No escape from Disney.

Audry's dad met us at the Frankfurt Airport, and after the two-hour drive to their house in the Black Forest, immediately scooped up his wife and Audry's brother Clarke and whisked us all off for a FOUR hour drive to the Edelweiss Lodge & Resort in Garmusch, in the foothills of the Alps near Berchtesgaten. The Edelweiss is an Armed Forces Recreation Center, and Audry, Clarke and I were among the very few civilians there.

Oh, and the whole place was designed by Disney.

It has the feel of a lodge, but the Alpine/Tirolian theming is laid on lightly, since most of the guests are soldiers (and mostly fresh from Iraq) looking for a taste of home. The restaurants serve mainly American food, and have a vague theme-park feel.




Disney theming in one of the restaurants:


The view from our window. I was almost expecting to see the Disneyland version of the Matterhorn.


Poster in our room, celebrating one of my favorite hobbies.


In the next post, we'll see some places that weren't built by Disney, but might as well have been.