middle of the day, so having explored the park at some length we grabbed a bag of essentials from Bertie and headed off to find a shady bench.
Subsequently we moved a couple of minutes further along the shore and positioned ourselves on a bench at the end of the swimming pier. Availing ourselves of the facilities (toilets and changing rooms; all free and well equipped), we then took it in turns to take a dip. I fear this photo doesn't do justice to the dramatic mountainous backdrop:
With tomorrow forecast even hotter than today, I think we will find ourselves in the lake again.
Today's bonus photos - one of the cakes we bought yesterday and ate this lunchtime. We had no idea what was going to be inside of it, and even having cut it in half were little the wiser. After eating it our verdict was that it was very tasty and rich, but we still didn't know what it was...
...A German friend on Facebook came to the rescue and informed us: "What you have eaten is called Granatsplitter, which means Shrapnel in English. It is a traditional pastry which uses bakery leftovers from other cakes. They are mixed with butter cream and alcohol and dunked in chocolate. It is known for its high calories ;-l Because of the left over mix it always tastes different."
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