Monday, December 22, 2014

Hallstatt

A treasure of a town in the Austrian lake district.  The calm water and the mountains are just surreal.  I love these houses built right into the mountain!


Having some fun with toys on the street
Water straight from the water fall
When we got to this square I had a major deja vu.  Turns out I have been here before!  Hallstatt was a town me and my roommate traveled to after our study abroad in Italy.  I had completely forgotten about it...which surprises me because this place is amazing!!



Rachel wanted to use her own money (1 euro) to light one of these candle and say a little prayer.  She was so fascinated with these things.  Afterwards she told me she prayed for the sister missionaries that are serving in our area.  She is so cute.
Where's Lily?

We rented these little electric boats and had an absolute blast.  The kids loved driving them.  Jake loved the life lesson learned when dealing with the lady who rented these boats out.  Here she is living in heaven on Earth and she was the most ornery lady I've ever met!  Getting upset with us over everything, when there was nothing to get upset about (we were going too slow, Tommy was touching her pole, the boat was wet, etc.)  It is not the things you have, that bring you the most happiness...










The water was ice cold! :)
Tommy wanted to

Just look at that glassy water!!
Postcard perfect place!!
I love it!




This baby got (if I remember correctly) four teeth during our travels...didn't even phase her.

I like this picture because of Anna and Elsa sleeping in her shorts

We had to take advantage of our warmest, clearest day of the week.  The water at Wolfgang wasn't as cold.




Pretty much every day starts and ends with chocolate, and yes, even some in between
and it was this day that I said to Jake, "how is that we have been in Austria for three days already and I haven't had a single apple strudel?!"  We remedied that real quick with a stroll into town that evening...and I don't think we missed a day thereafter :)  

I could live in Austria, no problem!

Lily was an instant fan

Saturday, December 20, 2014

The Hills are Alive!

The Schafberg train.  You may recall a brief scene from the Sound of Music when they are singing "Do Re Mi" the kids and Maria wave goodbye to the conductor as they head up the mountain on the train...  
Well, we decided to go on it.  We were told by someone in town that it was "worth every penny."

 Such a fun ride up!



 At the top...I really don't know how he made it up there.
 The panoramic view was incredible!!!  We were on top of the world with this view 360 degrees around us.
 "Climb every mountain!"
 Picnic "lunch"
 The best shot we could get of everyone, maybe not smiling but at least looking.
 Love it, love it, love it
 A little perspective, a little scary




 Another playground...and more swing shots ;)



So so beautiful!!!!!!!

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