Walking in the air

From Salzburg we had booked a week end in an Alpine hut to just get a weekend of relaxation before my courses started. The reason the hut caught our eye on Airbnb was that it had a sauna. As Finns we got sooo excited.

Our hut was part of a small farm yard, that the hosts owned. They had some animals like a few chickens, some goats, a dog, few cats and in the summer they grow some fish in little ponds on their yard. We got to meet most of the animals when we arrived. We got to accompany the hosts while they fed the goats and especially their two new baby goats who were just two weeks old. We got to meet the chickens briefly and the hosts gave us a couple of eggs to make for breakfast. Mostly we got to spend time with the family dog who roamed around the yard freely and popped up at our hut a few times a day and joined us on our little walks around the premises of the farm.

The hut didn’t have any electricity or running water, so it was very old timey. We had a gas stove to cook our food, but in the evening we operated in candle light. Electricity was available at the main farm house and we did visit our hosts for coffee and tee while we put all our electronics in chargers. They were nice people and very interested in Finland and how our time in Graz has been and what other trips we have in our mind.

The weekend was very peaceful, and we got to focus on just being there, and doing simple things like heating up the sauna and the hut with fire and looking at the star light sky in pitch blackness at night. It was still rather snowy, so we didn’t make longer walks so most of the images are from the farm yard or our hut. So, check out the pics and have nice day.

Our hut viewed from up hill

Sauna was sweet

Little ones were full of energy

Inside is our "natural" refrigirator

Warming the hut up took a good while

Candle light dinner

Sauna also in candle light

Funny how quickly the clouds come over the mountains to cover the sky

Someone suddenly showed up every time we were cooking

Sunny valley

Even with sun in the clouds it was very bright and hard to keep eyes open long for a picture

She had logs everywhere in case she needed to chew on something

Hosts farm house and yard

Houses on the other side of the valley