Shortly after enjoying Thanksgiving dinners with their families, Becki and Andy hopped on a plane and flew across the Northern Atlantic for Germany. Andy’s company (BHTC) was sending him to their corporate headquarters for two weeks in the northern Germany town of Lippstadt. After getting the green light from his boss, Andy purchased a second ticket for Becki and the two of them traveled for their first time to Europe.
The challenge came in when they got there. Lippstadt is a beautiful city, but small. Andy's co-workers all spoke English, but Becki saw no one during the day who did. Once Andy got back to the hotel each night, she talked (English) non-stop!
During their weekend stay in Germany, Becki and Andy traveled to southern Germany and spent the weekend in the quaint Bavarian town of Garmisch-Partenkirchen. After exploring the town of Garmish, the duo setout to locate their hotel for the night. This was not an easy task as their hotel room was nestled deep in the heart of the alps. In order to get to their room at the Foresthaus Grasek, they had to take a gondola ride up the side of a mountain. The gondola looked - and felt - like it had been installed for the 1936 olympics... and not improved or enhanced since! Once they reached their destination for the night however, their trouble was all worth it.
After spending the night in their Bavarian retreat, Andy and Becki took a drive into Austria to catch at better glimpse of "Zugspitze," the highest peak in Germany at 2964 meters (9724 ft). The weather in Austria was much nicer than the foggy valley they left behind in Germany.
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