Tuesday a 5 year old dream was fulfilled! We hiked the Ulrichshorn in the Austrian Alps
where my family hiked about 40 years ago!!!
I wasn’t able to go then because I was to little ;-) It was absolutely amazing! What an experience! The views, flowers, butterflies, cool clear
glacier water and fresh air were all what the doctor ordered for me. Feeling like I’m on the other side of the
cough/cold that zapped me for a few days.
Thank you Lord!
Wednesday (yesterday) we had to make a very difficult
decision because we didn’t have time to two things before heading north to
Nurnberg. We had booked a Freulein Maria
bicycle tour of Salzburg which we were looking forward to very much but decided
instead to use our time to drive through one of the most scenic roads in the
world—Hohe Tauren National Park. The
road goes up to extremely high elevations and at the highest point you can see
mountains on all sides plus several huge glaciers up close. There were gorgeous and rare varieties of
flowers everywhere and breathtaking cliff views around every turn. We made it to the little town of Heiligenblut
on the other side of the range of mountains where the highest one in Austria in
contained—Grossglockner, 3798meters—over 12.000 feet. Down from that mountain a very large glacier
is flowing through a valley. Pictured
below. What a glorious day to romp
through the Alps!
We drove to a small village out of Nurnberg, Germany last
evening and spent the night in a Guest House there. This morning is was fun to go on a true
Wunderlust run across the farmers fields and through the woods! It felt so free!!! After checking out of the guest house we
headed over to our friends’ Stephanie and Hildagart’s house. It was so nice to see them again! They were such lovely hostesses serving us
food and drink and then Steffi took us on a tour of the medieval town of
Nurnberg---it had an awesome castle, some churches—one of which we went inside
and heard the pipe organ being played.
He was practicing for an evening program—free bonus J It was a protestant cathedral with amazing
acoustics!!! Then we wondered through
the outdoor market where we purchased some really wonderful whole grain German
bread and Apfel Strudel!! Also, some
Lebkuchen that is the real thing made Nurnberg style. The castle and it’s gardens were next and
then some amazing bridges that connect to the city wall that goes around the
city—such ornate architecture and yet simple beauty! We said our good byes and drove over to
Bensheim where my Uncle Gerhard lives—we are staying in Heppenheim now on top
of a hill in a castle. I know it sounds
fairy tale like but it’s really very rustic and basic in it’s design. It’s a youth hotel and there are bunk beds
and hard floors and we are on the top floor where it’s very hot and humid
;-) I felt as though I was going to melt
into a puddle and began to pray for a breeze to blow through the windows. Finally an hour later, my prayer is
answered! I think I’ll be able to sleep now. We’re looking forward to spending some time
with Uncle Gerhard tomorrow in this part of the world J
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