I love the days we spend a few hours on the train. This morning it was a train ride from Vienna to Villach, Austria and on to Lake Bled, Slovenia. It was through the Austrian Alps and into the Julian Alps, past castles and churches of all kinds. I couldn't get photos to share so I'll put one in of Doug and his nephew Marty ignoring the scenery. The poor guys had to get up too early in order to get to the train station in time to have one last round of Viennese pastries before we left that city behind.
The last 15 minutes of the train ride was on a little tourist train and we got off at a "station" that wasn't a station, just a stop at a little restaurant. It was raining so we asked about a taxi. There were none. We only had a kilometer to walk, which was good since it was raining enough to get pretty wet. We got our rain gear out and set off down the little mountain road through the village of Zasip. It's a beautiful village. People are friendly and helpful even though our English and German is of little help.
So here is the view from our balcony. You can see why I'm not complaining about the rain.
And another interesting thing . . . the woman who owns this place took our passports, then came back smiling. "Who is here from Iowa?" she asked. "My daughter was an exchange student in Iowa." So when Tina gets home from work tonight, she will come talk to me about Iowa!
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