A nice video clip from tvboy61 featuring the Bavarian town of Oberammergau and showing the beautiful murals which are painted on most of the buildings in the center of town
Oberammergau has much to offer besides the Passion Play, including a testing bike park.
Every ten years since 1634, a remarkable event occurs in the Alpine town of Oberammergau, Germany; the whole community is involved in staging a six hour long passion play. So long is the play that a meal is served during its intermission.
Thousands of visitors flock to Oberammergau, to attend one of the performances during the summer months and hotel - ticket packages are available. Next year's play runs from May 15 until October 3, 2010, after which the play will not be staged again until May 2020.
The Activity Holidays Guide lists a number of holiday providers who offer Hot Air Balloon flights and training, indeed, it is considered by many to be the ideal way to view South African wildlife, but with the new extreme sport of Cluster Ballooning, your on your own; more often than not, quite literally on your own.
Cluster Ballooning, involves becoming airborne with the aid of a large number of helium balloons. Typically, 165 large helium balloons will provide about 91 kg of lift. A concept which is taken to outrageous extremes in Pixar's new feature film UP.
This video clip posted by smartzmike, shows pioneering Cluster Balloonist, Kent Couch making a 193 miles flight in Oregon, USA, back in 2007. Last year, he covered covered about 235 miles in nine and a half hours.
