A Game of Clue in the Alps

Greeting from the Austrian Alps! I just got back from a miniature vacation in the Alps, and let me tell you, the view was amazing! The mountain peaks touch the clouds, it’s very beautiful. We went with Leon’s friend Junis and his mother to a little bad and breakfast for 4 days. I honestly have to say that it was by far the most boring vacation I have ever been on, and will most likely not be going on one similar to this ever again in my lifetime. I think if you want to visit the Alps, you should take a day trip. That’s really more than enough time to climb a mountain, capture some breathtaking pictures, and enjoy a stunning view. The thing is, I probably would have enjoyed the vacation more, had we had our own car, but unfortunately we didn’t. Junis’ mother borrowed a car from the ÖAMTC that Eva wasn’t allowed to drive. The day we arrived, Leon, Eva, Junis, and I went up the street to the area where they had activities for children. Junis and Leon played on the go carts while I jumped on the trampoline followed by a short lounging in the hammock. Eva and I then had a ping pong match, which didn’t turn out that well since the table was on a slope. The ball always bounced in the wrong direction. On the way back to the bed and breakfast, we saw some adorable kittens. They were so cute a fluffy, I could have stuck one in my suit case and taken it with me! The second day, we went mushroom picking up in the mountains. Climbing up the mountain through the woods was not that easy! Junis, Leon and I were a team and Eva, Caro (Junis’ mom), and Henning (a man from Berlin) were a team. When we finally got to the top of the mountain, we ate at a resteraunt with e view so beautiful I can’t even begin to describe! Afterwards, we made our way all the way back down the mountain back to the house on the slope where we stayed. Later on we went down to Radstadt in the valley and shopped a little for clothes for Junis because his mom forgot to pack shirts for him! On the way back up, we stopped at some farmers house and his wife let the two boys ride on their horses. The next day, it rained so much…it was a perfect storm. As I said before, we were not allowed to use the car, and It was so freaking boring their (theres absolutely nothing to do) that Eva and I went on a walk. Eva had a plan of how to get to the little town in the valley. Take three guesses as to what that brilliant plan was. We walked in the pouring rain for twenty minutes (it was so very cold because we were on top of a mountain and soaking wet). After I was about ready to turn around, we arrived at the farmers house. She knocked on the door and invited herself in. She asked if they would be so kind as to give us a snack and some water. You could tell the people weren’t exstatic about the idea, but they did let us in and give us something to munch on. Eva then proceeds with pulling her pants down, taking them off, and hanging them on the chair to dry (this may be normal in Europe, I don’t know). How its Eva, the farmers wife, the grandmother, and I in the dining room together. The whole time im thinking to myself, WHAT THE F**K is she doing! Then she goes on to ask if they would be so kind as to drive us down to the town in the valley. I think the only reason they said yes was to get rid of us! So this was Eva’s brilliant plan of getting us down to Radstadt! Quite a unique plan , isn’t it! When we got there, to our suprise, all the shops were closed. That’s how it is on Sunday in Europe, every store is closed. So that was our cherry on top of the pie! What a wonderful day that was. Thanks goodness that we left the next day!
Today was rather eventful aswell! We spent the night in Gerasdorf( Eva’s house in the Suburbs of Vienna). We woke up, ate breakfast, and Eva and I went over to the Junkyard to dispose of some garbage. On the way back, we stopped at a gravestone store, and asked about prices for Opas gravestone, which is three years overdue. I learned that that white stones are not advised becase they turn yellowish after a while and that all the black stones come from Africa…I bet you didn’t know that! We got back and Eva prepared a salad for lunch. She mixed some vinegar with water and salt in the attempt of making a dressing. She tasted a spoonful of it, and claimed it tasted funny. She looked at the Vinegar bottle, only to find “Putz Essig” written on it. In English this translated into “cleaning vinegar”. Now none of us knew what this was. Apparently Mr. Lazo, one of my Grandmas caregivers from Slovakia had made up a cleaning concoction composed of vinegar and cleaning fluid. We rushed to the Hospital so that Eva could be checked out. I am now sure that the criminal is Mr. Lazo, in the kitchen, with the Poison!!