We had a safe, but long drive from Munich to Ruhpolding… in and out of rain, snow and gigantic snowflakes! We took the back roads, so got to see lots of villages.
The Alps had been hammered by snow… they called it a “100 Year Storm”. The last 15 km of our drive, which should have taken 20 min, took nearly 3 hours! We’re not really sure what happened… but, it was not an avalanche. Partly accidents, for sure; and we heard that in some of the smaller villages snow being removed from roofs dumped onto the roads, so then the roads needed to be cleared.
We finally made it safe ‘n’ sound into Ruhpolding. We checked into our nice little apartment, then went out for supper. Here are a couple pics from The Village (the central part of Ruhpolding).
We had supper at a wonderful Hungarian restaurant recommended by our Hostess – she owns (or manages) our apartment house. The “kids” were just finishing supper in The Village, a block from our restaurant, so popped by to say hi. Sorry, no pics of them! 🙁 They told us about Glühwein Huts, and, of course, we found one!
