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Missed it.
... food, champagne and beer on a mountain peak in the Austrian Alps overlooking the stunning lake of Zell Am See, snow covered glaciers and streams of crystal clear running down the mountain every 20 feet was the venue of my birthday celebration. Every so often we encounted local Austrians climbing their way up the mountain and stopping to say hello and wish me a happy birthday. This morning in the dining room for our last breakfast before we leave for Munich, one of the tables ...
Not The Top Of The World
... buy some groceries....and then walk back.....things had changed....now it was a matter of making it to the village for vital supplies....a matter of life and death....starvation stared us in the face.....they would find our frozen corpses.....clinging to each other....months from now ....after the sun had weakened the impenetrable snow....where was Bear Grills when you needed him....probably at the penthouse suite in the village...We had no choice....we ...
Sunday- Monday
... had given myself plenty of time and arrived at
Munich for my flight to Amsterdam with plenty of time to spare. Oh yeah, whilst
waiting in Piding I thought I'd go and use the toilet in Burger King, so I walk in
there and there's a turnstile to get to the toilets which I have to pay €0.50 to enter.
Anyway, the flight from Munich was only 1.5 hrs and I was off the plane by just before
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Saturday afternoon update
... but no stock on it. I've since found out that the stock are up in the high paddocks during summer and they gradually bring them down a bit at a time as the winter sets in. Eventually on September 17 & 18 they have the "Festival of bringing the Cattle Down" where they dress in traditional costume and dress their cows up and have a big parade down the main street. Would be great to watch. Big day tomorrow so I'll do another update on my final night here. Hope you enjoy the ...
Saturday Morgan update
... to make my bed, she folds the Doona and pillows a different way. There must be some school they go to to learn all the different folds. The pillows are awful. The are nice and fluffy but your head sinks into it and it pretty much engulfs your head. Although my bed is comfy. I've walked quite a few tracks in my time but I tell you, my legs are still suffering from walking this track on Thursday. I'm still struggling when I walk up and down the stairs on the ...