Last night was so unexpected and great! I had read about Lantern Hikes in the Rick Steve's book (thanks Nora!), but simply forgot about them until yesterday. We hiked up to a restaurant connected to a chapel and arrived on the terrace just as the sun was setting. I haven't seen a good sunset in so long because of these enormous mountains around Innsbruck! On the way up to the restaurant, we hiked across a meadow that was an Olympic ski run in the winter. Travis already told you a lot about the night, but he left out two of my favorite parts...
1. The two yodeling musicians made us do a traditional wedding dance, which was really fast paced, uncoordiated, and just a whole lot of jumping sideways.
2. Arthur, one of the yodelers, made our friend Hannah stand up, and then asked to touch her "beautiful long eyelashes". She closed her eyes and he kissed her. On the mouth. Hannah has become a magnet for Austrian men, so this episode with the 69 year old yodeler sent us into hysterics.
This weekend we are off to Paris! I don't really know what to expect, although everyone says that we need to prepare ourselves for being scowled at, mocked, and verbally assaulted. I am not really looking forward to interactions with the locals, but oh well. It will be a good learning experience. And it may even make me homesick. We'll blog about it on Monday!
Happy Birthday MOM!!! Love you!
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1) You should consider using the traditional wedding dance you learned as your first dance at your reception. Just a thought.
ReplyDelete2) Ah! Kissing an old Austrian man... Sick!
3) Don't worry about Paris. People say the same thing about New York, but you can find nice people there, so I'm sure there are some in Paris as well.
4) I heard your Mom turned the big 5-0! My mom dropped off that CD that I made you at your house, and they talked about her birthday. And then my mom told me they talked about it. :)