Ok, you didn't really think THAT was it now did you>?
Some back story on our
Sella 3.0 a small group of us who have participated in most of our tours: Stelvio 1.0, 2.0, Sella 1.0 and 2.0 and a few get togethers here and there... a small group of us started our tour on Tuesday. Most of our group we would be meeting up in Zell am See, Austria. Quite a few guys were driving down from Munich, so it made sense to meet in Zell am See and then drive in convoy thru the Gross Glockner and then the back way into Sella Rounda.
But for our small group of six(later plus one) die hards we would meet up in Western Germany and drive thru France, then back into Germany for the night, then thru the
Swiss Alps and into Austria(near
Imst) have lunch at
"Oiler's 69" and then back into Germany, drive the famous
Tatzelwurmstrasse and the
Rosenfeldstrasse, then stay the night near Berchtesgaden(Ramsau). The next day we would go visit Eagle's Nest and then off to meet up with the "gang" in Zell am See.
For that Tuesday's meeting point we decided to meet near Hermeskeil(Germany). So I booked a room in a small hotel and decided to drive out Monday afternoon. As usual, I stumbled across some interesting places. Here are my pics from the "day before" our big tour began...
Dackel
Our Walkie-Talkies for our tour...
packed my bags... (I have a full size spare tire somewhere in there...
)
Hotel Jägerhof, Hunsrückstraße, Reinsfeld
Not quite sure why they had this old train in the park here...
Once I checked in I headed for the closest Esso to tank up for tomorrow's adventure. But I stumbled across some cool places....
first next door to the Esso was this sweet burger/steak restaurant... and it was dinner time for me!
As I drove back to my hotel I spotted a sign for a "KZ Gedenkstätte" memorial. In German "KZ" means concentration camp(Gedenkstätte means memorial), so I was curious and went in to pay my respects. I had never heard of this place before. But it was cool to see that it still exists. Its one of those places off the beaten path.
Anytime you see a brown and white sign in Germany... it is something interesting. It can point you to a castle or park or in this case a memorial.
Concentration Camp Hinzert - Gedenkstätte Hinzert
The crosses are to remember the 144 different countries that the victims came from. Not individual people.
Then I came across this cool place...
The museum was already closed, but you could still walk around outside and see some cool planes.
Back at my hotel I found a brochure for the museum. I gotta come back for a visit.
Our meeting place on the A1...
a little impromptu photo shoot at the autobahnrastplatz
picking up one more member of our crew at the Globus in Saarbrücken...
our hotel for that first night - the day after...
Everyone asks me to take photos of the food in Germany when I do one of these tours. I always forget. This was the only time I took food pics(!) on our trip! lol
some local German beers at a gas station in the Black Forrest area...
Alpina kombi
Fast forward to Sunday after our Sella 3.0 adventure was over with. I felt like still having an adventure... so I drove to Pfunds, Austria. I've always loved this part of Austria. And the Post Hotel in Pfunds is such a nice hotel for so little money. You get a three course meal included with the room rate of 70 euros. And the small city is quite charming. Its on the way to
Stelvio and Solden(
Timmelsjoch Pass) are only about an hour or so away.
Festung Nauders - just before you enter the town of Nauders. The fortress was built on the Reich Pass - and was used in WWI as a defensive fortress.
https://www.google.de/maps/place/Fes...83!4d10.492925
And in the town of Nauders is Castle Nauders. Its also a restaurant and a hotel I think. We ate lunch here many years ago on Stelvio 1.0
I always like to go grocery shopping when in other countries. You always find cool local stuff.
...the famous tower located in the middle of a lake/dam.
https://www.google.de/maps/place/Kir...1!4d10.5363876
