EK II from Berchtesgaden

[Bob Hartman]

Originally Posted by sdesember

I'll be going there in a couple of weeks and it'll be my first time. How long is the walk from Obersalzberg to Berchtesgaden approximately? Thank you!

From the Turken to town was ALL of 45 min. I'd say closer to an hour and steeply downhill. We did not take the walk back up...the bus was much easier. Also, I forgot to mention...you should be able to get a bus pass from the place you are staying. It will get you everywhere except the "nest" for free. We even used it to go the the Konigssee.

[sdesember]

Originally Posted by Bob Hartman

From the Turken to town was ALL of 45 min. I'd say closer to an hour and steeply downhill. We did not take the walk back up...the bus was much easier. Also, I forgot to mention...you should be able to get a bus pass from the place you are staying. It will get you everywhere except the "nest" for free. We even used it to go the the Konigssee.

The public bus ride to the Bahnhof costed Eur 3.10. I took it from the nearby Halte close to the Dokuzentrum / Kehlstein Abfahrt Halte. I got a bus driver from hell who apparently took pleasure in weaving the little primary schoolers, along with me at the back seats, with high speed downhill driving and sudden break stops. A kid, halfway, even had to yell "Halt!" as the driver almost missed his stop. At that point, I thought I was gonna puck my guts out over the bus floor, since I was still recovering from the nauseating flight I took with the Tante Ju the day before.

(PS: My last comment was in no way directed to the skills of the fine pilots who did the smoothest take-off and landing I've ever had in an airplane, modern and historical (being the Tante Ju). I guess I was just not feeling too fit that day when I took the flight. Schade! Otherwise, I could have enjoyed my flight more.)

I've never seen someone posted the "famous house & room keys" as Frau Scarfenberg said to me when checking me in. So, here it is:



"Mr. Desember, please treat this house as your own house and make sure you always lock on the way in & out, as there are many people interested to get in"... Man, suddenly I was brought back to my boarding house days when Frau Scharfenberg greeted me with this in a stern and firm tone. A bit of a schock first to me as I usually stay at hotels who don't make demands to customers...well, this day services have gone downhill anyway. Anyway, she continued, "There will be breakfast at 7.30 and fell free to use the self-serve bar and please write down anything that you take. I hope you'll have a pleasant stay Mr. Desember". I said my thank yous and quickly went up to my room on the first floor, thinking, damn it why the hell didn't I just book at Interconti. But, things got better though, besides having no tv and wi-fi in the room... The room is spotless and the bathroom as well, not even a hair strand on the bed or towels (I'm very peculiar about this thing) and the surroundings were very quiet. When I opened the terrace (Balkon) window, there they are... staring me at the face, the former Berghof and Untersberg. Finally, it's dawned on me, I've made my dream trip! Here are some photos of the rooms and view from the terrace. I hope you enjoy it and feel free to throw out silly questions my way as they might just make your future trip more enjoyable...

A view from the room terrace



another shot...




the room...


the bathroom


I've got some more photos uploaded, but apparently imageshack is crapping out again, sorry. I'll post some more later.

[15parabattalion]

Originally Posted by Tim Calvert

If you can find this marble plaque, then you can find the antique store that sold me the EK II that started this thread.

I did not find the plaque nor the shop!! Now I am gutted that I missed a military shop while I was there. I even asked some local shop owners and they said there is no military shops here!!!

[15parabattalion]

OK I thought I would post some of my pics, I've tried to avoid those already posted!

Through the glass of the bus on the way up! Yes you can see a picture of a man in the pic but belive me its not the ghost of AH unless he came from Scotland and plays Suduko!!

[15parabattalion]

Not sure what this one is but its behind the Nest on the way to the cross:





And a bit more sobering one from Dauchau:

[Marco]

Some then & now of this place on my website:

http://digilander.libero.it/historiabis/adler6.htm

[Bob Hartman]

Originally Posted by 15parabattalion

I did not find the plaque nor the shop!! Now I am gutted that I missed a military shop while I was there. I even asked some local shop owners and they said there is no military shops here!!!

I believe that store may be gone. When we were there in Sept I tried to find it also with no luck. I read recently that a militaria shop in Berchtesgaden had gone out of business. That may have been the one.

[mr bridger]

the shop is not in business any more. heading out of town through the archway their is an antique shop of sorts i asked the owner if he had any tr stuff and he asked if i could return the next day. on my return he produced some total tourist crap from the back of his shop consisting of fake ss daggers and one piece ek1s asking price for ek1 was 40 euros what a chump.

[15parabattalion]

Originally Posted by mr bridger

the shop is not in business any more. heading out of town through the archway their is an antique shop of sorts i asked the owner if he had any tr stuff and he asked if i could return the next day. on my return he produced some total tourist crap from the back of his shop consisting of fake ss daggers and one piece ek1s asking price for ek1 was 40 euros what a chump.

I'm glad I missed it then! However, I would go back to the whole are and spend a good week there if I could, I still cannot believe that many buildings in the complex were pulled down just recently!!!

[15parabattalion]

Originally Posted by Marco

Some then & now of this place on my website:

http://digilander.libero.it/historiabis/adler6.htm

Marco

Spot on 'then and now' pics as always!!

Mike

[jagdtiger]

The graveyards are great there (much tidier and more well thought out than ours), they are very proud of they're fallen, most of the plaques (which run the length of the graveyard wall) have photos... sadly many have both sons and fathers, even worse quite a lot of them died post 1945.

[Sidewinder]

Hi, my very small contribution to this very exciting thread.

http://www.roland-harder.de/obersalz...zberg_ind.html

A lot of details and additional pictures are there.

But all in german language......

Best regards

Mathias

[FMS-Paul]

Originally Posted by Tim Calvert

...and the view to the North...

Ahhhh...and some view that is Tim great pic ! , looks like a nice place you stayed at also, it brings back some memories... a place i must get back to someday. Here are some pics of were i stayed.

Thread of my time at Berchesgaden...http://www.wehrmacht-awards.com/foru...d.php?t=407144

E-Nest 3.jpg

[FMS-Paul]

Nice veiw first thing in the morning....

E-Nest.jpg

[FMS-Paul]

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