As forecast the rain stopped just after we went to bed and
in the morning it was quite misty. But by the time we were on the road the sun
was burning it off and it became a pleasant sunny day. First stop was to refuel
and then take up the Deutsche Alpenstrasse. And here we met our first
problem of the day; the road was closed and no “umleitung” (diversion) marked.
After going round in a circle we eventually found our own way round, then
discovered the diversion signs! The D/A itself is marked but not very well and
we found it best to follow signs for the various “waypoint” towns on the
information sheet we’d downloaded and confirm it with the brown markers.
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| Berchtesgaden |
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| Quiet roads through the mountains |
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| Alpine hotel |
The roads are generally quiet and easy to drive, even for
our larger than normal vehicle and the waypoints all seem to be attractive
towns or villages with something going for each of them, be it an interesting
building or some special facility such as a museum. They're usually quite touristy too. Most have dedicated parking
for motorhomes, although it's usually on the outskirts.
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| These were in every village - no idea what they are! |
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| Decorated hotel frontage in Bernau |
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| It's the pumpkin family! |
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| Peaceful mountain views |
Lunch was taken just outside the cutely named village of
Reit im Winkl before heading off and once again discovering the road was closed
and no diversion shown. This time it was a bit more awkward as we were trying
not to get onto the motorway but the proximity of the Austrian border made it
worse. Eventually we had little alternative but to cross over into Austria for
a short spell so we could get around the blockage. No big deal but we had to be
really careful to keep clear of the
autobahn.
This road took us up a forested pass through the mountains.
Of course it is now autumn and the trees are just in the process of changing
colour and the sunshine made it even better.
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| Autumnal colours |
We rejoined the D/A at Bayrischzell where there was a
stellplatz so decided we had gone far enough for one day. The machine would not
take any of our cards so we were obliged to ask a couple already parked up for
some change, then had a chat with the German parked next to us – nice guy. We
had been warned that credit card use was not as prevalent as elsewhere in
Europe, but they also seem a bit picky about what cards they do accept.
The weather forecast is fine for the next few days.
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