Mittenwald: Storybook Town in Bavaria Germany

[@IamaDutch-Kiwi]

Stunning, Mittenwald surely is one of the most beautiful I've seen. I've now checked how far this is from home 874km. Do-able 🤣! The church, oh Dara just awesome. I'm watching with open mouth and held breath. I really don't mind it took you so long to edit this. I am just thrilled you even went there. Now I'm privileged to see and wonder in AWE. Thank you for this pearl. The flowers, the van it was all to make you feel at home. We love the German kitchen although I miss the veges. I agree with kitten: thumbs up! 👍 This sure deserves that. 🌺🩷🇳🇱🙋‍♀🇳🇿

[@MagentaOtterTravels]

haha, thanks for watching. I do hope you get to visit Mittenwald! Here's the pro tip: go visit when they are bringing the goats down from the mountain! They parade them through the streets and it is supposed to be amazing! I wish we had seen that spectacle! Or go see an Almabtrieb festival where they bring the cows home. They dress up the cows in stunning festive dress there in Bavaria. Another fun thing to see!

[@IamaDutch-Kiwi]

@@MagentaOtterTravels Leen has noted the destination. He was most impressed. 👌ps: My last UK video in premier Thursday but not sure if the timing is right for you.

[@Poliss95]

I can read the sign on the house. 😁 It says. 'When this house was still a small hermitage in the middle of the forest, St Korbidian stayed here for a short rest. His gift, a magnificent staff, is still kept in the house today and is held in high esteem.' That's what my phone says anyway.

[@MagentaOtterTravels]

That is fantastic! Now I want to go back and visit that building!

[@Poliss95]

@@MagentaOtterTravels This time get the translation app. on your phone. It's free. That's how I can afford it. lol (Might prevent you getting on the wrong train too). 😂

[@theresabigwideworld2632]

That's one gorgeous town, I love the painted buildings, that's what I call street art!

[@MagentaOtterTravels]

Yes, absolutely. That's why I love Florence as well... I feel like I'm walking through a museum just walking down the street!

[@ItsArtByDonna]

Dara this is the most beautiful little city with it's painted buildings and such an ornate church...I have been to many churches but have never seen so many balconies...I haven't a clue to why so many in that church...I can understand near the organist as that would be where the choir would be...and possibly some near the alter where some of the reading's are done? Very interesting indeed....Gelato looked delicious...the au gratin potato's and your pork looked very good too...I thought the portions being pretty large...everyone says that in the USA we have large portions, so I found that very interesting that you had two slices of meat...I loved the tour of this town....and it did remind me of the sound of music, one of my favorite movies! Ahhh the cat was adorable...as was the magenta car! LOL! Have a great week ahead!

[@MagentaOtterTravels]

Thanks so much, Donna! It truly was a delightful town... which is why I was determined to publish a blog of it! Even though it took me 15 months to get it done! Lol

[@ItsArtByDonna]

😆I saw that, but wasn't going to say anything...who am I to say ...I have video's that never get posted, I hear you...they are somewhere out there...🤣I'm happy you found it, it's a beautiful place to visit!@@MagentaOtterTravels

[@GENerationXplorers]

Mittemwald, what a lovely name, can feel the Austrian touches from being so near the border! Magenta flowers and car, superb! Mmm, cheesy pretzel, perfect! Perfect town. Ok kitty thumbs and paws up. Wow such an ornate Church, stunning. Does seem more like a theatre, I bet they have great carol services there. Hand crafted instruments, wonderful. Hearty looking German dishes. Well done on turning this video out so quickly! 😂

[@MagentaOtterTravels]

Are you making fun of me because it took me 15 months to get this video published? Lol🤣🙄

[@IamaDutch-Kiwi]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣@@MagentaOtterTravels

[@GENerationXplorers]

@@MagentaOtterTravels absolutely not! I have videos that need making going back at least as long. So little time! 😂

[@MagentaOtterTravels]

@@GENerationXplorers amen brutha!

[@catherinecorscadden2637]

Been through Mittenwald many times en route to Austria , it’s beautiful, I love Bavaria, there are so many wonderful places to visit in Southern Germany .

[@MagentaOtterTravels]

Yes, I agree. Such a beautiful and interesting area!

[@johnadey3696]

Loverly video - it has taken me back fifty years to when I spent a summer in Mittenwald doing an archeological dig. It was not at all touristy then. My German is rusty. but the sign on the house reads something like - In the year 824 when this was a hermitage in the middle of a forest St Korbinian stayed here for a short time and gifted his staff which is still held in high esteem in this house today. Also if you see "Raebrat mit Knödeln" ( roast roe deer with potato dumplings) on the menu in that part of the world I recommend it!

