Ötztal Long Weekend

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Spent the weekend from 20-23 August in Ötztal which is an hour and a half from Kitzbühel so not long to drive which was nice. Our air conditioning packed a sad so we sat in a traffic jam near Innsbruck in 39 degrees ! We really felt sorry for the boys doing the roadworks.

This is a thermal resort with a 4 Star Hotel which was lovely. The food was sooo dangerous as there was so much choice and breakfast and dinner was included in the price. Also a voucher for a beauty treatment which I used for a facial. My first ever !!! Thought it was about time seeing as how I have hit the big 40 huh !

We had a great weekend and very relaxing. There were three outside pools as well as a waterway. The pools were spa, salt and sulphur (stinky - as Charly said). We were even out there in the rain as it was all warm and at night too which Charly thought was great.

We visited the Ötzi village (set up like the stone age people lived), the biggest waterfall in Tirol, went up the Timmelsjoch pass and drove to a Glacier for a nosey. The weather was not that great really but it didn't matter at all.

On the way back we stopped in at the Alpine Zoo in Innsbruck which was a laugh as the bear at the other bear's pooh again ! This happened on our last visit as well which Charly thought was really funny !!!

Here are some photos:








































Love us 3 xxxooo

Dinosaurs Visit and Lemonade Stand

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The other day Charly and I went to check out a Dinosaur display in the woods in Kirchberg and they were really great. Life size and cool. Some pikkies:






She also decided to have a Lemonade stand. It was over 30 degrees - hence the bucket of cold water for her feet. She was only charging 5 cents for a glass but people gave her more and in the end she made €10,38 in total after her expenses !! Not a bad business girl huh ! She was so pround of the sign she made and her little stand. Really cute.





Love and kisses from us 3 xxxooo

Wildseeloderhaus Hike

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Had another great day today. I managed to get 4 Mums, one Dad and 12 kids together to hike up to the Wildseeloderhaus which is above Fieberbrunn. I called to check if it was ok for kids from 4 years of age and they said "yeah, it's just a nice walk of about an hour". Got out of the Gondola and the hour was right but it was down into a valley and then up the steep other side to the hut. The kids all looked at it and kinda groaned but then set off pretty well.

It took us just over an hour with a break in the middle. The fact that there were so many kids really helped as they didn't really notice the walk as they were hunting blueberries, talking and playing all the way up. Even the youngest raced up there.

On arriving at the top we were surrounded by fog and it was a bit fresh to say the least. The kiwi kid and the swedish kids (used to other temperatures) immediately stripped off and went in the lake for a dip. Must have been about 13 degrees or even less. We were up at 1800m - brrrr !

We had a great lunch in the hut and while the adults were gossipping and having a coffee the kids ran around the whole lake - they still had some energy - and then we headed back down again. Stopping along the way of course to eat blueberries - Charly had purple lips and tongue - great laugh !

All had a great day and here are some photos:





The hut is in the big dip at the top of the photo - quite a way up huh !











Love us 3 xxxooo