Ugh I cannot connect to the internet. I’m typing from ms-word again. -.- The pillows here are huge o.O but they are very airy(maybe just be this places pillows) Still think Arabba place is nicer; More woody and comfy :) That place was more of a hotel though.
Sigh.. It is our last night here. Time flies so quickly, have not played any games or watch any movies yet. :( Going to Salzburg tmr, 2h40min drive, but probably will take longer hahaha. (we are 20km from Innsbruck currently, staying in Neustift.) Dad just said this whole region is called Stubatai, which is a valley. -.- so many different names. Confusing.
The weather for the past few days has been bad; cloudy and rain. The clouds have also been descending very low, which was what happened at in Arabba as well. The locals say that it is going to be clear and sunny tomorrow. We are really hoping that is going to be the case.
Scenery in Italy was nicer; in my opinion that is.. Maybe it is because we did not go on hikes like the one last Tuesday; did not go on that many hikes even though this place was advertised as the starting point of many hiking trails haha. Austria is more organised though(than mid italy)
We went hiking today though; the scenery downhill was very nice, lots of trees that look like Christmas trees :) Don’t know what the name of the mountain was. (took cable car up again as we have free rides daily with the card) Think it is Schlick (name). I may scan in the maps when we get back home haha.. NO the name is not schlock. The different peaks have different names so I have no idea which is which haha..
We missed a turn so we took an extra 2 hrs but as a “reward” we got to see a small lake and went through a mini adventure course. The landscaping done throughout the course was very nice, very good planning was employed. :D Saw many cows as well, whenever we looked at the cows we said,” LOOOOK. FOOD!” :) Just beside the lake after (and beside) the adventure course there were these comfortable wood chairs (large pieces of wood joined together to make a chair) there were some tables there as well, very nice place.. Also, I found the first chin-up bar in 1 ½ wks. So happy.. But I only can do 7 now.. Prob cos I was wearing boots and and jeans and 2 shirts -.- But then again that is not a lot of extra weight. Finally have my 6-pack back hahaha.. Had a little bit in p4 but is disappeared in p5/6.. That was random xD
Had a barbeque just now, had sausages, a (1 piece) piece of marinated beef which we shared, and some flank steak. It was so tough but the barbeque taste made it taste nice. I have been killing so many slugs xD. They are the Spanish slugs, one of the 100 most invasive species. Killed one with eggs inside. So I smashed all the eggs I could see. Smashing them up is therapeutic.(slugs) I’ve killed at least 30… Maybe(just maybe) I’m cruel but they are pests to farmers all around so why not kill them o.O they make squish squish noises when they are getting pounded. Shawn must have violent tendencies -.-"
Oh yes, realised that I’ve not posted for Sunday and Monday.. Going to do a quick summary, I hope. (heh it became a very long summary haha)
Sunday
Put quite a few slugs together in 3 piles, regret not flattening them xD(early in the morning)
We bought the Stubatai card which enables us to take the cable cars foc, each one once a day. Then we went up some mountain called Efersbitze. It rained up there and me and dad climbed up to a hotel with a restaurant below. All of us went up at first bit it started raining with very strong wind. There was this sign on a chair 7/8 way up about not stopping as the top is near or smth like tt..Was in Deutsch and we forgot to take a photo of it haha.. Met a family with a very fierce small dog haha.. We saw a very nice rainbow up there too :)
Then we went to a waterfall called Grawa. It was raining so it was very muddy.. But the photos were nice.. Saw some goats at the road leading to the waterfall. If we had walked a little further we would have seen the whole waterfall. There was cow poo everywhere(farm outside, whole of the Stubatai region has cows and lots of poo)
We had claypot rice for dinner. Listened to a message on sermonaudio and we all laughed when the guy said "pit pit" Whats a pit pit? It's the Pittiest of all pits xD
(going out now, continuing this later, its actually thursday now)
Tuesday
We took a cable car up to Tirol, the highest peak in Austria(thats what the brochure said although i saw peaks that are higher on the information plaques). Ride up took 1hr. Nice view up though. Think the elevation was 3200m plus.
It was cold up there, and it was very cloudy. Clouds had descended over the mountains below. There was a layer of fresh snow too. Glad i was wearing winter clothing haha.. Had a shirt, another long sleeve a sweater and my thinner winter jacket. Ears froze up quickly up there. Hands went pretty much frigid x) Walked into this restaurant place and had 2 apple strudels with (sugarless)cream and 4 hot chocolates(also with bland bland cream). The strudel was very nice.. But it cost 3.40 eu a piece though(if I remember correctly). The piece was about 18cm i think. The toilet there smelt like someone was boiling naphthalene inside. Went back out and i sat on the deck chair outside. It was this nice red chair :)
And then it started snowing; Snowing in the middle of summer; Snowing really hard. We could play with snow that built up from the previous night. Dad found the observation deck he had been looking for previously. All the stairs and hand rails were covered in snow. The view from the top of the deck was magnificent, although I really still think the dolomites were nicer. The plaques telling us which mountain were covered in 3cm thick snow. Which means it is one darn scary climate there. If it is sub-zero in the height of summer (okay that was with cloud cover) then winter must be extremely harsh right? But there were many ski lifts there. And it was a very big ski station. The carpark was HUGE. THINK FOOTBALL FIELDS.
