This morning bought tickets to take us to Berchtesgaden, about 45 min away, actually back in Germany. It’s an interesting old town at the base of the mountain where Hitler had his summer home and the Eagle’s Nest on the mountain’s top.
We actually took the bus to the end of the route in Königsee, the 3rd deepest lake in Germany. There were boat trips you could take for 1.5 hours on the water. It was Cold. We thought from there we could take a tram up the mountain to see the Hitler fortress up on top, but no, that was mis-information. Instead, we found a few families taking their kids to the tram with toboggans they’d rented there–for a day of sledding.
We took the bus back to Berchtesgaden and went into the town. We visited two old churches. Then walked through the historical parts of town (we got a map with a walking tour).
The CMS Market was set up along that walking tour and it was pretty fun. Nice stall/huts that looked like cabins. It wound through the little old town to the palace and the big church that adjoined the palace.
Back to the Christmas Market! This town is known for its hand painted wooden ornaments and crafts. It was a lot of fun to see how the market was decorated with these large painted ornaments.
The market extended into the palace courtyard and the palace church.
We bought 3 hand-painted angels from the lady who painted them, and 2 little bird ornaments.
The Church of John the Baptist (1200s).
The Prodigal Son:
German Christmas Markets are filled with fresh pine trees.
I loved how this Christmas Market felt like it was there for the locals, not tourists. There were so many families here and beautiful local crafts.
We spent the rest of our day exploring Hitler’s stomping grounds up on the mountain.
Our Frankfurt Germany Mission 