Die Besucher (the Visitors)

Bob's parents came to visit us, and since Bob took a few days off, it felt more like a vacation for all of us than last year's visit.


We went to the Bergkirchweih.


We took a boat trip through the Danube Gorge to the Weltenburg Abbey. Drank some very good beer!


And we spent a few days in St. Wolfgang, Austria, and stayed at the White Horse Inn.



While in Austria, we hiked a strenuous 400 meters, all uphill (the internet site called it an easy walk through an alpen pasture--only if you're Austrian), to the Dachstein Ice Cave.


We also visited Hallstatt, a town often used in travel posters for Austria, and for good reason. It's built on the side of a mountain, on the edge of a lake. What could be more picturesque?


Because there is not much room in Hallstatt's cemetery, after 10 to 20 years, the bones of the dead are removed from the graves, cleaned, painted and placed in an ossuary, or bone house.

It was a good holiday for all of us. Where shall we go next year when they, hopefully, return?