Nathan and I standing in front of the chalet. It is over 100 years old! They do not build them like this in the States!
We had to get back to Amsterdam to drop off the rental car and get some sleep before our flight the next morning, so it was a pretty rushed road trip. But we did manage to make a couple pit stops to stretch our legs.
One stop was at the Gollinger Wasserfalle (waterfall). It was a short, easy hike and absolutely breathtaking! The mist coming off the waterfall was really cold and made it hard to take pictures because there was so much mist on the lens! But Nathan manages to get a few really nice pictures of this natural beauty!
Here is my handsome hubby taking his pictures.
He needs to be in them too...smile Honey!
We also made a pit stop in a cute little Austrian village called Ramsau. It had this pretty church to take a picture of and we got one more dose (or should I say "fix") of Austria's apple strudel! Yum!!! It is a good thing we are leaving strudel country, I heard addictions are bad for you!
Well, it's the same lamp on the left in this picture. Everything in the room is super small, super compact to save space and then there is this huge, very comfortable, king size bed that takes up half the room! You can also change the lighting from white (regular) lights to colored lights, like purple, blue, etc. It was interesting. The window behind Nathan had a view of the Amsterdam airport.
In the morning we checked out and walked to the airport, it was that close. Then we departed Amsterdam airport at 10:10AM and arrived at the Portland airport at 11:50AM! We time traveled again, but this time it was in our favor. It is so weird to do that.
Once we arrived in Amsterdam and returned our rental car we checked into our hotel. It is called "Citizen M" and it is VERY modern. It was a weird, yet cool, experience to stay there. It felt kinda like sleeping in one of those IKEA show rooms, but even trendier!
This is our room, sitting on the bed looking at the door. You see the white door? To the right is the toilet inside that little glass door area, you slide the door closed around you and you feel like you are in a space-age glass toilet tube! Then in front of the toilet is the tiny sink area (that little round white canister thing is the sink.) Across from the sink is the shower. It is a "rain shower" which was pretty cool. Once again, you slide the glass doors closed around you and you feel like you are now in the space-age glass shower tube..."beam me up Scottie, no wait! I'm naked!!!" LOL! The white curtain hanging in front of the shower can be pulled all the way across the room to separate it for privacy if needed. See the lamp on the lower right corner?
Well, it's the same lamp on the left in this picture. Everything in the room is super small, super compact to save space and then there is this huge, very comfortable, king size bed that takes up half the room! You can also change the lighting from white (regular) lights to colored lights, like purple, blue, etc. It was interesting. The window behind Nathan had a view of the Amsterdam airport.
In the morning we checked out and walked to the airport, it was that close. Then we departed Amsterdam airport at 10:10AM and arrived at the Portland airport at 11:50AM! We time traveled again, but this time it was in our favor. It is so weird to do that.
The time change was interesting. Once we got use to it finally we headed home, then it took us a week to get back on track here. I would love talking to the kids on the phone and saying "Good morning" to them as they are saying "good night" to us. Or talking to them on Skype and showing them "tomorrow's sunrise". It was pretty cool.
We LOVED our trip to Europe and our time together! We LOVED all that we were able to see and do and we LOVE the Parkers for being such great friends and all their hospitality! Thank you all so much!
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