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The Paradise behind our resort in Austria

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Rest and Relax day for us. We set out for our hiking at Untertal, a beautiful alpine path behind our ski resort in Schladming, Austria (Osterreich) that leads to the highest waterfall in the region.

Photos of Austrian alps.

Really like this stream that passes through the alps. The water is so clear.

Awesome views in the fascinating alpine setting! The awe-inspiring alps framed us into beautiful pictures. The sceneries along the way to Untertal were beautifully beyond words that touched our hearts.

Nice little houses nestled in the Austrian alps, within the sight of snow-capped mountain range and a soft flowing stream, what more can one ask?

Might as well get ourselves featured in the “postcard”!

We were surrounded by snow-capped mountains, yet on a sunny day in the alps!

When fairytale comes alive… you become one of the characters in the story.

It was quite a long walk, about two hours before we reached Untertal. There was a sign board that showed it would take another 7km to the waterfall area. Goodness! We were unaware of that at the start of the hike. Think it would take us at another three hours to walk up to the waterfall. And we had nature calling already; not going to settle the call in the wild alpine path! We turned back.

Sighting of a small waterfall before Untertal. A little bonus here.

Ponies returning to the shade after sunbathing in the grassland.

We were stunned for a while on the narrow path when a herd of sheep were approaching us; but we managed to cross their path without much hindrance.

The mesmerizing scenery made me wonder if I was walking into a postcard!

We were turning back. Do these Austria countryside pictures look like images in fairytale story books that we once read in our childhood?

Again, up the slopes and walked the bends back to the resort. It was tiring!

The little peaceful town of Schladming below our resort. During our resort stay on the mountain, we had to walk more than 1km around the bends to the train station at the town.

Our self-cooked simple Spaghetti lunch, with mashed potatoes and sausages.

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Next day: To Munich, Germany!

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The pretty Alpine resort in Schladming

We had booked a resort called The Alpine Club for a 7-day stay in Schladming, a small mining town in Styria. This was not the first choice resort that we wanted, but to book a timeshare resort, especially a popular one, it might need at least six months of advance booking (that’s why I terminated the membership). We managed to book this resort within three months of departure.

The resort overlooks a wonderful scenery, a beautiful town nestles in the alpine valley.

The picture perfect alpine scenery.

The suite had a room, a living room, a balcony, a bathroom with toilet and a small kitchen. It was a cosy suite, except that we were unhappy with the arrangement that our friend had to sleep on the sofa bed in the living room even though we booked for four persons.

In Paris and Switzerland, we had been eating instant noodles that were always not fully cooked by the iron coil that we submerged into our pot. And we had been boiling tap water in our small pot at night, scooping away the foam formed on the water surface and let it cool down till dawn so that we could refill our water bottles the next day. With the well-equipped mini kitchen, it was the first time during the trip that we could cook spaghetti and healthier food.

Biking in the Austrian Alps!

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Biking in the Austrian Alps

A rest and relax day for us, after days of rushing for trains and tight schedules. We rented bicycles and bought groceries at the town which is about 1.5km away from the resort located on the mountain. Getting to the town was further than it seemed to be as we had to walk along a few bends on the road while descending from the mountain. We rented mountain bikes for half a day at €11 for each bike.

We also bought some food to cook in our resort and the food was quite cheap. We thought we could put the bags of food on our bicycles and rode back to the resort, but it proved to be a STUPID idea, when we had forgotten that our resort was high up on the mountain! We ended up exhausted ourselves and instead, apart from carrying the heavy bags of food, we had to push our bicycles up the slopes! Dog-tired!

After putting down the food in the resort, we rode around the alpine region, relaxing and getting rejuvenated in the alpine breeze.

Picture perfect. It’s like a postcard!

Came across a stream. It was nature untouched!

As it started to drizzle, we cycled back to the town and returned the bicycles. Walking back up to our resort was also quite taxing; the resort seemed near, but it was still faraway behind the bends on the slopes.