[@Poliss95]

The app on my phone wasn't far wrong. 😁 It used to out with some very strange stuff when it was first released. 🙃

[@MagentaOtterTravels]

Thanks for the food recommendation! I always love trying local specialities. And we will be back in Bavaria next September ;-) I'm so glad that my little video could help you revisit a place you spent a lovely summer. An archeological dig sounds very interesting!!!

[@johnadey3696]

Interestingly, the dig was the original monastery of Scharnitz which moved over the pass to Innsbruck at the end of the third century to the place where you picked up your car.

[@restateproperties]

Charming place. Thanks for sharing.

[@MagentaOtterTravels]

Thanks so much! It is a fabulous town. Are you from Elgin (where I was born)?

[@LetswalkaroundGothenburg3]

🥰🥰Thank You dear for sharing this beautiful video

[@bobbyxhilone9953]

Beautiful choices for your background music, Dara - along with the lovely, picturesque location!!

[@MagentaOtterTravels]

Thank you so much, Bobby! I was glad I could find some nice orchestral music to go along with a place famous for violins!💖

[@FlourEggsYeast]

I’ve missed your adventures Dara. Life has gotten super busy so I’m always thankful when I get to visit you on one of your trips.

[@MagentaOtterTravels]

Very sweet of you to say. I have missed you as well, and many of my KZbin friends. There just isn't enough time to catch up with everyone like I want to! As you can tell... I'm a bit pressed for time... which is why it took me 15 months to edit this vlog!!!

[@griswald7156]

This very much reminds me of the film with Chevy Chase..European Vacation..and the Griswold Family.. Ian and Dara and the Cotswold Family..

[@MagentaOtterTravels]

Haha that's about right! And I am as clumsy as Chevy Chase 🤣

[@TheHikingHermit]

Looks a lovely town and like you I love the buildings and architecture. Even a hermit could wander round there. You blended in well with all those magenta flowers and even a magenta car. The chapel looked worth a look inside. In fact since I started my channel and watched other people go inside these types of places I find myself now wandering round them myself. It seems I had been missing out all these years. This one looked quite fabulous inside like all the German ones I have been in. Always fancied playing the violin but probably badly. Super tour. Thanks for showing me around. I had to check on Google exactly where it was 🙂

[@MagentaOtterTravels]

That town is well worth a visit! And so many other lovely places in Bavaria nearby! We were mostly in Austria on that trip, and only ventured into Germany for a few hours. But we are making up for it next year.... we will be in Germany for a month next September!

[@FlourEggsYeast]

I could eat that EVERY DAY. The mint would be my top choice for sure.

[@MagentaOtterTravels]

I really enjoyed the food there! Even though we weren't in town very long, you can see I ate my way through the town! Lol

[@TravelingTramps]

We loved your tour of Mittenwald, Dara and Ian. Truly is a storybook town. Loved the architecture of the shops, homes and other buildings. An absolutely stunning church! It's beautiful inside! Truly is over the top with it's opulence. I found myself thinking of Martin Luther looking at it. I also thought of the side balconies. I really don't know why they're there, but I think it may be for some of the wealthy and their buying of indulgences and church privilege's. This would have certainly paid for the craftsmanship here! I do now that this troubled Martin Luther greatly. As beautiful as it is, I tend to agree with him. Ian you wonder if this inspired theatre. Don't know that, but it would be a better place for it in my opinion.That being said I would love to see this church and loved the tour! Lovely video.

[@MagentaOtterTravels]

Thanks Dave! We are also rather practical and minimalist in our style. Those churches do seem too ornate for their own good... but they are fascinating to tour nonetheless! Thanks so much for watching!!

[@NBNatureTrailvan]

Hi Dara and Ian, oh wow, that is a beautiful town - now googling exactly where it is as we are heading that way at the end of next Summer. The whole town is just wonderful and the Church is spectacular!! I know what Ian means about being a bit like a theatre - but the architecture painting and murals do give it a sort of ethereal feel. We will avoid the trains when we go though I think 😃😃 Hope you guys are doing well 👍👍

[@MagentaOtterTravels]

We will be in Germany in September next year! It is such a beautiful country with so many interesting places to visit and so many great things to eat. I'm glad you enjoyed the video, and I hope you get to have your own Bavarian adventure! Will you be taking your van?

[@NBNatureTrailvan]

@@MagentaOtterTravels yes we’re meeting our daughter Son in Law and Grandkids for a week in Austria so we’re travelling through Bavaria - so looking forward to it!!

[@PostcardAndAPint]

Ah we do love German/austrian towns - the buildings are so beautiful. The setting of Mittenwald is absolutely stunning. Super interesting about the violin history! Ah we’re missing Austria and Germany this year. Cheers for the reminder 🍻

[@MagentaOtterTravels]

You have made me want to go there for Christmas markets!

