Our second day in the area we drove to Berchtesgaden and bought tickets to take a boat on the Königsee to St. Bartholomä. It was rainy and foggy going out there so we didn't get the amazing views but I still think there is something magical about fog and I never regret when we have that experience.
The boat was enclosed so that was good!
So funny story -- kind've awful too. The boat was pretty crowded despite the weather and I ended up with the kids at the back among a group of Asian tourists and Chopper was somewhere else with Jenn and Bronwyn. About halfway through the ride, William starts majorly dancing and it turns out that he didn't go to the bathroom AT ALL that morning. Of course there's no bathroom on the boat and the guide has just finished telling us that the waters are so pure they are drinkable - plus although William is very fond of peeing in the wild, he can't do it without pulling his pants entirely down and is not discreet in the slightest. So I start to panic that we're going to end up with a puddle on the floor and I'm texting Chopper that we need help! So he comes over and drapes his raincoat over William. I take out a water bottle from my backpack and drink like half of it right there and then in the middle of that crowd Chopper helps William pee into the bottle, covered by his raincoat. Our European adventures with kids can be quite interesting.
The church of St. Bartholomä is really beautiful coming to it along the lake but when you get there, it's small and the interior isn't spectacular. There are some good hikes in the area, including one to an ice cave but that wasn't going to happen so we got some pictures and then got in line to wait for a boat back.
This one turned out pretty good!!
The green of the lake is like glass! And that's a little patch of grass with a house and a stream into the lake. I think I could live there.
The rain pretty much stopped by the time we got back to Berchtesgaden and we explored the shops along the lake a little bit before decided we would do the short hike out to a view point.
At the viewpoint we started to get some sun!
The viewpoint was fantastic!
And of course the kids found lots to look at.
Chopper has been teaching the kids about skipping rocks and so everywhere we go now they have to search for good ones.
Then we drove into Berchtesgaden center and explored a bit. This saint (?) being boiled in oil was fun.
This cemetery had a whole wall with plaques dedicated to soldiers who had died in WWI and WWII and it was so sad because their pictures were so young. Entire generations across Europe were killed in both of those wars.
We introduced our friends to Döners for dinner and then had some obligatory ice cream. We also stopped in at a church where they were having a rehearsal and we were told to come back for the concert later so we did. Turns out the concert was a mass. So we didn't stay very long. But it ended up being a really good day and that was pretty much the last of the rain until a few weeks later in Prague so I can't complain!!
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