Rax Alps Endeavors!

Better late than never...
I spent my last weekend in Austria hiking in the Rax Alps. We took about a 5 hour hike up to our hotel, which was more like a lodge located in the middle of nowhere. It was absolutely gorgeous. When we arrived at the hotel late Saturday afternoon we were in the clouds, literally. The fog was so thick that we couldn't see off of the cliff that the lodge was situated at the top of. The weather that day had been less than gorgeous. It was about 45 or 50 degrees and POURING. I of course was dressed completely inappropriately. I did have a rain coat, and also thought to pack my clothes in plastic bags before placing them in my backpack, but the intelligence ended there. I had on mesh gym shoes, jeans and only a t-shirt and light fleece on under my rain coat, brr! The only thing that remained dry was a bit of my jeans just below my knees, hilarious really! We eventually made it to our final destination and I happily changed my clothes, took a nap on a bench that under any other circumastances would have been horribly uncomfortable, and then after waking up had a bowl of delicious soup that warmed my insides after spending the day freezing. Despite the weather I had a great day filled with gorgeous views and great company. Due to weather and unsafe conditions we all took the cable car down the next day and hopped back on our bus to spend our last few days in Vienna.