European Adventure Part 2 - Lermoos

We had a brief respite from all of the hectic sightseeing and visiting with friends and families in a little village in the northern Alps called Lermoos, with a view of the Zugspitze.  Not only that, but it was a "Kinderhotel" which caters to families and has an extensive children's program and play areas.  Think Disneyland with good food!

Once again, the hotel was very luxurious.  The girls spent much of their time in various childrens' programs while F and I recovered from the rigours of travelling by sipping cups of tea and each receiving a massage, punctuated by  some rather mundane laundry chores on my part.   As a family we now create about two loads of laundry a day and I have noted, sadly, that this does not change while we are travelling despite my efforts to "ration" out the clothes.  The massage was not a soothing candlelit affair, but rather a "pounding" and "cracking" by a burly and outspoken massage therapist. But it kind of did the trick in terms of muscle relaxation ....





Our luxurious room




Really, I found these that way - I call it "Still life with a Schnulli"




Our bathtub was the size of a swimming pool ....

And after this it was onwards to Graz in eastern Austria - we took the long way across the Alps and through northern Italy to avoid the heavy snowstorms in Germany, and we ended up driving 8 hours.  I discovered that breastfeeding in the convenience store attached to a gas station is suboptimal.  But the girls were champs, as long as the "on-board service" provided by yours truly provided a steady flow of water and snacks, and the Dora and Tinkerbell audiobooks kept running ....  Oh, the days when we used to pop in a good CD and enjoy the music and scenery!