The forecast for today is supposed to be a little more rainy, so the plan is to stick closer to home - the views are still amazing, so no need to head all the way to Kitzbuehl! We are excited to have the big group all together for some long hills :)
You see things like this everywhere. Seems pretty usual, but then when you look more closely other details show up. Notice how the center figures are detailed, but the side angels look like they were drawn by someone who was rushing to finish their assignment!
The more I thought about this, the more it reminded me of the horribly botched "restoration" of Ecce Homo ("behold the man") in Spain, Exhibit A, below. This is why you don't let amateurs near your paintings! I still wonder why the 80-year-old woman was so confident in her abilities? Was she blind and this is what it looked like to her? Or was it just the Dunning-Kruger effect / unconscious incompetence at play?
Pay attention to the little details and stay easily entertained, the Universe has a lot to show you.
Exhibit A: I have made a horrible mistake!
There was quite a bit of small wildlife on the hike, hundreds (thousands?) of these tiny frogs that we passed. At first they were hard to see, but once you notice them, you realize they are everywhere and step a bit more carefully. Don't get me wrong - I'm no Jain, but those poor little guys must have thought the giants were in town. We also saw a couple of small moles and mice. They're really cute when they're outside and not in your basement :)
Die kleine froesch
While on part of the trail, we encountered another family that had a young boy, maybe 13 years old? He had terrible rashes and inflammation on his arms. After talking with them for a bit, we found out that there was a gang of rogue cows up higher on the trail that were very aggressive, and actually chased him so badly he had to jump off the trail and down into the ditch to escape. Only problem was that the ditch was filled with lots of prickly plants and stinging nettle... We had some bandaids and tried to help him wash off some of his arm in the cold mountain water - I'm sure it felt better, but I'll bet he had a bad time for a few days after that from the rashes. Better than being trampled by angry steaks though!
This encounter put a bunch of the group a little on edge, and so when we encountered the bells 15 minutes later, it was a bit scary. Some of us went up to get a closer look, and it turns out the cows really WERE pretty aggressive.
We decided that if any of us would be injured on the trip, it wasn't going to be from those angsty cows, so we turned back down the mountain.
Thought this was pretty - people have lots of firewood stacked, and it always reminds me of the fun/hard time I had chopping wood as a kid.
We continued to make fun of German words, some of them are just asking for it! Look at this, it's "loser rice", some jokes never stop being funny.
Bitch spray! I'm sure depending on the context, you could use it both defensively AND offensively. D: "Gawd Karen, don't make me get out the bitch spray!" O: << for when you're feeling a little sassy >> (you could spray a little on like perfume to embrace it).
Other than the sour ending with the cows, it was a great day and we're looking forward to more tomorrow!
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