No, I’m not dead, I’ve been traveling for the last weeks, three continents and five countries, now relaxing home in Coruña for Christmas, and trying to catch up with email, sorry if I didn’t answer yours, but it’s taking me a while (or maybe it went to the trash when I deleted the thousands of emails from different mailing lists and social networking sites).

But I have to answer some posts I’ve read in other blogs, post some pictures, and talk about many changes that happened lately. More to come soon.

Oh, and don’t trust Spanish news today, it’s Dia de los Inocentes (equivalent to April Fool’s Day). Yes we do it December 28th, with Latin America and the Philippines, and it’s the right day to do it! 😉

From Fussen (the town where Neuschwanstein castle is) I crossed the border to Austria to drive through the Tirol, and back to Germany to the town of Garmisch. It’s a nice drive through the alps, and the highlight is the Zugspitze, the highest mountain in Germany. The border between Germany and Austria goes throught the mountain and there used to be a border checkpoint at the summit. On the road you can see the usual speed limit sign as in any other European country, although in Germany there’s a difference, the limit in the motorway (freeway, highway,…) is suggested instead of mandatory.

In the Austrian side there’s a golf course at the botton that provides amazing views of the mountain.

Germany generic speed limit sign at the border

Austrian alps

Zugspitze

Zugspitze Panorama

Zugspitze Panorama from golf course