the alps

mir san den aberg aufi g'hacht


das steinerne meer (stone ocean)
the house my grandparents built is on the near hill. if you click and enlarge the picture youll have to look for the collection of dots near the crest of the hill left of the peak. its in there.



the rents. please note that my dad is wearing lederhosen



my mom (btw this is not my grandparents house, its an "alm" on the mountain we hiked up)



its a bit easier to see my house on this picture (sort of, you can see it well on the original). its the upper dot next to the big green field.



part of the original



glockenblumen (bell flowers)



some of you might remember the story about how i lost my snowboard last winter. if you dont, ask my sister, she tells a pretty good version. im not hugely into hiking but the idea behind this trip was to look for my board once more (or at least confirm its disappearance).



(perhaps this picture rings a bell..)



!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
to utter surprise this is exactly where and how i found my board! if you look at the summer picture of the cliff and you see the two snowpatches just below the rocks. it was in a small valley just between those two snowy spots.




bergboard



yes, i was happy i find my board again and as you can see its in quite good shape. me thinks ill be using it again this winter =)



my dad goofing off



more goofing off



my favorite



the fountain we were sitting on had 4ºC well water and somebody left a couple beers floating in there. my mom was an advocate of replacing the beers with a couple euros =P