Merry Christmas readers….. it is 6am Christmas morning as I write this and “not a creature is stirring, not even a mouse,” except for Russell's gentle snoring beside me that is. I will take this quiet moment to update the last couple of days.
After a fairly leisurely breakfast Zoe seemed to think she felt a little better so we decided to head off to Hintersee, a lake about 15 minutes drive away. Normally it freezes over and there is ice skating in winter but as everyone keeps telling us, “it is too warm” so not to expect a frozen lake. When we got out of Gunther there was a fairly strong wind blowing but it was indeed comparatively warm, probably about 9 degrees. The lake was not frozen enough for skating but certainly frozen enough to be picturesque for us southerners and we spent quite some time photographing it and ourselves.
Having now worked up an appetite, we found a warm Gasthaus with a waitress who spoke no English. She was extremely entertaining nonetheless and with some trepidation we ordered from the completely German menu and waited with anticipation!
As it turned out, we all had lovely meals, varying from oven baked whole fish (tasted lovely, looked creepy), the trusty Weiner Schnitzel ( always recognisable on the menu) and the ubiqitous bratwurst.
By the time we finished the sun was shining outside ( it must be unusually warm because the waitress mentioned something about a 'bikini') and we walked back to collect Gunther.
As the sky was so clear, we thought it would be opportunistic to take the Mt. Jenner gondola up to the 1874m peak from which you can see “100 German and Austran peaks.” Unfortunately it was deemed too windy to go the whole way so we had to content ourselves with the “middle station” which was a little underwhelming but snowy enough for us to see skiers ad snow boarders doing their thing.
By the time we rejoined Sam and Holly below, darkness was falling rapidly so it was time to head home for après snow drinks and plan the next day.
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