Brixentalerhof
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Missed it.
... We bought the SLOW train....we will suffer the extra twenty minutes looking at the Bavarian Alps. OK ...we are not on this adventure to watch TV....but after a hard day tracking through the Austrian alps it would be good to settle down to watch ANYTHING that was not in German....we tried watching Scrubs...The Big Bang Theory.....even the Addams Family movie in German....but could only make it half way through.....the news is also in German.....we know important stuff is ...
Not The Top Of The World
... the lifts are in three stages.....on the first stage you think it could not get steeper or higher......it takes your breath away.....on the first stage Nikki pointed out four deer...we think...but they looked large so they could have been moose....but we were not sure....but watching them trudge through the snow in single file from the ski lift was wonderful....but suddenly you are at the first stage landing and you walk over to another large building that has ...
Forest thaw
... 3 miles uphill is no mean feat and all of us arrived at the mountain farm station in good spirits and not too clapped out. The descent could have proved to be more than challenging, pretty much direct downhill through the forest, but the forest cover meant there was no ice to worry us and the descent was easy. We reached the valley bottom, lakeside, after stunning alpine views all the way down.
The ...
Nordic Walking
... the golf course and valley bottom, back to the hotel. This turned out to be a jolly 2 hours' stroll, in the company of 3 other German/Austrians (?). I became the token English translator. My German was never my forté (!) and time and retirement have merely enhanced my amnesia. I picked up the gist of his instructions and passed them on in pidgeon Germanic English.
It was a very pleasant walk nonetheless, in occasional sunshine, on ...
Uplifting
... in search of all the right ingredients for two more evening meals, catering for all exotic tastes or otherwise. Barry snoozed in the car while the rest of us ambled the aisles in search of Heinz beans!
Back to the hotel and there was much discussion about when the habitual sauna and steam room visit would take place. Helen shot off to warm up her knees while the rest of snoozed, trying to revitalise the muscles. Steph dragged me along to the sauna, if only to ...