Hiking Tegernseer Huette

Last Sunday we went to Tegernsee to go hiking up the Tegernseer hut, which is about 1650 m above sea level .

Unfortunately a million other people had the same idea. The weather was wonderful and the hiking trail that has been recommended to me is really beautiful. It leads along a little river with lots of waterfalls in between. The last 40 minutes were very exhausting because it’s extremely steep. Due to the weather the place was absolutely packed with people and there was no chance getting a table on the terrace facing the Alps.

Lots of waterfalls on our way up to "Tegernseer Hütte"

We found a place on the rocks on one side of the hut. While Ingrid was getting something to drink I made my self comfortable. Two ladies that came up from the other route (the more difficult side) joined me and we had a nice chat also recommending various hiking trails to each other in Bavaria.

After a while I looked up behind me and recognized that there was a very steep rock about 30 to 40 meters high with loads of people climbing up there. My first thought was that it might not be such a good idea sitting directly on the bottom of that rock but then I was sure that they would not let people sit here if it would be dangerous because there were even tables standing there.

When Ingrid came with the drinks and some food I decided to go in front to the terrace to shoot some photographs of that gorgeous view. I just returned to our table when somebody was screaming from above that stones where falling down.

Everything went so fast. The two ladies I was talking to both got hit very badly by the rocks. I looked at Ingrid to see if anything has happened to her but thank god she was o.k. Exactly on the place where I was sitting a few seconds before was also a rock. If I would not have left a few seconds before I might have been hit as well. The two ladies where bleeding very badly and there was blood all over the place. I suppose that one had her nose broken. They helped the two into the hut and laid them on the floor. Later a doctor came with the helicopter and they were flown to the hospital. I still hope that nothing really serious has happened and that they get well soon. After that shock we decided to walk back what we did. On our way back I got a bit sad thinking about the two ladies. I really felt very sorry.

When we got back to the car we saw that there was a big traffic jam on the way back to Munich so we decided to have dinner on the terrace of a nice restaurant that was on the way. When we drove back later there was still lots of traffic but finally we made it back home. Except that awful accident it had been a wonderful day for us and I fell in to my bed and had a very good sleep.

View from the terrace to the alps. Just an incredible view.

Vacation

So finally I am back again in Munich. Had a wonderful time in Biot with a friend of mine. We started of in Munich via Surlej / Silvaplana Switzerland. Did a little hiking there and then went on a few days later down to Nice. The trip was o. k. except we had some problems finding the right route around Milan, which is really kind of confusing.

Arrived in Biot in the late afternoon. I was already looking forward for our new dog Balou a German Shepard –7 months old. He had grown up already quite a bit and is teasing poor old Benno all the time.

We spent the time mostly at the pool reading a lot and walked the dogs on this beautiful hiking trail called sentier la Brague, which starts just right behind the house and leads all the way to the beautiful village of Valbonne. It leads along a little river called la Brague that has little waterfalls. It’s quite shady and so it is never to warm even in July and August. The weather has been not to hot anyway for this time of the year.



Balou

Good old Benno

Balou

One morning we went down to Cannes and did a little shopping in the Rue d´Antibes. After 2 –3 hours we had enough and went back to our nice little village Biot. On a day we went down to Antibes to buy some groceries at the beautiful marché because we had some friends coming for dinner to our house.

Two days before we left we met a good friend of mine who is working for the Ballet Monte Carlo. Before we met her, we stoped and went up to Eze. This is one of the most remarkable little villages I have ever seen. I love to go there every now and then.





Eze Village and view to Cap Ferrat

Kathy – that’s the name of my friend in Monte Carlo – also had two friends there visiting her. Kevin Haigen whom I have met before at John Neumeiers apartment, a former ballet dancer from the Hamburg Ballet and now assistant of John Neumeier and his friend David a former dancer of the Royal Ballet in London. We went to one of my favourite places near Monaco that is called La Différence a quiet tip. We had the most wonderful evening. And got home pretty late.

The next day my cousin Ariane and her husband with little Beppi (Sebastian 3 years old) arrived. I had to make a picture of Beppi and the statue of the angel that is placed near the driveway to the house because at the moment they totally look alike

Before dinner we had a drink at the Hotel du Cap in Antibes. We spent the rest of the evening at home.

Next day at noon we had to leave the Bastide d´Libac and flew back to Munich. The weather in Munich was quite cold and it started to rain. In the afternoon I had to pick up a friend of mine from the central station she was visiting me for the weekend.

In the late afternoon the weather became a bit better and we could even sit outside for a drink on the fabulous terrace of the Hotel Bayerischer Hof. You can have the most wonderful view to the alps and over the city.