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Lake Kochel – Magic of a mild autumn night

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I am standing on a wooden pier at Lake Kochel during the glowing dawn, Bavaria, Germany

There are places that immediately cast a spell on you, places that enchant. Lake Kochel on a mild autumn night is undoubtedly one of them. My base for the night was Schlehdorf on the western shore of Lake Kochel. Since most of the traffic is in Kochel and on the road over the Kesselberg to Lake Walchensee, it’s much quieter here in the shadow of the rocky north faces of the Herzogstand. Read more

A November Grey Sea of Fog

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Munich, the Bavarian Alpine foothills, and many valley floors lie beneath a heavy, dark blanket of fog. Vast areas of the mountain forests remain trapped in a diffuse, colour-draining grey, while many peaks rise into the winter sun, their snow caps gleaming against the blue sky – as seen, for example, on the Jochberg above Walchensee and Kochelsee.