What could be more fun than an outing in Austria? Making it with your friends and their 4 children :)
On Easter Monday (aka, the day after Easter Sunday) our neighbor from Poland "surprised" us at our backdoor with a water spray bottle... we should have remembered from last year that it is a common tradition in our bordering countries for the men to dump water on their neighbors!
After soaking Brian, and offering him some deviled eggs, he suggested we take an outing on this same day. Easter Monday is a holiday in Austria -- all shops are closed... well all shops have been closed here for months, but this official holiday means even the grocery stores are closed.
We happily agreed to join them for an outing exploring an area about 30/40 minutes from our home!
Our first stop... just some random "castle" you could see from the road. It was fun to explore.. until we realized the sign (in German, of course) read "Private Property: Stay Out" - oops!
Our next stop was a little shrine on the side of the road - also a very common thing to see in Austria! There were a couple of benches, so we spread out our picnic and enjoyed!
Then we drove UP one of the nearby roads - and from up there we had a great view of Otscher mountain - the mountain where we went skiing all winter.
The hills were really alive up there! :)
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