21 of December
Today we drove to Austria. It was
an early start to pack up the apartment and be down for our boat back to the
train. We got on the boat with all of our bags and suit cases. It was a tight
fit but we made it to the train station. They was some confusion on which train
to catch but we finally found the one and got on. It was a smooth ride but at
the other end it wasn’t so easy. There were a lot of people wanting to get on
and it was hard to get all our bags out. It ended up being only me helping and
getting two suit cases at a time from dad. We were all a bit rush but it was
good to be able to stop and rest. We got to the car and packed our things back
into the car. We were then on the road to Austria. It was a long drive and just
as we entered Austria we could see the snow white covered peaks in the
distance. As we came closer we came to a valley between the mountains that we
had seen. It was quiet spectacular. Once we came to the town of Innsbruck. We
parked the car and went into the town to find a late lunch. We went into a
shopping centre which was like one of our Westfield. We found a restaurant and
I had a lasagne. It was very nice and filling. We then walk around the
Christmas markets that were on. There was some lovely stuff and I couldn’t wait
for the next few days where I can get to buy for people. After looking around we thought it would be
time to go and find out accommodation. Our accommodation was in a small
mountain side town near Innsbruck. Once we found it which was very easy we went
inside. It had a beautiful smell and an amazing view of the mountains on the
other side of the valley. We had a quiet time at home and went to bed for an
exciting day tomorrow.
Amelia
22 of December
Today we went to the Swarovski
factory. It was very exciting to be where it is all made. We went into the
museum it started with a waterfall out the front. It was made if a man’s face
and it had music to create an atmosphere. It was very magical and nice to look
at. We then went into the indoor part of the museum. It opened into a space
with the world’s biggest jewel stone which was pretty impressive. It also had a
wall which they had filled with Swarovski crystals. It was beautiful and
something I want in my bedroom as a
feature wall. We then walked on and went through the whole museum. There was so
much I couldn’t go through it all or it would take all day but defiantly the
water fall and the first room were the best. At the end of it there was a very
big shop. It was my heaven. It could have spent all day in there. It looked
around and ended up buying a pair of earrings and a box of crystals called star
dust. We then went to Innsbruck where we went on a funicular up a mountain to a
town which gave us a great view. It was very beautiful and it was nice to sit
down and have a hot chocolate at the top. We then went back down where we
walked through the markets again but didn’t buy anything. We then went an ice skating
rink that was outside. It was fun to ice skate outside and it was very big too
because it was used in the winter Olympics that were held there. Once the rink
closed and we had driven home we were very tired after our day so we had dinner
and went to bed.
Amelia
23 of December
Today we did our massive
Christmas shop. We went out to the markets and started our shopping. We had a
long list to complete and a short amount of time to do it. We were very
efficient because we had already seen what was there. We went around and bought most of what we
needed. We sat down to eat an Austrian dish which was like a donut but fired
with cranberries. They were very nice and much enjoyed after a day of shopping.
We then went and made a few enquiries about skiing. We found out that we were
able to ski which was a nice surprise. We then went home and then went out
again to see a Christmas parade. We found a parking spot and walk down to find
a spot to stand by the road. It took a while for the parade to reach us but that
is because there was so many little kids. Some of them would have been younger
than 2 and others were asleep in carts that their parents pulled along. It was
very cute to see and they also had lambs which some men carried around their
necks. It was very nice and once the last people came along we joined on the
end and followed them to a spot where they stopped. We then sang silent night
but in German which was interesting to here. It was then very late and we went
home for a late dinner and a good sleep.
Amelia
24 of December
Today we went skiing which was
very exciting. We were going to go up a glacier but we found out it was closed.
So we then decided to go skiing instead. We went to a ski resort called
Patscherkofel. We rented our skis and went onto the slops. It was very hard to
walk in the boots because they were tight around the ankles so you couldn’t
move them. We got used to our boots and got into our skis. It was very hard to
move because we were on an uphill and the wind was blowing us. At one point all
of us except dad got blown backwards. Once we had learnt the basics we went on
an elevator up to a beginner slope. It was quite easy to go down but we were
very slow. We did that slope a lot and as we got fast dad took us one at a time
onto a steeper slope. We had to catch a T-bar up. Once we got up we went down
slowly with some falls on the way but near the bottom we got the hang of it. We
skied till four o’clock with only one stop. It was a very fun day and we
couldn’t wait to do more. We then went home for an early dinner and we went to
bed for an exciting Christmas day tomorrow.
