Day 1:
Let the adventures begin!
Today I learned: old men dont like to wear shirts, cows dont stop for anyone, soft pretzels are my fav.
This morning we woke up at 8:30 (wth is up with these Europeans always wanting to get up early) and we went to the market to shop for food. The people of Austria keep their lives very simple, and because we are in such a small town, they go to the store everyday for the food they are going to eat that day. I love it. So we stashed up on fruit, biscuits (cookies), and of course.. cocoa puffs. Scooooooore. After we are breakfast, we got in the car and drove 2 villages away, and then drove deep into the valley. After miles and miles of narrow winding  road up a mountain, we got out and rode 2 trams all the way to the top of the mountain. These are the Austrian/Swiss Alps which connect together. Even being July, there was snow and through our creeper binoculars, we watched people ski! And I thought utah weather was weird.. We hiked around for a while and then had snacks at the big hotel up there. We had a very healthy meal that consisted of French fries and soft pretzels.  After a couple hours, we came down from the mountain and drove to the next village and went to Barbara's (their daughter) house. Her husband Ernst is some type of architect so their house is so sick. It's way modern so it doesn't quite look like all the other chalets but it's soooo cool. 

Typical chalet, all houses look like they're from a fairytale 😍

We went home, took a nap, ate dinner, and then went on a walk around Mittersill which is the village we are staying in. It is technically classified as a city, but you can literally walk everywhere, and there are cafés on every corner, so it's more like a small town. Because Austria is such an expensive place to live, everyone drives nice cars. It's actually way cool!

Early birthday present nbd (the owner of the car saw me take this and locked his car, lol)

 On our walk, we went through city center (town square), passed outdoor cafés, a pond that you can literally drink out of, and so many people wearing Lederhosen. Like full on, leather pants, clogs, it's quite great actually. (If you think crocs are bad.. Wait till you see their clogs) The best way I could describe Austria is like something out of a fairytale. Everyone is happy, they live in chalets/cottages, and people wear Lederhosen like it's not weird at all! (It's actually quite strange not gonna lie, but I'm probs going to come back to the states decked out in German attire, so be prepared..) it's unlike anywhere I've ever been and that's why everyone wants to visit.
After our walk we came back to our flat and 'went to sleep'. Lol @ me for blogging at 2:11 am.