Amazed by Austria

So we hit the road towards Innsbruck – one of the biggest cities in the Alps, on the side of Austria. And a thunderstorm hit us on the way. While Arno was sleeping I was loosing my little mind as the already twirly mountain roads became so slippery and soaking wet. At least the speed dropped from 130km/h to 100km/h. But still I felt like the car would just slide from under me down the mountain. And let me tell you, that little 40 cm tall fence would not hold our tiny Hyundai if gravity would decide otherwise. But luckily my sleepy co-driver woke up as we were beginning to get closer. I also have to admit that I did not fight against the storm for hours. The weather phenomenon was rather interesting as we drove through tunnels and always on the other side of the tunnel it was shiny and nice as the other side seemed like the sky would fall down on us. Like coming to a new world. But as said, we did survive after all.

So we parked the car in an underground parking and left to explore the city. We got to walk around and see some of the old city before the shower started again. So we ended up walking under roofs, checking cool cuckoo clock shops and looking for a place to eat dinner. But we could not really find anything so after an hour of walking under the heavy rain we just got bored and headed towards our hotel through a grocery. Which was a mistake on the side of dinner since by the hour we found any nice looking restaurant from the road it was late and every place that served anything edible was closed. So Arno ended up snacking a gas station burger and I just ate some snacks we had stored for the next day.

And so we drove up up the little mountain roads in the rain, behind a truck, with gear 1.. Our little Hyundai was roaring like a lion cub and telling us to switch on 5 but if we put on even 2 it did not make it and started slowly falling backwards. Luckily we finally found our way to the top of the mountain and after driving in circles also the hotel we stayed for the night. It was this cute Alp side guest house and after a well slept night and few hours of writing blog posts we actually saw the whole place in daylight for the first time. And shuuuuu it was pretty! This Alp village, with fields of flowers and snowy mountains all around. The air was so fresh.

We had bought food from a supermarket to make our own breakfast a) because it is cheaper b) some places it is hard to find a restaurant that serves breakfast c) we can eat what we want, my tummy for example is really sensitive about many things and d) we can eat in places way cooler than restaurants. We have had such cool places all around the world where we have eaten our takeaway or own snacks and those are always the best and most private moments. Just the two of us, no smokers on the next table, slow service, grumpy servants or anything else.

So this morning we headed to find a cool place for ourselves, drove a while out of the village and parked where Arno thought we could keep on by foot. And we did not walk a long way until in front of us opened a beautiful view of the meadows and mountains. So we sat ourselves on a flower field and ate our breakfast with a view. Greek yogurt, banana, our Slovenian apricots, PB, Nutella and seeds. Yummy! It totally was an awesome breakfast that got us back on the road, towards Liechtenstein and Switzerland..

xoxo,
Linnea