Bavarian timeout 

Starnberger See, Starnberg

Over time friends move and sometimes you loose contact. That’s often because life changes and sometimes because your friends get out of distance for a day trip. Some of our friends moved to München, Germany which is only reachable from Germany if you stay overnight. And the long journey only makes sense if you stay some days. That is why we planned a trip to Bavaria in a our autumn holidays. Continue reading “Bavarian timeout “

House at the lake

Starnberger See, Seeshaupt

We wanted to spend some days in and around München, Germany. It was the time of the last days of the Oktoberfest and getting a hotel room was expensive. The biggest problem was to find a family room in a hotel where you have a separate room for our six year old companion. As this failed we decided to rent an away home and found one at the southern end of the Starnberger See in a small village called Seeshaupt. It included access to the lake, a great garden and a boat – which sounded like a very good option. Continue reading “House at the lake”

Starnberger See

Starnberger See, Seeshaupt

The Starnberger See is Germany’s fifth largest lake and located 25 kilometers south of München, Germany. Because of its depth it is the German lake with the second largest amount of water after the Lake Constance („Bodensee“). Until 1962 it was called Würmsee but was than renamed after the main city at the lake because Starnberg was the entry point for visitors from München and people began to call it like that after the railway to Starnberg was built.

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