Sunday, July 5, 2009

Back down in St. Gilgen and Tobogganing

Time for lunch. Bex had a apple soda that featured Austrians in traditional garb on the can.

Musicians passing by in costume

The "No Kangaroo" theme was found on postcards, t-shirts, handbags, etc. I can only imagine what ignorant questions inspired it all. But Emilie herself asked me this morning, "So where are we again, Mom? In Africa or Australia?"

Enjoying an ice cream is often a daily activity when we're traveling. Micaela chose Red Bull ice cream.

We had passed the striking Red Bull headquarters right outside the village on our way to St. Gilgen yesterday.

The driver of a horsedrawn carriage

Em liked this sweet fountain

The parish church is dedicated to Saint Aegidius (Latin), in English Saint Giles, which is reflected in the name of the town, Sankt Gilgen.

Before we left St. Gilgen for Salzburg, David wanted to take the kids summer tobogganing. Clouds were starting to move in and we remembered the words of the hotel manager, "Beware the storms of 4:00!" Time was of the essence.

Being pulled backwards up the hill

David and Rebecca

James and Emilie on the last run of the afternoon, as it had started to rain at 4:00 on the dot. And just a few minutes later, it was pouring. Everyone got to go down 4 times, which just happened to be how many tickets David had bought.

Lederhosen in the parking lot!

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