There was no risk of rain on Saturday, the 16th of September; it was sunny and warm. |
| Kanisfluh from our room at 7:35 that morning |
For the second time during our stay here, we took the car and O.K. drove us to nearby Damüls, where the funicular brought us to a height of 1,800 m. From there, a suggested circular hike lead up, down and past seven mountain tops.
The highest of those at 2,065 m was called Hochblanken. It wasn't the easiest of paths, but - at least for me - not quite as hard to get up to as Kanisfluh had been.
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| Hochblanken. The inscription on the cross beam reads "Die Berge erzählen von der Größe Gottes" - the mountains tell of God's greatness. I believe this is part of a psalm. |
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| Tiny private chapel by the way |
After arriving back down at the bottom of Damüls, we drove up the hill to the village church for a look round. A wedding was taking place, and for a while, we were just observing as the wedding party came out of the church, posing for photos and chatting before making their way to the reception next door.
The bride and groom looked incredibly young to us - a sure sign of getting old ourselves :-D
Before driving back to the hotel, O.K. took us on a short detour to Au, the place where we'd been in 2016. I recognised most of it, and it was nice to look at Kanisfluh from the other side.
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| Damüls church - we did not want to photograph the wedding party on the other side. |
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| View of Kanisfluh from Au, the place we'd stayed at in 2016 |
At the hotel, we followed our usual pattern of showering, getting dressed and sitting down for another excellent meal before retreating to our room.
I love your photographs - how very different the terrain is from where I live.
ReplyDeleteAnd very different from where I live, too! It was pretty rough, rocky and high up in places, but by far not the highest or roughest part of the Alps.
DeleteEnjoying your photos, but IRL I'm not a big fan of heights, and am terrified of riding in cable cars... ;-)
ReplyDeleteThe older I get, the more cautious I become - and there are some things that I used to do without a problem but now would only attempt if it were absolutely necessary. Climbing/balancing along VERY narrow paths with steep drops on either side is one of them, but none of our hikes included that.
DeleteI enjoyed looking up at the skies almost as much as the beautiful views! Love those clouds and the bright blue sky!
ReplyDeleteWe do that, too, Ellen - we look at the sky as much as the ground. Of course we are cautious and watch where we're putting our feet, especially on terrain like that, but we never fail to point out to each other when we observe a particular beautiful cloud etc. During the week, when we live separately, we send each other pictures of sunrise, sunset and anything beautiful in between.
DeleteThe sharpness and depth of the landscapes because of the clarity of the air and light really shows up the vastness of the area. Going back to a previous comment the English Lake District is very compact and even the Scottish Highlands don't have the vastness of those pictures.
ReplyDeleteThe weather on that day made for particular good sight. Much of what you see won't even be Austria anymore, but Bavaria; we were not all that far from the border as the crow flies.
DeleteIt was the kind of clear air and beautiful light I wanted to drink.