It was a very fine and sunny day - hard to believe that there was skiing at the higher altitudes. I suppose it's just what they want for the last day of the ski season. But we weren't skiing. We said goodbye to Familie Falbsoner, our hosts, and we said hello and goodbye to some horses on the next door farm, before driving off. We decided that the direct route to Chiemsee would be too quick, and wouldn't provide enough scenery, so we decided to take a detour via Jenbach and Achenpass. It was deliberate - honestly!
It was a nice drive. A shame that the two pairs of eyes in the back seat were glued to their books, at least until we stopped by the site of Weisssee where we noticed a little playground. On the way to explore the shoreline, we discovered that the source of the "white" was a very sticky clay that we were walking through.
After driving further along that lake, and finding Tegernsee as well, we made it to Chiemsee - even bigger - and the town of Prien. A boat took us on a 15 minute cruise to the Herreninseln (Mens Island), where after a brief and too-large lunch at the Chorherrenstift (Monastery), we had a quick look at the Königsschloss (palace). It took a 10 minute walk through a nice forest, until we came across quite a sizeable palace. We don't seem to have much luck seeing fountains in working order. Despite an outside temperature of about 17°C, they were all covered up - reminiscent of golf ball coverings for satellite dishes. We caught the next boat to Fraueninseln (Ladies Island). It was much more inhabited - dozens of houses, an abbey, and a church. We took in another playground experience, before topping up with a drink in the hot weather, and catching the boat back to Prien. After that, it was back to the familiar airport routine - with the only unusual activity being a suitcase weight redistribution exercise prior to check-in.
It's been a wonderful holiday - seven countries in ten days (UK, Austria, Hungary, Croatia briefly, Slovenia, Italy, and Germany). Of course that means it's a rush, but I think we packed in a bunch of different highlight experiences for the girls. They say they enjoyed the skiing, Venice, and Budapest (because of the four-seater bicycle) the most. It's hard to know how much they'll remember in a few years, months, or even days. But there's new excitement afoot - Nanna and Pop will be arriving in a couple of days!
It was a nice drive. A shame that the two pairs of eyes in the back seat were glued to their books, at least until we stopped by the site of Weisssee where we noticed a little playground. On the way to explore the shoreline, we discovered that the source of the "white" was a very sticky clay that we were walking through.
After driving further along that lake, and finding Tegernsee as well, we made it to Chiemsee - even bigger - and the town of Prien. A boat took us on a 15 minute cruise to the Herreninseln (Mens Island), where after a brief and too-large lunch at the Chorherrenstift (Monastery), we had a quick look at the Königsschloss (palace). It took a 10 minute walk through a nice forest, until we came across quite a sizeable palace. We don't seem to have much luck seeing fountains in working order. Despite an outside temperature of about 17°C, they were all covered up - reminiscent of golf ball coverings for satellite dishes. We caught the next boat to Fraueninseln (Ladies Island). It was much more inhabited - dozens of houses, an abbey, and a church. We took in another playground experience, before topping up with a drink in the hot weather, and catching the boat back to Prien. After that, it was back to the familiar airport routine - with the only unusual activity being a suitcase weight redistribution exercise prior to check-in.
It's been a wonderful holiday - seven countries in ten days (UK, Austria, Hungary, Croatia briefly, Slovenia, Italy, and Germany). Of course that means it's a rush, but I think we packed in a bunch of different highlight experiences for the girls. They say they enjoyed the skiing, Venice, and Budapest (because of the four-seater bicycle) the most. It's hard to know how much they'll remember in a few years, months, or even days. But there's new excitement afoot - Nanna and Pop will be arriving in a couple of days!
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