Winter Fun

We were invited to the village of St. Jacob im Walde with Ingrid, Alois, and Werner for the weekend. We had a snow-filled weekend of fresh air, traditional home-cooked food (Ingrid is a great cook), and good company.

David and Ingrid started a snowball fight outside the cottage we stayed in. A view of St. Jacob im Walde

There were many charming, old farm houses along our hikes







On Sunday we had a long hike to Arzberghuette on the top of a mountain


At the top of the mountain we stoped at the hut to warm up with food and drinks. (We really like this Austrian tradition and agree it definitely needs to come to America.)

The hut had "schlitten" for rent to slide down the mountain. You just enjoy the ride down and then leave the sled at the bottom and the hut-workers pick them all up at the end of the day.
Woohooooo!