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From Dürnstein
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From Skiing in Mayrhofen
On the way to Austria we stopped in Bamberg for a night. Not only did we snag a great German beer and Sausage dinner we also just happened to be in Bamberg during a music festival. The town was very lively! 🙂 Peilstein Our first destination in Austria was Peilstein. We had two days here …
After more than six months break - and a bit of back and waist problems in the meantime - I finally managed to get out on rock again! Could I have picked a more scenic location for the big occasion than Dürnstein in Niederosterreich? Well, probably yes, but certainly not as close to Budapest! Dürnstein is ca. 80 kms from Vienna, it's an old little village lying at the Danube, with impressive rock towers and a castle ruin which was built around the rocks.
Richard and I are skiing in Mayrhofen this week. The snow on our first ski day was really good (particularly for Easter), but we were in the cloud all day and so the visibility was not great. It was tricky to see the piste-markers and at times we had to wait for skiers to come …
After a month of forced rest Jenna tried her ankle at the Wasserfall Klettergarten yesterday...
Late March is the time for ski-touring in the alps and this year we timed it just right for oue exploration of the Silvretta area of Austria...
It's been a year since I started climbing! Well, I thought we should celebrate it somehow, so in spite of bad weather forecasts for basically all the nearby climbing areas we decided to go anyway...
The Hungarian system of mountaineer qualification has three steps...
Rachel skis 45km (almost all downhill) in one day...
Sun, snow and skiing. What more do you need? Cake!
