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Sunday, June 6, 2010

Off to the Alps via Dorfgastein. The trilogy, part 2

The morning in Dorfgastein offered no relief from Salzburg ...
and the Alps were nowhere in sight.
But the weather forecast was for clearing skies. The gondola ride was on. 
Some hid skepticism in distractions...
Others in goofing around...
And others taking a wait-and-see attitude.



















As the ride up approached, Janie and Toni, extreme fear mongers, sucked in their terror of dying











But once on top, with nothing to see but a cloud, the old people were, well, glad to find
that a WC was not far away...
while the students were jubilant...

and jumped for joy. At least it wasn't raining. 
Inside the spacious Gasthaus there was merriment.
And then... and then the clouds parted and Dorfgastein appeared far below.
While some worried about the descent, others were goofy.
 
But down we went...
into a sunny, warm day of the greenest and yellowest flowers