The hills are alive......with the sound of Mitchell's

A great morning for a sleep in as it is cold at night 5oC and the sun doesn’t come from behind the mountains until about 8am. After breakfast a swim in the indoor heated pool for everyone - a great start to the day.

Peter hired a bike for only 20 euros for the day, and with instructions in German (that was a worry) he headed off for a day of riding the Austrian mountains. He made it home - but that is another story!

Travelling up the chairlift to Gschwandtkopf 1495m

While he was gone we caught a chair lift up the mountain and did a two hour walk down the mountain. It was beautiful walking through the forest with the snow covered mountains and streams with cold fresh mountain water (great place to fill up the drinking bottles). 

Behind us is the snow covered Zugspitze - the tallest mountain in Germany.

This afternoon was spent relaxing on the balcony in the sun - at least 21oC. It is so warm it is nearly unbearable - not what I had packed for! So much for long sleeves and jackets.

 

Jet streams of the planes - very visible in the cold air