Memorial Weekend 2015

Our weekend started out perfect.  We made our way down to Austria for the four day weekend.  I planned for a low stress weekend without an agenda, but having ideas of things to do.  We were staying at a campground with lots of fun stuff for Kate to be entertained if we wanted to stay in.

Our first stop was Highline 179 and the Ehrenberg castle ruins in Reutte, Austria.  Highline 179 is the longest pedestrian bridge in the world.  It coast about 8 euros for a two-way ticket.  Terrifying experience, but definitely needed to be done.  The ruins were pretty great too.  There are actually 4 ruins in the area- one on each side of the bridge, one below the bridge, and another about 500m away on another hilltop.

The bridge crosses over a large roadway.  From the road, you can barely see it, especially if it is foggy.  

Kate, of course, demonstrates no fear and was running up and down the bridge while Bryan and I are mostly holding on to the railings.  Yup! Even Bryan got the jitters.  

After our little bridge/ruin adventure, we went to Innsbruck, Austria.  This is where the weekend turned out to be not so fun.  Like I mentioned before, we stayed at a little campground area with canoes, trampolines, playgrounds, and hiking trails.  Unfortunately, it rained the ENTIRE time.  Light rain, hard rain, big drop rain, and misty rain.  I looked at the weather beforehand and thought it was supposed to be in the 70's with sun.  We were not at all prepared for rain or the cold. I also forgot the pack n play and the stroller.  It must have been a tiring weekend or we just forgot how to travel after our England adventure.  The campground had a shuttle-bus to Innsbruck which seemed nice; until the bus driver drops you off 3 km away from the campground and you are supposed to walk the rest of the way in the rain without a stroller and 8 months pregnant.  Not too fun.  And then you get splashed by all the cars driving past you.  Innsbruck was beautiful, but we didn't get to see the mountains surround the city because of the rain and fog.  Maybe we will go back someday.  

On our way home, we stopped at Dachau concentration camp.  I remember seeing this memorial when I was in 8th grade with my family.  The history of Germany still amazes me- so much history.