Mittenwald, Germany
We would probably have had a go at climbing Zugspitze, Germany's highest peak, but the weather forecast for the next week is looking very ominous across the Alps and we would have needed at least one overnight stay in one of the mountain huts. We settled instead for the smaller, 1622m peak of Sonnenspitze meaning "sunny peak". I can't think why; particularly as we were soon to find ourselves caught in a thunderstorm on the way down, and what could only be descr...