Austria

We are home from swim/ski camp in Austria!! For the most part, we had a great time. One of the swimmers from our team caused quite a bit of trouble, but it wasn't Bean or either of her best friends. The kids had a pretty intense schedule of swimming and learning how to cross-country ski. I think they all learned a lot and had a fun time doing it.

The food was amazing!! Every night, they would serve us a different soup with dinner. Those of you who know me well know about my entire lack of fondness for peas. I actually ate Split-pea soup (yes, Mom, I have MANY witnesses!!). I didn't actually eat the peas, though. I lined them up around the rim of my bowl. LOL But, the soup was amazing. My favorite soup of the week was a Cream of Wild Mushroom soup.

The village we were in was having their AdventMarkt while we were there. That was a lot of fun. I had the most amazing potato soup there (if you are getting the idea that I LOVE soup, you are right!).

The best day was our last full day in Austria. After the kids got out of swim camp, a bunch of us took a bus to the world's longest natural rodelbahn (sled trail): from top to bottom is 14 kilometers! The first few sections were a little steep and a bit scary, but once we got onto the main part of the trail (and IMMonster's mom explained how to stop and steer), it was a BLAST!! Of course, when we got to the bottom, we had hot chocolate with whipped cream on top.

I didn't bring my camera up with me, so I will have to post pictures later.

TTFN~