Summer Vacation 2010: Vienna

Summer Vacation 2010: Mountain Hike

Since we arrived in Austria the weather has been very strange, shifting from cold and rainy to sunny and warm every few days. So when a sunny day finally came around again we knew we had to make the most of it. We decided to spend an afternoon hiking up one of the surrounding mountains, the Zwölferhorn.

View of St. Gilgen at the start of our hike

Lake Wolfgang

At this point I had to stop and record the wonderful sounds around us. We had recently passed a farm house where someone had just started playing accordion. Meanwhile the cows grazed in the pasture beside us.

At the edge of the pasture stood a water trough fed by fresh mountain water. It was so picturesque we decided to have our picnic lunch right there.

We were close to the top, but we decided to start our descent back into town.

So close!

One thing we have learned about mountain climate is that it changes very quickly. So when we looked up and saw dark clouds moving in, we decided not to risk getting caught in the storm.

pretty purple mountain flower

Thankfully we arrived back in St. Gilgen safe, sound, tired, and dry.

Summer Vacation 2010: Lake Wolfgang, Austria