This is our tour guide Walter who also reprimanded me for talking to Cherie on the bus while he was talking. B thought he did it in good natured way, but that’s makes FOUR reprimands. i think I need etiquette training??
After the bike tour ended, The Zimmermans, the Saxtons, B and I took a detour to see the Eagle’s nest. Continue reading
07/20/13 In the morning, for our last day of the biking tour we went on a walking tour of Salzburg. Maybe if we had gone on a walking tour of Munich I would have a different impression of Munich, but I thought Salzburg was beautiful.
Cherie and I coordinating our outfits before we start riding. She actually went on a totally different adventure to an ice cave. It took them four extra hours to get to Salzburg.
I tried to take a photo of the riders behind me while I was riding. I got a great photo of a corner of my helmet and Cherie blurred behind me.
Dinner out by the lake Zell am see. Great friends, great laughs, good food, great view…doesn’t get much better…..at least I didn’t think so until the next day! B is taking the photo.
07/17/13 Today we took a gondola up to the top of the ski resort on Mt. Schmittenhöhe. Ahhhh I am in my happy place, hiking up there! It was gorgeous beyond words, the hills were some killer climbing and it could have only been more perfect if Continue reading
I can’t help but compare everything to our Italy trip. I forgot so much about Italy after I got home, that I’ve never finished my photo book. This is why I must blog about this trip daily because my memory is not good enough to wait. I am being reminded constantly by the other couples on this trip about Italy though. Not every couple from last year is here this year. It’s only five out of the ten from last year and three new couples. I think the others expected the trip to be just as hard as last year. So far, It’s not even close! It is so totally different that I trained totally wrong. Last year, I trained on a hybrid bike (road/mountain bike) and only on Porter Rockwell trail a couple rides per week. And then we were on road bikes only on roads up hills in the heat for 6 hours a day. We earned our calories. So this year I trained on only a road bike for long distances up and down hills. Well….we are not on road bikes. Continue reading
We invited our guide and his wife (Ron and Alfreida) to go to church. It was really really cool. I’ll be honest and say, I didn’t really want to spend the time going, I wanted to see as much of Europe as I could – but I can also be honest enough to say I am so glad we did, because this was a really great part of Europe to see. Singing hymns I know in English while listening to the german, hearing an exchange student from CA speak, the missionary from UT speak and the other one translating for us the whole time, was priceless. I am proud of Master D being out in the world, knowing he’s helping other people and having to step out of his comfort zone. What an amazing bunch of young men!
July 13, 2013 Our hotel in Munich – I slept almost the entire flight. B got motion sick, did not sleep and slept the whole first day while I went out exploring with friends.