it was chilly with snow on the ground but that just made the hot chocolate that much more delicious. we hung out in landstuhl where they live for a couple days...
then made our way through the alps to tirol. we stayed in a cute bed and breakfast and went cross-country skiing, a first for all of us! all of us except J had significant difficulties with hills, both going up and coming down. enjoy this series of J's photos while you can. alex may make me take them down when he sees them. i'll send you two a cd of these soon!
cruising along, ignorant of any impending trouble...
enjoying the quaint scenery...
when we come to the top of the largest hill yet. we've struggled up a number of smaller hills by this point but this seemed like we were facing a super g slalom course or something. of course J is already at the bottom waiting, ready to snap away at our treachery... libby opted out and walked down.
here i go...
going faster than i was comfortable and the butt just went down like it had a mind of its own...
these blasted things are nothing like a snowboard...
success!
super g-force alex's turn now...
at least this fall was more spectacular than my sitting down mid-slope...
success!
on the way back to landstuhl, we took a bit of a longer route in order to go to newschwanstein castle. it's the castle that inspired cinderella's castle at disney. it was pretty impressive and had they allowed photography inside, you would be impressed too.
after five days, we had our fill of bratwurst and schnitzel and apple sparkling drink that i can't remember the name of offhand. in sum, it was a great trip with amazing hosts! thanks libby and alex for everything!!!
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