After dinner we got to know Pavla a bit and had a few laughs. Daryl and I regaled Max and Pavla with some of the sillier things we have gotten up to together. Then we checked out the photos from Tony's 40th party! Hmmm. We were in fits of laughter. Every time anyone looks at those photos it with tears running down their faces!! Hehe.
In the morning Max had to go to work and the rest of us enjoyed a little sleep in and then we skyped Helen & Brian, Keren & Nige, Kelly, at Keren's house. It was great to see them all and they got to meet Pavla. Daryl told them that he's coming home for a few months in February, and I told them that Pavla is coming too! Helen was stoked and now has something to look forward to. Then we skyped with Mum and did the same thing over pretty much. You may be wondering where Lilli was all this time?! She was skyping too. She's an old pro at it now! After that we had breakfast and all got organised to go to the Eagle's nest.
The Eagle's nest was Hitler's summer retreat and a place where he made alot of those fateful decisions of his. He met up with his big chiefs up there and did his important entertaining. It is also where he ran to hide after the war ended apparently. It is located on a peak overlooking Berchtesgarden and Konigsee (which is the deepest lake in Germany and also where he supposedly threw all the treasures he took from the jews), and the peak is 1883m high. Unfortunately it was a bit cloudy on Friday so we didn't get the amazing views that you get on a clear day. We parked our car at the bottom of the peak in the carpark and took the bus up. You can't take your own vehicle up there, you have to bus. We had to go into a really long tunnel which took us to the underground elevator. The elevator took us up 100m to the Eagle's nest. When we got there I put Lilli in her frontpack and both Daryl and Pavla wanted to try it out so I didn't even have to carry my own baby the whole time we were there. Oh, except when Lilli got sick of the frontpack then I took her. :) Also Lilli has now had her nappy changed at 1883m in the sun. It was just a quick change though because when the sun went away it got a bit chilly.
On the bus going up to the Eagle's nest.
Daryl, Lilli, and I at the entrance to the tunnel which took us underground to the lift.
Daryl, Pavla, & Lilli in the tunnel.
Waiting for the elevator.
The view looking down.
The view looking out at the mountains.
Daryl, Pavla, & Lilli, with the Eagle's nest behind.
The Eagle's nest from above.
The cross above on the highest peak.
Other paths. (I bet he had hundreds of ways to get away across the mountain and have heard that somewhere up here is a bunker).
More paths...
When we came down to the bus stop again we had lunch in the restaurant and all picked a different Bavarian dish so we could try each others. It was a yummy lunch. Lilli was funny as, she spent ages jumping up and down with Daryl holding her. I had tried but my arms felt like they would fall off after 2 minutes so I gave her to Daryl who lasted for a good half hour! Hahaha. It was so funny - Daryl and I were in fits - Lilli looked so cute and was being so loud. She was having a ball. Ohhh little cutie.
Lilli & Daryl at the restaurant.
Little Lilli was zonked on the trip home but refused to sleep until we were practically back in Anger (about a 40 minute drive). Finally she went out to it and I left her in her carseat while we loaded up the car so that Daryl and Pavla could head off. They left at about 5.15pm instead of 4pm as they had intended.
Max got home at about 5.30pm and we sat on the balcony while Lilli slept, then Max went down to pick up the tables for the party on Saturday and we worked out the plan of attack for the day.
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