Finally the weather changed and all of a sudden our days were filled with spending our (Hanna, Marc and me) afternoons at the lake. Going to the lake is always good - in terms of keeping Hanna busy and satisfied. There are lots of children to play with, a little paddling pool to have fun in and a big sand pit - short: there are lots of things to do and therefore little time to be bored and being difficult. In other words great for mum :-)!
On one of these really nice and hot summer days Richard took some time off and we decided to go on a day trip. We always wante to see Hallstadt, a celtic village in the Salzkammergut about 70 minutes drive from Henndorf. Hallstadt is very scenic and picturesque and lies inbetween high mountains on the foot of the Dachstein glacier. Therefore the Hallstädtersee, the little lake by the village, is really really cold as the water is coming straigth from the glacier. We left Henndorf at lunch time and had a picnic on a swimming spot with view on the village and the mountains. There we spent quite a while and, except for Hanna, all had a swim - brrrr - it was freezing cold however the perfect refreshment on a hot hot summer day. In the late afternoon we had a stroll through the village, had coffee and ice cream in a littel cafe on the lake and I went to see the famous Bone House.
On Saturday we celebrated mum's 60th birthday, with a big birthday party in a little restaurant directly by the lake. Well, at least I thought it was mum's birthday party. As we arrived there I found out that it was also a surprise party for my 30th birthday, which actually was already a couple of weeks ago. It really was a big surprise. Although Richard and Edith claim that they had almost given it away a couple of times, I had absolutely no idea. It was really nice and I enjoyed myself a lot. We had great food, the location by the lake was absolutely wonderful and we were very lucky with the weather. It had been pouring with rain in the morning but had cleared up in the afternoon! A great surprise! Thanks to everybody - for organising and also for everybody who came to celebrate!
As you can see our days were filled the last couple of weeks! I hope it continues like that - then I always have something to blog! So stay tuned!
Have a great day!
Christine
P.S.: Pictures will follow!
2 comments:
Looking forward to the pictures!! :-)
BUSSI,
edith
Me too! hello christine and richard, as u can see, everything is fine here in nic, but it`s nice reading about things, which are going on so far away in austria!
greetings, birgit
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