[@WhereisBingle1]

I am obsessed with the church! That would be next on my list😊

[@MagentaOtterTravels]

Hiya Bingle! Thanks for watching this video that everyone else overlooked! Yes, that church is AMAZING! If you visit Mittenwald, go at the time of year where the goats are coming down off the mountain and being paraded through the main street in town. I would love to see that next time we go! Ian really enjoyed your most recent video. I need to catch up now! XX Dara

[@TravelswithTanya]

Hello Dara. Not sure if you know this or not, but there is a town in Georgia designed like a German town. It's Called Helen , Georgia. I am watching this today, during my very short lunch break, here at school. Thank you for taking me to another setting. #I can't wait to retire and travel!☺

[@MagentaOtterTravels]

I just heard a German KZbinr mention Helen Georgia last night! First I had heard of it! I look forward to you having the chance to travel as well. It is a great blessing. XX

[@elizabetherwin1315]

Such an exquisite departure for us all, Dara...thank you for this lovely account. Such absolute grandeur! The energy of Mittenwald is reminiscent of the movie The Sound of Music. Simply einmalig!!

[@MagentaOtterTravels]

Yes it's not far away from Austria... the same mountains 🏔️. I'm glad you enjoyed it!

[@tonywilkinson6895]

I was in the north of Germany for a while in the 80s and loved it,and I didn’t want to leave. Prost Deutschland👌🥂

[@MagentaOtterTravels]

We are going to spend a month in Germany next year! My father was German, and his people were from northern Germany, around Hanover. We will explore that area as well as returning to Bavaria. We are excited!

[@lizbignell7813]

What an astonishingly pretty town. I wonder how often the paintings are redone.

[@MagentaOtterTravels]

Excellent question!

[@FlourEggsYeast]

DARA!!!! I am here for this!!!!!

[@MagentaOtterTravels]

Thanks so much, Friend! Merry Christmas!

[@WITYTRAVELS]

Those cheesy au gratin potatoes look yummy!

[@MagentaOtterTravels]

I'd love to have them for dinner tonight!

[@jeanlongsden1696]

I have come to the conclusion that Ian will only appear on camera if Dara bribes him with an ice-cream. lol I think the balcony's overlooking the alter would have been for the local Baron and his family or maybe Nuns (or I'm just think about "the Sound of Music lol). the small one was probably for a visiting Cardenal or high ranking church official. all guess work TBH.

[@ians3586]

You have guessed right on that Jean. It's bitter-sweet when a town doesn't have ice-cream.

[@MagentaOtterTravels]

@@ians3586 Thanks for agreeing to be on camera for a few seconds, love!

[@MagentaOtterTravels]

You are not far off, Jean! Here's what really happens. We will be in a church like that and Ian will turn to me and say something about architecture. Then I will plead with him to repeat what he said but be on camera that time. This is the point at which he usually freezes up and very reluctantly agrees to whisper a few words in my direction 🤣🤣🤣... and yes, he's more cooperative when there is a reward of ice cream!

[@griswald7156]

Maybe there would be more Ian portraiture if a cadburys twirl was included in his cone occasionally..

[@jeanlongsden1696]

@@ians3586 maybe you should change the channels name to "in the quest for Ice-Cream and Cheese" lol

[@gerrymccartney3561]

A delightful town, pretzels, ice cream, violin music, and a cat. What's not to like?

[@MagentaOtterTravels]

Indeed! So much goodness!

[@paulguise698]

Hiya Dara, This part of Germany looks great, most of the Children's stories come from Germany from the brothers Grimm, that's all I have to say, Dara, I haven't watched it all yet but I will, when I get Home, this is Choppy in Whitehaven, Cumbria, England

[@MagentaOtterTravels]

Thanks, Choppy! It is a beautiful town!

[@griswald7156]

Patsy will love this one…

[@griswald7156]

Ian if you love street art and Ice Cream,the Banksy 2024 Calendar is out now featuring street art and ice cream… Wunderbar !…

[@MagentaOtterTravels]

Sounds great!

[@ShaneNixonFamily]

They really give decent serving sizes in Germany and Austria. The schnitties looked awesome. With cheese and tomato it looked almost like a parma. Cute town. Very cool to see it in the summer. We've only ever been to the area in Winter so it is usually under metres of snow. I'd still go for the gelato anyway. Actually they are getting unseasonably early dumps of snow right now. My brother lives near Munich and they don't' recall getting this much snow before Christmas before. Did you get to Neuschwanstein? It's only about an hour's drive from MIttenwald.

