My first motorcycle trip in Europe (June 2009 - Part 4 Scharnitz - Murnau)

(continued from part 3)

We're literally one breath away from the German border at Scharnitz where this cute building on the right is the local Catholic church:

This town is located right below the German border on a valley surrounded by Alps. On a day like today it's also covered by clouds, quite an exotic scene for a first timer's Mediterranean eyes (that's me):

Looking at this I wonder how we manage to stay dry so far:

This restaurant near the North end of Scharnitz is now unfortunately closed:

15 years later it now looks much more neglected:

How time treats as all eh?

We leave the last buildings of the town behind:

Heading North towards the rainy weather:

Finally and unsurprisingly we get some wet tarmac as a "willkommen" from Germany:

Still I wonder if there's a first timer's umbrella for me hence it's not really raining yet. No complains, that allows space to enjoy the (far from summer looking) scenery:

It's more like winter right now actually:

Could be worse though, there's still plenty of visibility to enjoy the view of this valley which splits the local Alps:

My partner in crime is as excited and takes pictures at machine gun rate. The next couple speaks about the speed of her index finger:

Again, it could be much worse:

We head West now towards Garmisch-Partenkirchen and we make a short stop a few km before at Kaltenbrunn to judge the weather and decide what's next. This cute hotel provides a nice pit stop:

Yours truly pictured while picturing:

Weather looks OK(ish),

so we decide to move on.

No worries as long as the clouds are white:

Yours truly pictured by my partner in crime during a red light at Garmisch-Partenkirchen:

Same story in this town, Alps all around under a roof of thick clouds:

We leave the last bits of this town behind to continue North:

This Bavarian valley makes an attractive contrast with the clouds and the dark Alps around as we continue North:

Still dry:

Still beautiful:

We would like to do Munich but not sure the weather will be hospitable enough:

Weather behind us looks even more gloomy:

So we continue up the map on this sweet valley:

It feels to me like it gets a little darker by now:

We are in the heart of this valley and still heading to Munich:

A couple of cute churches in the background as we pass by Oberau and Eschenlohe:

As we approach Murnau near Staffelsee we decide to enter this town and see what it's like:

Now I can say it's just average Bavarian but it all looks cute to me being here for the first time:

Can you spot that oldtimer bus waiting at the traffic light on the right?

There you have it:

Pity we're on the move and that's the only image I have. Absolutely pristinely clean and beautiful.

Have a rest and see you in part 5🙂