{"id":6426,"date":"2013-09-17T07:37:30","date_gmt":"2013-09-17T07:37:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thesojournseries.com\/bavaria\/?p=6426"},"modified":"2013-11-03T16:02:23","modified_gmt":"2013-11-03T16:02:23","slug":"snow-september","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.thesojournseries.com\/bavaria\/snow-september\/","title":{"rendered":"Snow in September"},"content":{"rendered":"

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This is a public service announcement.\u00a0 I am sorry to report that it may indeed be mid-September, but there is already snow in Bavaria.\u00a0 Yes, it may well be at a height of 2,962 metres at the top of the Zugspitze, but I am pretty sure that this time last year we were still in short sleeves!<\/p>\n

Apart from our incredible iglu adventure<\/a> back in April (they are taking bookings now by the way!), we haven’t been to visit the top of one of our favourite mountains for a little while, and as Grandad is currently with us, Saturday seemed like a good a time as any.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 To make a change, we thought we would drive that few kilometres further, and experience the ascent from the Austrian side and the view from the top. \u00a0\u00a0 Except that when we got there, there was no view to speak of, just plenty of cloud, and an awful lot of white stuff…<\/p>\n

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It was still worth doing though and the Small People thought it was brilliant being able to have a snowball fight so soon!<\/p>\n

It is interesting to note that the Zugspitze might be the highest peak in Germany (you can walk a few steps from one country to the other at the top, which is always fun (especially if you are 6!) !), but it is not the highest mountain in Austria – which means that (at this time of year anyway!) there are no queues of German Pilgrims for the cable car, a half-empty restaurant, easy parking at the bottom and an empty museum (which turns out to be a lot more indepth and interesting than the one a few steps away!)…<\/p>\n

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Anyway, don’t say I didn’t warn you.\u00a0 Like it or not, Winter’s not that far off…\u00a0\u00a0 But look on the bright side, the ski season might open slightly earlier!<\/p>\n

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