[@MagentaOtterTravels]

I love how food is always your first priority too, Shane! That's why we are friends ;-) I've not heard them called schnitties... sounds a bit dirty, but it's a good name. They are always very big portions! So of course, Ian and I share. The best time to visit Mittenwald is when the goats come down off the mountain and they have a parade through town! I'd love to see that. How fun that your brother lives in Bavaria and you get to visit this lovely area. You do need to go when there is no snow on the ground. I have not been to Neuschwanstein yet, but Ian has taken our sons. We actually only spent a few hours in Germany on this trip. But next September we will be there for a month!

[@ShaneNixonFamily]

@@MagentaOtterTravels I love that you two like a decent feed too. Too many go for budget meals when they travel. You can have great budget meals with a bit of research as well as the occasional splurge on something great. In one of the cities we're looking at for our upcoming trip in March I saw someone online ask is there anything more than a day's worth of site seeing there? And I thought, holy heck, have you no idea how many eateries there are in that city. We could be there for weeks or months. 😂 The first guide book we bought for that country was the new Michelin Guide. So yep, we like our food. 🤣 Things like schnitties are an Oz thing. Parmigiana is parma or parmi (depending on where in Australia you're from). Spaghetti Bolognese is spag bol. Sausages are snags. I suspect we don't do long words very well. 😂 A month in Germany sounds fantastic. We're hoping to hit Europe around Oct, Nov or Dec if the stars align. We may try to get to Germany but it depends on where we fly into, but at this stage it looks like a Greece, Italy, Romania type of thing.

[@littleannie390]

I think you were right the first time and it is a pulpit.

[@ians3586]

I wonder how often and who repaints those Lüftlmalerei. I would imagine it's quite expensive and the quality could vary significantly.

[@MagentaOtterTravels]

Good question!

[@griswald7156]

Will they be putting charger points in the walls of those houses..?

[@ians3586]

@@griswald7156 I guess that might spoil their appearance but it would still be better than the tagging graffiti that seems to inflict most towns.

[@griswald7156]

@@ians3586 Bristol late July is the place to go for street art..there’s a festival for it..

[@ians3586]

@@griswald7156 doesn't surprise me that Bristol would be the place for that. We'll have to check it out.

[@theresabigwideworld2632]

I also love baroque architecture and the baroque churches in Europe are stunning, the box up on the wall would have been where the priest stood to deliver his sermon. Old catholic churches have 2 altars and that's because up until the early 1960s and the Second Vatican Council (which brought about huge changes, including the Mass in the language of the country rather than Latin) priests had their backs to the congregation when they celebrated mass. Another reason for the box up in the wall, when delivering the sermon the priest looked out on the congregation, he didn't have his back to them. Vatican 2 changed many things including that priests faced the congregation whilst celebrating mass so churches then installed the front altars that the priests stood behind. The balconies would have been for important members of the congregation including church hierarchy.

[@MagentaOtterTravels]

Thank you so much for explaining all that!!! I was so curious. I know baroque architecture is a bit ostentatious, but it is so fascinating to see!

[@Poliss95]

What an astoundingly beautiful town. Why did you wait so long to post this video?? It's Wunderbar! Kleine means small. Didn't need my translator for that. I also know what kartoffel means because my crisp packets sometimes say kartoffelchips. 😁😁

[@MagentaOtterTravels]

I waited so long because I'm just so terribly behind! I have amazing footage from Austria and France and Luxembourg as well, but I just need time to edit it all! I'm so glad that you enjoyed the video and that the beauty of this town came through! Thank you for your kind comments!

[@griswald7156]

Ice cream Sundae…Tutti Frutti…

[@carmella12345]

What is the name of the church?

[@MagentaOtterTravels]

St. Peter Und Paul. It's a must see! ❤

[@WITYTRAVELS]

If you don't currently own a magenta car, then you need to change that asap!

[@MagentaOtterTravels]

Haha... We share a car. I think Ian would draw the line there.

[@WITYTRAVELS]

@@MagentaOtterTravels 😂😂

[@griswald7156]

I’ve heard Bavaria is just like Wales..

[@MagentaOtterTravels]

Hmmmm... I love both places but I think they are very different.

[@jeanlongsden1696]

yes ... both are full of National Socialists. lol

[@griswald7156]

@@MagentaOtterTravels well a German person told me that of the terrain.. hills and stuff..obviously not architecture..

[@valeriedavidson2785]

Wales has mountains but does not have elaborate houses like in Bavaria. Very different. Wales has pretty countryside but miserable grey cottages.

[@ians3586]

@@valeriedavidson2785 unless they're colourful like Tenby.

[@griswald7156]

Another American driver has fled the UK after a crash..