Münich & Ebenalp
posted by valerie 20 January 2012
The ICON Interns found a good deal on train tickets to Munich, Germany, so we took a day trip on Saturday.
On Sunday, my roommates Kat & Bianca and I took the train to Wassarauen to hike up Ebenalp, the Northernmost peak of the Appenzell Alps. The ascent proved difficult without snowshoes and hiking poles, but we put in a solid effort and made it halfway up before saying fuckit, hiking down, and taking the cable car all the way back up. The view was glorious but the air was so cold it hurt, so we sought refuge in a resto at the summit. We soaked in the grandeur sheltered from the wind, sipping hot chocolate, and scarfing down Appenzell mac & cheese (Kraft would die of embarrassment here). Seeing things from high up is sobering – the panoramic view of the Alps, down to the rolling hills of Switzerland, Austria, and Germany bordering Lake Constance got me thinking about the scale of things and how I truly fit amid it all.
