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14.08.2013 08:46

Summerholiday

As usual I used part of my summerholiday to visit my family and friends in Austria and Germany. First stop this year was Gabi's place, where I got to know her new, very sweet dog. After shopping a lot on Friday we went to dogschool on Saturday. This time it was bathing/swimmingtime and I really enjoyed watching the dogs and owners trying this new task. I think it was very good for all of us to cool down a bit as it had been rather hot. Of course we visited Gabi's horse and had a short talk with Ulli, the stable owner, who was really interested in breedinglines and young, promising stallions in Iceland. Sunday afternoon there was a thunderstorm with hail and some of the "corns" the size of tennisballs. Soooo much damage done! Cars, roofs, windows, windowshutters, walls, solar collectors, just name it!

Monday evening I continued my journey to Austria, where it still was very hot. After meeting Gerti, her husband and Sophie (one of the twins) on Rathausplatz and spending a wonderful evening, I went to our summerhouse with my parents. It was partly too hot to do anything, temperatures around 35°C, which is very much for that area of Austria. Nevertheless we managed to do something, even cut the five-leaved ivy, which was already overgrowing the bedroom window.

Then it was my nephew's and niece's birthdayparty, both of them really enjoying being in the middle of all the attention. They got a lot of presents and of course we were invited to play with them.

The next days just passed so quickly, Austria reaching its alltime heatrecord with 40,5°C. Of course I visited my grandma and cut down her rubber fig together with my parents. Now it can grow again, crazy tree! It was very nice to meet my aunt after quite some years of not seeing her and I think we all enjoyed it a lot.

Well, I used the opportunity to try my new camera at the zoo and went for a very very nice visit there with my brother and his family. It had cooled down a bit then and the animals started to move again.

I got a typical Austrian meal every day at lunchtime and I think, my dad enjoyed a lot, that my mum cooked all our favourites like: Grammelknödel (filled dumplings), lentils with bacon and dumplings, meatballs with mashed potatoes and a lot more.

As usual time just passed far too fast...