(From Rob) Goodbye, Farewell, Auf Wiedersehen, Adieu

Our last day in Austria--and it snowed in the mountains. On the 23rd of July, mind you. We made the best of the weather and managed to keep everybody happy and active today. A quick run down, because we have to catch our train in an hour. We fly tomorrow morning.
First, the Kids played in a kids' club run by the local hoteliers. Check out the potties in the Kids' bathroom. Freud came from Austria, you may have heard mentioned.


Then we caught the ski lift and headed right up near the snow line. If you can't beat 'em, join em.

The ride up defies description. So I won't try...

We hiked about half an hour and found the Wenger Alm, another mountainside farm/restaurant.
We ordered Schnitzel, and I had a Tiroler thingy with potatoes, bacon and a fried egg. Oh, Ja! Ja! JA!


Maddie is always chipper, but despite his spatte of bad luck, even Will was a Wonnepfroefchen. We ate, played cards, laughed, and maddie nearly slid off of the mountainside when she went down a childrens' slide on her jacket and went flying.
The hike was pleasant but rainy, just enough to make us feel like we accomplished something today.
Cows are much better when they have bells. You can't take a bovine seriously when they are ding-donging at you.
There he is, our Will-O that we know and love. We got back on the tram...
...and I packed while the kids watched "Spongebob Schwammkopf" for the 3,000th time since we got here.
They deserve some down time, especially with the hellish flight awaiting us tomorrow. If we should drop into the Atlantic, we sign off and send all of our love. We are out of our minds with anticipation--we see Mama, Sebi and Joss the day after tomorrow!

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