Hotel Schattauer Wagrain

... the women then the men to follow. Got to the bottom of the track just in time for the final few riders. Sam Hill won for Australia by 3 seconds with Fairclough of Great Britain in 5th. Great day. The riders partied through the night so we put our ear plugs in and got some sleep ready to move on to Salzburg the next day.

Here's some pics before the camera broke....

... had little attachment with Hitler (he only visited it maybe 10 times).
We went on a sunny day but at the top it was cloudy. It was like we were in a cloud, everything was white all around us. We could only see a few meters ahead of us at some points. Too bad because there are usually unbelievable views at the peak of this mountain. The Eagle's Nest is now a restaurant but there is an interesting trail you can hike. Its a ...

Early start had us at Verona station for 8.30am and we were soon on the train heading for Innsbruck, Austria. After Clare scoffing a chocolate custard doughnut in record time we boarded our connecting train in Innsbruck to Scladming, finally arriving at 6pm. Clare was sweating at the thought of a similar room to Verona, so it was an anxious walk up the stairs to ...

... Center and also the new, more accessible entrance to the bunkers (no steep flights of a hundred steps). There was a lot of reading and information that we did not have time to take in. We got to see portions of the bunkers and the long staircase from which the bunkers used to be entered. It was all fenced off; in fact the hotel above is now levelled. I was not as impressed with this portion as I had been 25 ...

... was really cool, and I think a good change from all the castles, at least for my boyfriend. The tour takes you through various sections of a working salt mine and at the end we were given a small shaker of salt from Hallstatt. The funnest part was definitely the slides. They are quite long and we could go in groups of three so of course we did. On the last slide the tour group had a speed ...

We took the kids to the disco on the final night to entertain them! Americans came to and it was fairly amusing as they provided a little more interest for the local teenagers and were far more up for the whole thing, consequently confusing our kids.

So by this point you all believe that the camp that we just had was hell. Well, it was pretty hellish to be honest, given the ineptiude of many of the kids. Jumping off balconies, making bongs, running around football fields naked at 2 am (all this without any alcohol!)! However, there were some very nice moments. For instance we had a few good nights where we hosted a Blind Date competition and a Cross-dressing beauty pageant! I was compering and making ...

... situations! PK, perhaps the most stupid individual I've ever had the misfortune of meeting, was right outside to room of the Italians and other Germans (to which he wanted to move to, in order to avoid the Kluge Scheisse in his own room). He walked into the room from the balcony, which is undivided and runs continuously around the first floor of the youth hostel, only to find another colleague of mine peering in through a side window. She greeted him with the ...

... we help with that- we also have to run 2 academic workshops per 2 week camp to inprove their english- I think mine will be on debate for the older ones. We all got diplomas tonight to show we'd done the relevant austrian first aid and legal training and stuff which will be great to go in a CV, and we're off out to the pub tonight before a 9am departure for Freiburg tomorrow. We'll keep you posted, love you all lots x x x

August 26-Monday
We left Kitzbuhel at 8:30. There was a brief stop in Berchtesgarden, in Germany, at 10:00. Up on the side of the mountain, we could see Hitler's Eagle’s Nest. It was rather chilling to see that part of history. The bunker is now a restaurant. Our rest stop overlooked a valley filled with wonderful homes. What a view! Back on the bus and on to Salzburg. Time 10:35.