When we were younger, both of us went on hiking vacations with our families. At some point that hadn't been interesting to us anymore. So it has been quite some time that we haven't been in the "Mountains" (except for skiing vacations) and we thought it would be great going there again.
And it was! :)
Unfortunately the weather was not our best friend, but we have made the best out of every day! Enjoy a few pictures of our vacation:
We have rented a little appartment for a week.
Great breakfast every morning :) (Note the bunch of flowers - Sascha gave it to me!)
That was how the weather was for the first 3 days: no sun at all, a little rainy almost all the time, and clouds hanging very low so that we couldn't even see the mountains!
Meeting cows along the way...
... and even more ;)
Some impressions of a typical Austrian village:
Yeah - on our 2nd day there was snow down to an altitude of 4600 ft (we lived at 3950 ft)!
We went to Bischofshofen to see a big ski jump - it was fascinating!
Sitting at the start - it was very high!
And that was only at the right (!!) one!
Oh my gosh, I could never go down there!
Another day... still snow... but we still went hiking!
Here: Anika in Winterwonderland! :)
The sun was missing... we still had fun! :)
I have never before built a snow man at 6500 ft!
The next morning... I woke up and there was NO CLOUD at the sky, I could actually see the outline of the Alps!!
Well, not exactly as it is supposed to look at this time of the year, but still amazing!
Hiking in fresh snow.
Beautiful!
We made it to our first peak!
(Were we met an Austrian guide who was with an British guide book writer - very cool!)
Marvelous view!
Relaxing and enjoying the view.
Our last morning: clouds in the valley, but not up at the mountains!
These summit crosses are great, they represent the achievement of having reached the peak!
That way, that's were we need to go!
Clambering up to our last peak...
We've made it!
That's a nice spot for our lunch break :)
That's were we came from.
Well, much too soon our week of vacation went by and we had to head back home... but it has been a wonderful time and we may go back to another hiking vacation next summer!
