Austria
In Austria, we had a lot of fun. My favorite part of the Europe trip. The first day, we couldn’t check in early. We got in around 6:30 am, but the hostel let us keep our stuff in the luggage room. So we dropped stuff off, went walking around, and found our way back to the train station where we got some food for lunch from a grocery and bakery. Then we went to the park and ate, slept, read, and listened to music for quite a while. We went back and checked into our hostel, got showers, and went to an Authentic Austrian restaurant. We tried to watch a movie, but ended up falling asleep, so we finished it the next night.
Out in front of the authentic Austrian restaurant.
The next day, we called this place that did canyoning. We saw a brochure and thought it looked cool and decided on that over whitewater rafting. It was amazing. It cost a bunch of money, and the wet suits were a little complicated, but was so worth it. We got picked up by our guide, Romed, who we loved. And it was just Christi, Melissa, and me. The largest cliff we jumped off was 30 feet. And at one point, I was hanging in the air before I could jump. All the pictures are up on flickr, and that’s really the only way to explain it. But by the end of the trip, we were in such good spirits that we thought Romed’s music was really good. He ended up giving us his mixed CD, and by the time we listened to it again, we were wondering what we were thinking before. It wasn’t terrible, but not our typical music. I guess canyoning just makes you think everything is better.
We got used to the water in our wetsuits.
Absailing, or repelling, but without anything to hold onto, except the rock.
Climbing.
Someone sliding down a waterfall.
Me doing the 30-foot jump.
We finished our movie that night and had pizza, which was excellent, for dinner. Then we took a little walk. And we slept really well.
Our Austrian pizza.
The mountains at night.
Our last day, we planned on catching the train to Munich in the afternoon, but first we wanted to make it to the top of the Alps. We hiked, trying to find the cable car, only to find the one that we wanted was broken, so we had to hike higher. We finally made it to Hungerburg, and took the cable car up there. It was amazing, breathtaking, and cold. We didn’t consider the fact that we were going up higher, and the three of us girls were in tank tops and shorts. We got used to it, but we felt a little stupid. Pictures couldn’t capture it all, but we tried anyway. All of them are up on flickr, but here are a few.
Finally made it to Hungerburg and the cable cars.
At the top.
Panoramic of the mountains.
An old Austrian man offered to take a picture of the four of us.