Amelia
25 of December
Today is CHRISTMAS a very
exciting time of the year. We got into mum and dads bed to say merry Christmas
to Grandma, Nanna and Grandmax and the Edges. It was nice to hear their voices
and see their faces. We then had an interesting breakfast which was croissants
filled with chocolate not the best breakfast ever. We the open our presents
there wasn’t many and we knew what many of them were but it was still nice to
get them. We then got ready for another day skiing. Once we got our boots and
skis on we only had to do one elevator run before we were on the T-bar run. We
had lots of fun and it wasn’t long before it was lunch time. By this time we
were doing the T-bar run by ourselves and without falls. We had a yummy lunch
of chicken nuggets and chips. It was very nice and good after a half days
skiing. Once we had finished we went back out onto the slopes and had some more
fun but it did stop when a tree fell down and block the track. We then went
home. Mum and dad went for a walk and when they got back they got started on
our roast dinner. It was very nice to have a roast chicken for dinner. We then
went to bed for good sleep.
Amelia
26 of December
Today was our last day of skiing.
It snowed the night before but didn’t get down as far as we would have liked.
Once we had got to Patsch we realised that the snow wouldn’t be good enough t
ski on and we were ready for a bigger challenge. We got all our skis into the
car and drove to a place called Schlick. Ths had longer and harder slopes and
it had snowed there. We caught a gondola up which was like a chair lift. We
dropped mum off at a café so she could be snuggly warm. We then got our skis on
and went up higher to ski down. Once we got off at the top it was snowing and
it was hard to see. We skied down a long blue run to the bottom where mum was
it was lots of fun and hard work. We then checked in on mum and went back up
the top to do it again but this time we went up a bit higher so that we were
higher than Mt Kosciusko by 12 metres. We then went back down a blue run which had
some bumps on it. We had a few falls because of them. We then joined onto the
blue track we had already done and skied down to mum for lunch. While we were
having lunch we talked to a German man who loved to have a chat. It was very
interesting to talk to a German man and hear how they talk and their acsent. We
then went back up and came down the easy blue run. We then went back up and
went up the chair lift to do the bumpy blue run again. We went to join a
another blue run which turned into a black run we had to then go down a red run
instead. It was hard and we had a few falls. Dad said I looked like a snow man.
Once we got to the bottom and joined onto the easy blue track it started to
snow hard and it was hard to see. We went slower than usual because we couldn’t
see. Once we got to the bottom we had a drink and got onto the gondola to go
back down to the car. Once we were at the bottom we went to the car and drove
to trop our skis off. We then got dinner from a service station because nothing
else was open. We then went home for an early dinner and an early bed time.
Amelia
27 of December
Today we went on a glacier. Dad
did his last day of skiing while we watch the beautiful scenery and played in
the snow. We got ready for the day and drove to Stubai Gletscher. It was very
beautiful on the way there we there because there was snow covered trees and it
looked like a winter land. Once we got there we parked and went onto a gondola
up to the very top. The view up there was amazing. We were above the cloud line
so all we could see was the other mountains poking through. We enjoyed have
some hot chocolates while dad did a few runs when he came back we had lunch
which was the same has what we got every other day. We then went outside to
play in the snow while dad went down some more slopes. It was lots of fun and cold.
We then hopped back on the gondola to head back down the mountain to a middle
spot on the glacier. We had a drink and then dad met us and we watched him do a
run. It was very hard to see him because the all just looked like ants. We then
went on the gondola while dad skied down. He then joined us on at a station
further down. We didn’t think he would make it but he did. We then went down to
the bottom where we got in to a bus to get us back to the car. I found a 10
euro note under our seat which was a nice treat. We got off the bus to realise
that we got off to early and had to walk most of it back to the car. We then
went home for a yummy dinner and lots of packing for the next morning.
Amelia
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