Day 29

Grundlsee

The view from the window this morning

THIS is why we love this place! That’s a lake you can see there, frozen for the most part. The edges aren’t frozen though as you can see in the bottom photos.

It was –6˚, still and sun-shiny this morning PER-fect walking weather so we went out into the beautifulness to reacquaint  ourselves with the little village of Grundlsee.

with a little MGMness along the way… chuff chuff chuff…woo woo!

 

Grundlsee

after our walk around part of the lake we went back and got the car for a drive around the rest of the lake and up into the mountains. Which took us to afternoon tea time. Sunday is still a very closed day in this part of the world, no shops open at all, not a lot of people out on the streets (apart from crazy Australian tourists) but go into a cafe and you’ll see a different story. This is our favourite cafe in Bad Ausee (the town just before Grundlsee).

      

– where we were definitely bad Aussies – just look at that cake, my Kirschtorte Y-U-M!

There is a certain art to coffee and cake that we just don’t seem to have at home. Maybe we’re more focused on the great outdoors which isn't an option for extended periods of time here (unless you enjoy hypothermia). The coffee is always served with a glass of water on a silver serving tray, and that menu you can see is just for drinks (15 pages!).