- Went with Carolyn and Dave to explore Ehrenberg in Austria
- Hiked up to the castle ruins and got a close look at everything - castle dates from Medieval times.
- Fewer tourists than at other places because a 30 minute uphill hike was required to access the ruins
- Beautiful panoramas of Reutte and the Tirolean countryside
- Went onto the bridge, Highline179 - longest Tibet-style footbridge in Guinness Book of World Records
- Liz was terrified, but we went across anyway. Looking down was even worse. She did a live Instagram video of part of the trek across but unfortunately didn't figure out how to save it outside of Instagram so it's lost.
- Bridge sways a lot
- Takes about 7 minutes to cross the bridge
- Dave's goal was to not touch the handrail.
- Had lunch in Lermoos, quick imbiss-style food (bratwurts and fries)
- Initially went to the wrong place for the alpine slide
- After we found the place, we took turns going up, Carolyn & Dave first
- Dave went off the track but enjoyed it
- This slide was more luge-style. Our first alpine slide was more like a go-kart track.
- When it was our turn, there was no line, so we waited a few minutes to give space to the family in front of us - they took a BABY down the track!
- No regulation at the top of the slide, no helmets. Would never happen in the U.S.
- Ridiculous detour coming back - 2 way traffic on one lane roads causing mass chaos
- Ate dinner at Mukkefuck with Dale - Liz was happy to eat a very large salad
- After Hugo went to bed, got gelato and toured the Michael Ende Kurpark - they had a model of what famous houses in Garmisch looked like 200 years ago - the airbnb we are staying in was included (it used to be the printing press)
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| Hugo with the castle. He loved being able to roam in the grass. |
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| We were surrounded by beautiful scenery |
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| More castle ruins |
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| Panorama of the countryside |
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| Nervous for crossing the bridge |
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| Yeah, THAT bridge |
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| Another view |
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| Weird snail we found |
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| We made it across! (but we had to cross back the other way) |
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| Giant cables supporting the bridge |
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| Heading up to the alpine slide |
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| Mark didn't wait long enough after the baby and had to slow down a bunch on the course. |
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| Whee! |
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| Cute strawberry stand we stopped at so Dave could pick up some local berries |
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| Mukkefuck is not really a word in German. They just named it that to attract more tourists. Guess what? It worked. |
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