Landkreis Starnberg

Getting up was the worst hahah.

Took some time deciding what we were going to bring. I’ve got extra layers and a snickers bar. Important.

Train came In 30 mins and they don’t run that often and as this is such a stupidly long walk, running out of daylight needs to be considered so I was keen to make that one.

We picked up the pace. Having caught an S train yesterday we at least knew what to do today to save some time. S6 to get there S8 to get home.

We had to pick a time today when buying the ticket so selected the train in 15 mins, the option after that was a train in an hour.
A train going to where we needed came in 4 minutes. This train is not one of the selectable options… but we got on it.
Had my argument ready for ticket people if they said anything.
Our tickets weren’t checked anyway so all is well.
Got off at Starnberg.
Prioritized food as needed fuel for the day.
Also found an ATM to get out cash out in case the monastery we are walking to doesn’t take card.
Have discovered later that the ATM itself has a $8.50 fee 🙃
And then the $1.50 from wise cause we have gone over our ATM withdrawal allowance.
So that was a touch expensive. I’m not overly mad though cause once I figured out why my transaction didn’t match the amount I got out - I would much prefer the reason be fees rather than someone else stole our card details again lol.

Got kebabs and they were terrific.

And on we walked.
Will on map duty bless him.
Started in a town.

Started walking though grass fields with people walking dogs and stayed close to a field.
Started to follow a beautiful stream, everything crisp and moss covered. Beautiful.

Then all of a sudden Wills phone starts making some loud, unknown alarm sound.
Pulled out his phone and in quick succession we received several “emergency alarm”messages.
All in German obviously, but that made it scary.

I immediately went to omg, what if it’s Putin related.
Will though natural disaster related.

Bless the copy/paste feature.
I photographed Wills screen, he hotspotted me and I translated it to say NO DANGER TODAY.

Then why are you messaging me with your NEE NAWW🙃🙃🙃

Felt much more relaxed after we translated haha.

Walk walk walk then through a town for a little bit before we reached farmland.
And in the distance we see this thing.
Wills comments:
“Is that a cat or a dog?”
“…is that a bobcat?”

No. Just a regular cat who was the biggest loaf of bread.
He came over for pats.
He wasn’t as ginormous up close but I think he blended with the grass colour to look double the size.

Kept walking and this little dog was so happy and sped past us to chase the cat. 😂😂
He chased it for a long while too until his owner called him. He didn’t recall to his name but did hesitate which gave fat cat time to gain some distance. Haha

Lots of horses and rolling fields. 💕

A horny boy horse was annoying a girl horse. We could here her warnings and then she kicked him. 😆.
Walked past some either llamas or alpacas but 90% sure alpacas.
Saw a red squirrel too.

This walk had everything honestly. All different terrain and wildlife haha.

Came to a near frozen lake. Just the edges not quite solid yet.

The forest parts where my favourite.
Will did a sneaky wee because he has a convenient, transportable utensil.
I needed to go too but too many runners/dog walkers I had to wait for a better time.

The sun came out for a bit which was lovely but glad it didn’t beat down on us because we would have overheated.

Lots of what we think are mole hills.

Walk walk walk.
Another little town. The whole town spelt like cow but no cows?

Found a good section with some coverage for my bush wee.
This section of wood had little red riding hood vibes.
I don’t know what animals Germany has but very glad all animals are hibernating. Not in the mood to be eaten by a bear today. 😅

The direction signs were frustrating.
They changed a lot.
And did not go down despite walking an hour.
8km to go
8.7km to go
7.9km to go
8.1km to go.
What.

To get to the monastery it is 15km on one map but I think our route was about 20km because we went scenic route.
More fields 💕
Finally could see the monastery in the distance.

Golly. It took its time getting closer to us. Walk walk walk and still just as far away.

The stations of the cross where positioned the last 800m or so as we walked towards it.

Will chose this activity (and has done a bang up job) because he learnt the monks make their own beer 🍻
So, we went into the tavern which was a hot mess just like the hofbrauhaus but he managed to get a beer and really enjoyed it. Just the one though as we still had the final 5km of the journey.
First popped into the church - stunning! Even Will took photos which is how you tell if something is good or not.
We decided not to eat at the tavern because we didn’t know what to do or how to do it …
So we ate my snickers bar and carried on.

Sitting was bad. My knee had cooled and was gone. 💀
Hobbled down the hill but if I can do it for 2 x 25 km days for Everest I can do it for a pissy 5km.
This side not as nice but still lovely.
I considered doing this route there and back but glad we picked the long route as it had the better stuff for sure.
Walked through another town with the most lovely cottage.
Stone and wood, flower pots and a smoking chimney.
Something out of a children book.

Walk walk walk. More towns to the station.
50 minute ride back.
Our stop this morning was zone 2, this was zone 3. Wasn’t sure so didn’t buy a zone day ticket but glad they are different cause otherwise it would have been wasteful like yesterday not getting a day ticket hah.
Body is sore.
Wills ankles are killing him. I at least have hiking shoes. He has dead Adidas shoes due for a trip to the bin.

We had to go immediately home to shower and rest for a bit. Couldn’t walk no more hahaha
Pitch black but only 4:30.
My toes has been hurting half the day. Pleased to see blood through my sock and between my toes. Not in my head lol.
Markets too far away even if its the cheaper option. We just can’t. 😂
We have found an American diner 300m away.
Sitting at the bar writing this.
Keen for bed omg.
At least checkout tomorrow is 12.
My job for the train tomorrow is to draft a passive aggressive email to Zurich Ibis demanding our money back now it’s been 5 business days.
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