Schongau! Current home of Frances, and great location for a commune!

Frances

Schongau and the train ride from Munich to Schongau are the stuff that German fairytails are made of! It is a mountainous area covered in lush green vegitation and rivers. The communities along the way all have communal gardens, solar panels and seem to have limited vehicles on the roads. It is really peaceful!

Frances and Chad on the way to the Schongau park

When we arrived, Frances took us for a small tour of the country side, around the town and then to pick up groceries. He treated us to a feast of a delicious 'secret' recipe of some sort of tomato juice (like a caesar, but not at all) soup, other veggies, bread and on and on.

Frances prepaired feast!

After the feast, the rain cleared up and we were off to a small pond just outside of town. A perfect get away! There is an amazing beach volleyball court, a water slide into the pond, surf boards (strange for a small pond, but actually quite fun!), changerooms and a covered area BBQ pits. Essentially the perfect park! There we relaxed for the day, played some volleyball and went swimming (well Frances did anyways).

Schongau park and pond

The community is acutally one that is world wide recognized for it's sustainable living, and we found it an incredible place that would be amazing to live at!
That night, we took in some of the local culture and cuisine with Frances!

The next morning off to Itlay!

written by  ECRadventure on July 15, 2009 from Schongau, Germany
from the travel blog: ECRadventure's Travel Blog
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