Just up the mountain about a one-hour drive from Munich is the lovely medieval hamlet of Garmish-Partenkirchen. Although that seems like a long name for us Americans, it’s actually quite fun to say.

A Bavarian ski resort's slogan has been banned ... The slogan used by the resort pays homage to Garmisch-Partenkirchen's local mountain, Mount Wank. Images of gondolas within the resort's cable ...