The Magical Forest and the "Backlake"

We came down from the Bindalm on the bus, a bit of a cheat, but we felt pressed for time. Right near the bus stop you could rent little boats to go out on HIntersee, which is a nice little lake that gets little attention from tourists, or at least American tourists. Understandable, in a way, because one of the two main attractions people come out to see is the mighty Königssee, with it's church and boat ride. Hintersee is a nice, quiet, pretty green lake with less impressive mountains around it.

We walked around the lake, then through some trees. Imagine my surprise when we came out the other side to discover we had been in the Zauberwald. Nothing magical about it, no frolicking wolperingers or slithering tazelwurms (giant snakes with the heads of cats who spit poison, so we were glad to give them a pass). Just trees and a nice, easy trail. By the way for you German speakers, I know that adding an s is the wrong way to make tatzelwurm plural, I just didn't bother to do it right.

We jumped on the bus to head back to the village. We were planning to hang out there, have some dinner, and go to a concert in the park that night.Read more