{"id":1761,"date":"2012-04-30T09:12:40","date_gmt":"2012-04-30T09:12:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thesojournseries.com\/bavaria\/?p=1761"},"modified":"2016-05-20T20:37:29","modified_gmt":"2016-05-20T20:37:29","slug":"the-rodelbahn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thesojournseries.com\/bavaria\/the-rodelbahn\/","title":{"rendered":"The Rodelbahn"},"content":{"rendered":"

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On Saturday it felt like summer had arrived.\u00a0\u00a0 At 30\u00b0C<\/span>, it was almost too hot at times (sorry England, I know you have been suffering with your weather recently – no doubt you will send some of that rain our way soon enough!), so yesterday we set off to Schliersberg<\/a> (a small mountain (compared to the Zugspitze)<\/a> only an hour from Munich) where the weather would be cooler.\u00a0\u00a0 It was a much cooler day in any event, and more than a little windy at the top (so windy The Seven Year old thought we might see the Wicked Witch of the West fly past.\u00a0 The Five Year old misheard this as Wicked Witch of the Wurst – more appropriate for Bavaria perhaps?), but this didn’t stop us from enjoying a few hours up here!<\/p>\n

You can get a (beginners level) cable car to the top, or if you have the inclination you can walk up! \u00a0 And when you get to the top you can rest your legs at the hotel bier garten<\/a> and reward yourself with a beer and a bite to eat, whilst admiring the beautiful views of the surrounding alpine countryside and lake<\/a> below (too windy and cloudy for any pics unfortunately)…<\/p>\n

It’s brilliant for children as it has a great play area, complete with trampolines, a huge ball pool, adventure playground and a (very cold looking) swimming pool if you’re brave enough!<\/p>\n

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And after all that, this is how you get back down again (you do have the option of getting the cable car down again in case you can’t do this by the way!)…<\/p>\n