Europe 2010 - Day 10 - Hike to Mountain Hut

Steep hike today, but less snow...

Plateau below the mountaintops. Spot the hot air balloon...

Chiemsee from altitude...

Iz is all about her biscuit...

...until she got a load of the awesome potato pancakes at the hut. Also notice the cat...Shan was like a cat magnet in Germany...

Awww...

The hut, which is a hostel, restaurant, and generally great hangout...

Back at the dairy farm, the cows are curious...

...because this calf was just born...

But this cat has the situation under control...

Unlike its lazier compatriots...

Cat magnet!

Europe 2010 - Day 9 - Snow Hike Near Chiemsee

We stayed at a dairy farm outside Chieming in Southern Germany. The view from the front porch...

Guess whose bed is whose...

Snow hike! A dugout water fountain...

Dave teaching Isabel mischief...

Scenes from the hike...

Friends Björn, Jenny, and Isabel...

Sunset on the Chiemsee...

Signs from the road

Some of our favorites...

[Levin, New Zealand]

[island off Dubrovnik, Croatia]

[near Omaio, New Zealand]

[Texas, U.S.]

[Tennessee, U.S.]

[Paris, France]

[Erbendorf, Germany]

[Bavarian Forest Park, Germany]

[somewhere in Bavaria]

[Nordlingen, Germany]

[Tarragona, Spain]

[Great Torrington, England]

[near St. David's, Wales]

[Levin, New Zealand]

[Singapore]

[Auckland, New Zealand]

[New Mexico, U.S.]

[Picton, New Zealand]

[San Francisco, CA]

[Taiwan]

[Oamaru, New Zealand]

[Hong Kong]

The best sign we weren't allowed to photograph: "Tea-Bagging" (Celestial Seasonings production line, Boulder, CO).

Go to Murray Grainger's Signs of the times for more great signs...