Karlbark's Fotothing

What is going on here? I have tried to upload this picture.....or that is I thought I HAD uploaded this picture twice before now! (This will be my third try). -And I wrote a whole lot of text to go with it. And now I discover (for the second time) that it didn´t actually upload at all! (aarrrghhh)!

Oh well, here we go again... ;-)
This is from my big trans-European trip together with two friends of mine.
(This is the first picture: http://www.fotothing.com/editphoto.php?id=f69e850729a1ce1e49f80ced33211c72)

-Before heading south over the Alps, we visited the Kehlsteinhaus, or the "Eagle´s Nest", high above Berchtesgaden in the south of Germany.
The Kehlsteinhaus was an official 50th birthday present for Adolf Hitler. Nicknamed Eagle's Nest by a French diplomat, it was meant to be a retreat for Hitler and a place for him to entertain visiting dignitaries.

Situated on a ridge at the top of the Kehlstein mountain (1834 m), the construction of the house and especially the road, was considered to be quite an engineering achievement.

The last 124 metres up to the Kehlsteinhaus are reached by an elevator bored straight down through the mountain and linked through a long granite tunnel below. The inside of the large elevator car is surfaced with polished brass, Venetian mirrors and green leather (the elevator is still used daily).


-Note the "Eagle´s Nest" at the top!