Oberstdorf

After only four hours of sleep, I was woken up so we could drive two hours to Oberstdorf, Germany, a little town in the Alps with a very high ski jump (Schiflugschanze). I'm sure if there was an actual speed limit on the roads it would have taken much longer to get to Obserstdorf, but thanks to the Autobahn and Bernd's driving, we were there in no time. When we got there, the mountains were beautiful. It was late March so there was not much snow and it was not ski season anymore. Walking up to the ski jump, it was hard to believe people actually took off from that high.

So after we admired the ski jump from the ground, we decided it was time to climb up to the top. Luckily, there was an elevator in the base of the jump that took us up most of the way. When we got to the top, the view was incredible. The jump overlooked a frozen lake to one side and then the mountain on the other.

Attempting to describe the view from the top of the ski jump in words is impossible. The height of the jump was absolutely unbelievable. If I were able to ski, I don't know if I could ever get myself to jump off of it, but I stand by what I say in the videos; if I could go down in a sled, I would be totally up for it.

After admiring the ski jump, we got back on solid ground and walked around the park for a while. We then went into the little town of Oberstdorf and visited shops and walked around. We ended up having lunch in a small Biergarten-like restaurant and afterwards, we headed home on the Autobahn once again. We had a relaxing night at home because we were all tired from traveling, especially Sina and I after only getting four hours of sleep the night before.