2015 Trip Day 19
Today involved a lot of doubling back on myself and made me wish I had checked things a bit more than I did before I left. (That's not to say I didn't do lots of it, just that this was one area I should have looked at more closely.)
I started early, catching the 6.50am bus from Pertisau, and thus got to Garmisch Partenkirchen by 10am. I then jumped on the bus to Oberammergau so that I could visit the museum there. For all my frustration at feeling like I'd been there before, the museum was fabulous and well worth seeing. There was a lovely display of cribs, all hand-made by local Oberammergauers. Upstairs there was a small section that looked at how some of the costumes from the play (e.g. Roman soldiers, Pilate) have changed over time. There was also a section that explored different pre-Roman and Roman archaeological finds from the area. Other rooms showed displays of toys and carved objects made by local people. Some of the work is just beautiful! And on the final level there was a special exhibition examining Oberammergau during the Nazi era. I had been doing some reading about this before I left so I found this particularly interesting!
Incidentally I have decided that I will make my visit to the play in 2034 in time for the 400th anniversary of the play. I will only be 56 then so I think I will still be both willing and able to get there. (Not to say I won't also go in the meantime, but that would be an amazing thing to see!)
Back in Garmisch Partenkirchen I did my usual book-shop hunt and was rewarded with a title I had feared I might have to order online. I also went looking for the Kaethe Wohlfart shop, but sadly it has closed there. Still, I did purchase a few thing from the Oberammergau shop during my last visit so that was all right.
The trip home was loooong and passed the place I went on Wednesday as well, and given that a) it's some distance from Pertisau and b) it's close to Oberammergau where I spent a night before coming to Oberammergau, I can only wish I had rearranged my program to take advantage of the proximity.
Oh well, never mind, live and learn!
I started early, catching the 6.50am bus from Pertisau, and thus got to Garmisch Partenkirchen by 10am. I then jumped on the bus to Oberammergau so that I could visit the museum there. For all my frustration at feeling like I'd been there before, the museum was fabulous and well worth seeing. There was a lovely display of cribs, all hand-made by local Oberammergauers. Upstairs there was a small section that looked at how some of the costumes from the play (e.g. Roman soldiers, Pilate) have changed over time. There was also a section that explored different pre-Roman and Roman archaeological finds from the area. Other rooms showed displays of toys and carved objects made by local people. Some of the work is just beautiful! And on the final level there was a special exhibition examining Oberammergau during the Nazi era. I had been doing some reading about this before I left so I found this particularly interesting!
Incidentally I have decided that I will make my visit to the play in 2034 in time for the 400th anniversary of the play. I will only be 56 then so I think I will still be both willing and able to get there. (Not to say I won't also go in the meantime, but that would be an amazing thing to see!)
Back in Garmisch Partenkirchen I did my usual book-shop hunt and was rewarded with a title I had feared I might have to order online. I also went looking for the Kaethe Wohlfart shop, but sadly it has closed there. Still, I did purchase a few thing from the Oberammergau shop during my last visit so that was all right.
The trip home was loooong and passed the place I went on Wednesday as well, and given that a) it's some distance from Pertisau and b) it's close to Oberammergau where I spent a night before coming to Oberammergau, I can only wish I had rearranged my program to take advantage of the proximity.
Oh well, never mind, live and learn!