Trips 3

Konigssee, Bavaria - Summer 1961

This resort, with lake, is located in the far south-east of Bavaria, close to the Austrian border. The town of Berchtesgarden is close by. This had associations with Hitler who had his mountain  retreat there. We went to the’Eagle’s Nest’ but were rather disappointed to see all evidence of Hitler’s occupation removed! It had been converted into a restaurant/cafe.

The trip was organised, as always, by Eric Tordoff and we were kept busy throughout. Visits included shopping in Brussels on the outward journey; Salzburg and the Grossglockner Glacier in Austria; a boat trip down the Rhine; down a salt-mine, with slides from level to level. (GB)

South of France - Summer 1962

On the way we stayed in Paris and also Annecy. The college where we stayed in Paris was on the Bvd St Michelle. We were in dorms in Annecy and, for some reason or another, were under curfew at one point. From Annecy we went to Chamonix and I remember snow on the mountain-tops as we ascended by cable car.

Our final destination was Nice where we stayed in what I think was originally a Russian Palace. There were trips to Menton, Cannes, Monte Carlo (but not in the casino) and also a boat trip to an island.

On the return journey we again stayed in Annecy and Paris. In Paris we travelled on the Metro and visited Montmartre where we were offered ‘dirty postcards’ by a street seller. Didn’t buy but probably looked! (David Fuller)

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© 2006 GDB & LDC

The hotel was near the lake and we went swimming a few times. Being fed by mountain streams it was, of course, absolutely freezing. The hotel, as I remember, was rather picture-postcard-ish, mainly timber-built. The rooms would be rather basic and the washbasins stuck out from the walls with no further support. Bruce Bannister leaned on his rather too heavily and managed to remove it from the wall!