Berchtesgaden is a small alps town situated in Southern Bavaria, on the Austrian border, near Salzburg. It’s also the former Summer retreat for Adolf Hitler and his band cronies as they owned resort styled houses and built a conference room atop the mountain, now known as Eagle’s Nest.
Eagles Nest wasn’t visited frequently by Adolf Hitler as he apparently was afraid of heights, but let me tell you, I don’t like heights and it was absolutely no problem at all, so Hitler must have been a serious Jessie. 
Eagles Nest was built, including the road, 143 metre long tunnel, 143 metre high elevator and the actual building, atop the mountain, in 13 months. An absolutely phenomenal achievement by any measure today, let alone in 1936 or thereabouts.
The views are stunning, from Lake Konigsee on one side to Salzburg and Austria on the other. Very impressive.
Samantha wasn’t too keen to endure the elevator so she visited the bunker that Hitler had built and this was also very interesting.
Berchtesgaden itself isn’t a particularly interesting town but interestingly, it is a base for walkers and freaks who wear, seriously, Lederhosen…the leather trousers made famous by oompah band members and dancers. In fact, so prevalent were these lederhosen wearing freaks that whole families were wearing them….well, we thought it was strange anyway.
Must be a Bavarian thing I think.
