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Fraueninsel and Family
... translated means men's island and a very small island which people jokingly call the baby island. The snow was falling as we explored the little huts filled with wooden toys and christmas ornaments and they even built a smaller wooden replica of the thousand year old church that is located on the island. After we went for dinner at the nice restaurant called the Linde which was where I had been a few years earlier for Mary's and Joerg's wedding. ...
Missed it.
... don't think Austrians have much of a concept of long distance travel.....not like Australians....We travel 14 hours to Sydney to see our daughter....I was booking a train to Munich.....the guy said it will take one and a half hours and cost 68 euro....we thought about it ....asked if there was a cheaper train.....he uuummmed and eeerrrred.....then said "I suppose you could always take the slow train...it is only 28 euro..but it is very slow.......it will take one hour and ...
Not The Top Of The World
... I agreed that we could spend seven days just looking out that window and drink Rasberry Schapps......but we didn't......we got up the next day and decided to hit the heights....we were going to the top....the ski slopes at Kitzsteinhorn have the largest peak in all of the State of Salzburg....that's right Salzburg is also the name of the state here....the peak is 3029 metres high....we took the local bus again and after 30 minutes we arrived at the base of the ...
Forest thaw
Our last day in Achenkirch before we have to drop the car off in Innsbruck. we chose a simple walk from the hotel up on to the mountains behind the hotel. Kögelalm was the target. We knew it would be a bit of a slog to reach the top, but even though it was on well gravelled track it was well worth it. The thaw had set in well and truly, and the beautiful morning sun made the hike up the mountain very ...
Nordic Walking
... had booked into the hotel's Nordic Walking group for 12 o' clock; swift lunch back in the hotel, then out to meet our trainer/guide who kitted us out with walking sticks and then led us on an explanatory jaunt round and round the hotel car park. Much fun over his instruction - walk normally, arms straight on the pull back, wrist release on the back thrust. Got it? Easy, innit? He asked us if we were up to an 1+ hour's walk towards the village and ...