Ryan has a ball to attend this weekend…in Germany. We were going to make a leisurely four hour trip of it, but then he was told he had to be there by 10AM – which meant we had to leave the house by 6AM. That’s not quite so leisurely… The trip went fine until we crossed the German border and then the clouds rolled in and the rain started…aaaahhh – just like I remember.
We were looking forward to attending this event because the hotel where we would be staying offered paragliding trips and we have never done that before. We tried to sign up for it when we got to the hotel, but it was cancelled due to bad weather – so we jumped on the waiting list for the following day. It was cancelled that day too, so we put our names on the list for Sunday. Sunday turned out to be an alright day as far as German weather goes – lots of clouds hanging around but only a sprinkling of rain. After finding the field which was to be our meeting point – far harder than it sounds as we were given very poor directions by the resort staff, we rode the cable cars to the top of the mountain where we proceeded to put on all of our gear and run off the mountain. Paragliding is such a great experience. It is very peaceful, relaxed, and quiet. We had plenty of time on the descent to look around and take in all of the scenery. By the time we had both made it to the bottom it was time to start our trip back to Italy. On this trip we had gotten to visit the monastery at Ettal and walk through Partnach Gorge. Everyone always talks about how great Germany is, but I find I like it best when viewed on a postcard while I’m in a different country…
