Crank up the Winter, Crank up the Salsa, Crank up the...Monsters?

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November 30th 2008

Published: November 30th 2008

It's been a crazy and hectic weekend, but overall a good one. Friday night I just laid low. Didn't really have anything to do or anyone to play with. Thomas was off with the Frenchies , and Libor had his volleyball class and went out with some of the people from it after. I ended up going for a little tour of the city on my own, as it was heavily snowing and I wanted to see everything lit up f... Read Full Entry

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Climbing

This was pretty much solid ice covered by a little bit of snow, so needless to say it was tricky getting up.

Road?

We ended up on a road at some point, and then the path proceeded to take us through the yellow house's backyard.

The Lift

Looking up. We were all celebrating our greatness that we weren't taking the lift up and we weren't going to take it down...or so we thought.

Lift

Looking down.

Candid

Nico (France), Claire (France), and Mai (Belgium--bet you weren't expecting that, huh?)

Climbing

This might've been right before one of the several times Libor, like the rest of us, wiped out. Hard to tell, though.

Nature

Ohh ahh.

River?

There were a lot of frozen paths like this that were most likely rivers in the summer. Not so much now.

Schneemaenchen

While he, Martyna, and I were waiting on the Frenchies, Libor decided to make a little snowman.

Baeume

Trees.

Valley

You could only get glimpses through the trees, but it was this huge valley, a lot of which was covered by clouds.

Valley

Said valley once again.

The Restaurant

We were all so happy when we saw it, since we could eat lunch. Then we realized it was no longer operating. A very loud SCHEISSE echoed from the mountain that day...

Almost at the Top

We were above the clouds!

From the Real Restaurant

From the deck of the restaurant we ate at. The track is for a louge-type thing you can do here during the summer months, so maybe we'll come back in June and do it, who knows. In this picture, as well, you're looking at Carinthia, Steiermark (so those 2 are Austria), Slovenia, Croatia, and Hungary. Not bad.

Four Countries

One Photo.

Just Hanging Out

In the sky.

The Plaque

How we knew we were looking at 4 countries.

The Plaque

One more time.

Der Spitz

The tower at the top of the mountain. It's one of the major weather points of Austria. About 22 seconds after I took this picture, you couldn't see the tower at all because the fog was so thick.

1441m

That's how high we were, but then...

30th November 2008

Mom
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Wow! Scary......monsters!!!!! Glad you took the lift down!

30th November 2008

Barbara
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Awesome pictures, Matthew. And kids here cry when they sit on Santa's lap. Gives new meaning to the term scary.

1st December 2008

kristy
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Wow! That sounds so awesome! I love the pictures! Looks so Christmas-y! Your dream land! The whole monster thing sounds scary - I even got a twinge of nerves reading it! I know, that's just me! Once again, I sound like a broken record, but I am SOO happy that you are having such an amazing experience! Good job on trying goulash - and eggs! We pulled out the x-mas decorations today and set up out dickens village complete with snow! The only we'll see here I'm afraid! xok

1st December 2008

nambo
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advent
The old cultures really survive......ever get the comments on Gras? we mailed?.....enjoying your fun along with you...... G

2nd December 2008

regina
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yikes! I'm gonna have nightmares. With all that snow your "handshoes" must be getting a lot of use!

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