07/11/2011
Well today we woke up in this little town not knowing what to do. Our hotel is really nice...so great to have our own room for once! We woke up and had the most amazing free breakfast ever. From every kind of cereal to yogurt to eggs and bacon to coffee and juice. It was incredible. We've been settling for cliff bar breakfasts so a little break from that was quite the treat. We walked over to the information tourist office across the street to see if they had any suggestions. When we got there the cute little Austrian woman was telling us how we needed to climb the mountains, but considering Kenz and i's butt and thighs still hurt like no other from our 10 hour hike, we were not about to do it again. Atleast not quite yet. So we walked around the Town for awhile trying tofigure out what our day was going to consist of. We decided maybe we should rent a car and go see he nearby waterfalls and drive to Salzburg, but just as we were about to do it, we realized the little tiny car we wanted to rent was a manual. Considering I have never touched one, and Kenz has only parked them at Sewell we thought it wasn't worth the risk of dying.
So we walked on until there we saw it...
RENT A Bike
Why not bike the Austrian countryside? Only problem was I didn't even know if my sore legs would make it on a bike ride. But our little man surprised us with a new concept...the ELECTRiC bike! He said, "easy, easy, easy...you can zip up a mountain with one of these" he then sent Kenz on a test drive and immediately she exclaimed that we have to do it! So we rented them for the day and headed off into the country on an adventure.
We decided our first stop would be to bike to the little town of Kaprun where we could see picnic by the waterfall. Once we got into the town we stopped at a super market and got picnic stuff which included a weird mix of pretzel bread, salami (these people don't ever have turkey), goat cheese, tomatoes, and a jar of pickles with 2 Austrian beers...
They even had a little mustard tube for Kenz...
We then headed to claim our picnic spot under a tree and had one of best sandwiches yet.
We then headed back on our biking trail towards the lake. To our surprise the trail was full of gorgeous houses an castles just chilling in the countryside as intense bikers flew past us cruising on our electric bikes.
On our way around the lake we came upon all sorts of mini beaches so we decided to stop at one of them and get An ice cream, enjoy a dip, and watch the locals. We took a little nap on the shore as we watched these cute little Austrian kids running around with squirt guns.
After a little while we decided to make it over to the other side of the lake and go rent a kayak. The lake is truly just amazing and clear and so smooth. We kayaked over to Zell am see to the banks of a little water park and then back over. We then proceeded to take our bikes back to the shop to our precious little man and headed out to get some more amazing Austrian food.
Tonight we got another incredible recommendation and ate dinner at Lebzelter. We've been big in trying the local food so we ordered venison roulette and veal cordon bleu. Both so good. One thing I love about this food is it has a lot of meat and the apices they use always shock me. I love it! The corton bleu was veal, ham, and cheese in a chicken fried steak style and so good. We accidentally spent way too much on dinner, but it was amazing.
We then headed over to the Grand Hotel to check out the live music.
Clearly this hotel is Grand and gorgeous. We sat out on the terrace overlooking the lake with gardens and live music and enjoyed a local wine and some apple strudel as we people watched around us.
After a successful day of an adventure we headed back to our room realizing that today was an amazing day and excited to take on Germany!
Location:Zell am See, Austria
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