We left top and came down to the second the cable car station from the bottom(4 in all, it goes from the bottom to the 3rd station where you have to change) and walked out and took a few photos. Saw a deer hunter with a gun(and heard muffled gunshot sound later one) as well as sheep there. I got chased away by a male sheep -.- Can’t they recognise me as one of their kind? xD (shaun the sheep, you know, the cartoon. Diff spelling though -.-) Took a lunch of nice bread/bun with sausages(chipolata) and cheese we bought the previous Thursday. Played with some mini water locks(or were they dams) and saw this mini house model with a water wheel.
Later on we drove half an hour to another mountain with a much shorter cable car up. We had wanted to take the toboggan ride down but it was closed as it was going to rain. Horrible. It had not even started raining yet. It was a good half hour before it started raining. There had actually been a queue for the ride down. Since we had already made the ride up, my bro and me went to play on the see saw. Had a hard time balancing ourselves out.. Moments is harder to apply with only a 3m long board on each side. Dad bought us 2 cakes for 2.50eu each. The first was a cheese cake and the other was a chocolate cake. Both were moderately nice, I have tasted nicer ones before :) And I don’t eat a lot of cake so that says something haha. We did not go on a hike as the rain was getting heavier.
After that we went to Billa and bought quite a large trolley of things. Shawn bought 2 new packs of chips(the pringles extreme flavours which are not sold in Italy. I like the product packaging), 2 packs of 4 mini mars bars and a a pack of 6 mini bounty bars.
We went for a swim after that. Went in free due to the stubatai card. I was using the top of the cubicle to do chin-ups.. It was what my friends used to do in the toilet. Have not really talked to anyone. Never mind hahaha I’ve been forgotten liao xD Like who would remember. I wouldn’t haha.. xD
The changing room was very stuffy as the whole thing is heated. The pool area was so hot that it was hard to breathe. Went to the pool outside where I could see the water evaporating. I think these people are crazy o.O I mean it can be heated but it does not need to be heated to the extent that its stuffy and ultra humid right?? O.O There was this slide that was done very nicely, there were lights inside and the slide is done such that at the end the you(and the water) will move up the wall by 1/3. It is better than the water park in Garda. Oh about Garda, the Dolomites are nicer haha.. Although Garda is nice too. The slide was supposed to be used with a float but no one bothered as there was a shortage of floats.
Dinner(at the apartment) was very normal, but the desert was special. When we took it out of the fridge we thought it could be eaten cold. So we rolled it in the sugar and sesame seed coating. Someone remarked that it looked like tang yuan. Then mom(who speaks zit German) realised that it has to be cooked. Dad checked(with his 28 year ole German skill) and confirmed that it has to be boiled. So we boiled it and later on coated it in the coating, all along thinking it was tang yuan. Then I took a bite into it and said it tasted sour.. Dad and mom tasted it and then (I think) dad said it is cheese). Super funny hahaha…
Whee. I’m done. Its Friday now. Time passes so very quickly; this week especially. Our holiday is coming to an end. Today is the last day in Austria and tomorrow we go to venice for a night. Then its straight home. So sad, I was hoping it would last longer. We have just arrived at großglockner. It’s a glacier south of where we are staying; biggest in Europe. I shall type about it later, still have to type about Wednesday and Thursday o.O Now I have to type about 3 days. Past 3 days we went to a lot special places past few days. Oh well. I shall enjoy the scenery outside now. We paid 28eu “toll” to come in. Just hit 1924 words.
Bye bye:)
Hmm since its already so many words, why not make this 2000?? We have just left the second last stop of the place. Its 6.56 pm and we are driving out of this place now. Europe’s largest glacier seems to be very small o.O I think its because this is the height of summer although its 13degs outside -.- There are many stops in the place, we kept stopping to take photos. Saw a lot of smart cars just now. WHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO ITS 2011 WORDS ALREADY (end of sentence).
Bye bye for real this time. :) Going to type abt Wednesday and hopefully Thursday in the car (yeah I have the com in the car, don’t know if I mentioned it previously up there..)
Oh i did not type abt anth. I sorted the photos and looked at scenery haha.. JUst reached home. Gonna have dinner soon even though its 10pm..
Oh i did not type abt anth. I sorted the photos and looked at scenery haha.. JUst reached home. Gonna have dinner soon even though its 10pm..
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