Driving through the night had lost it's appeal. The next day leaves us shattered, so this time we opt for day time driving. We leave Germany and head to Austria's Innsbruck on a sunny afternoon.
We were soon set up in a fabulous campsite with quite stunning views in every direction.
For the next few days, we dined alfresco.
And you can take the girl out of the kitchen, but you can't stop her makin' cupcakes!
The best part? Tasting the mixture....
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The day after, we took the cable car up a mountain.
Holland in her Tirol mountain gear.
Emily was rather apprehensive and didn't really know what to expect!
The weather changed dramatically. We were at the peak and temperatures were freezing.
We made it up to Hafglekarspitze, 2334 m up. However, we quickly froze.
Lunch had to be eaten a little way down, as we were all very cold. We found picnic tables just a short ride down in the top cable car. We still had amazing views.
The black birds were delighted we had chosen to eat our lunch 2000m up and helped themselves!
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Our meal out in Innsbruck was at a place which had come highly recommended. It was a bustling restaurant where you can expect delicious local fare, generally seated at the same table with locals at a very reasonable price.
My family was happy at the prospect of eating out again and I was just a little bit over the moon!
As was the norm for us, when we arrived they were busy, over booked and couldn't seat us for an hour. Luckily H & M and Esprit were just around the corner for some light window shopping.
An hour later and we had returned with eager appetites.
We all desired the same; local specialities and on the menu that night was the schnitzel with home made potato salad. It was as expected, quite simply delicious and a genuine treat.
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The next morning, I woke with a start. It had poured with rain during the night, was drizzly and damp and it suddenly dawned on me that our dirty laundry basket and our shoe trug had been left outside overnight.
A lot of what we owned was saturated. I was having a hard enough time finding places to dry our coats and towels with the on and off weather in Germany and to have all our shoes soaked too was hard to take. Especially as it was I who had left them out.
I hauled the babies out of bed and lugged the laundry and trug up to the camp building.
It has been beautiful weather since we arrived in Innsbruck. We had eaten outside most evenings and as a result had seen no reason reason to erect the awning. What a mistake!
We seem to have so much on board which has no home. We each have boots, everyday trainers, flip flops and a pair of shoes to go out in. 24 pairs of shoes in a trug with no home!
We also have a coffee maker, a toaster, a kettle, a fruit and veg box, a laundry hamper, 2 boxes (1 containing 6 bath towels with head towels, 1 containing 6 beach towels) and a small box full of toys. How difficult it is to live simply with no belongings.
I spent the rest of the day laundering, whilst shoes hung from every available radiator space.
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you can take the mother out of her home but you can't stop her doing laundry!! *sigh*
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