American in Norway

Yea! Another excuse to post tons & tons of pictures from our summer holiday... Sorry to all of my regular readers... I know y'all have seen most of the pictures... (but if you make it to the end there are some NEW pictures of PARIS...) If your interested on knowing more about or trip, you can check out these posts.... Day 5 Berchtesgaden , Germany - the Eagles Nest Day 3-4 Tropical Island Berlin Home again home again..Where to start? DAY 1 Days 5-6 Untersberg - Austria & for all of the rest of you... I will try to keep our 7 countries in 14 days BRIEF.... In 14 fun filled days we managed to hit....Sweden, Denmark, Germany, Austria, Luxembourg , France, & Holland... WE had a B L A S T... We learned a lot about history, geography, culture & each other.... We the NON-camping family... camped for 2 weeks & made it without TV & the Internet ... . WOW!! EVA at the Berlin Wall Dane at Mozart's birth home...in Salzburg , Austria ...

After leaving Berlin we decided to drive straight to Berchtesgaden....due to the rain we ended up stopping a before we got there & stayed in a hotel.... not what we had planned, but still...NICE.. we had made it BAVARIA... (I will state this over & over... I LOVE Germany...& really love BAVARIA...) First stop when we arrived in Berchtesgaden was The Kehlsteinhaus (known in English as the Eagles Nest). The house was commissioned for Hitlers 50th birthday and took 13 months to build. It lies on the tip of a mountain (the Kehlstein), 1834m above sea level and is one of the most popular attractions in southern Germany. The entrance into the mountian leading up to the Eagles Nest... Dane was in absolute AWE... the view...the history... After climbing up to the top we went back to the historic building which houses a restaurant serving traditional Bavarian food.... for hot chocolate & good German beer for mommy & daddy.. (Have I mentioned my love for German Beer?) This i...