Kufstein - On The Way To Vienna

Late afternoon I arrived to Kufstein, a small city in western parts of Austria where Maria was waiting for me. Austrians enjoys outdoors and why not, they have a beautiful landscapes and opportunities, for example on summer hiking and climbing, and on a winter downhill skiing and snowboarding. I was warned that I should wear comfortable sporting clothes because we went to climbing outdoors. I have been bouldering (indoor wall climbing without ropes) few times while I was in Ireland but this is my first time climbing outdoors with using the ropes, luckily I felt to be in safe hands as both Maria and Johan were giving instructions. It was a real fun experience, especially with lightly twisted ankle I had as a memory from one of the previous stops.  But of course still I needed to give a try and I managed to climb up one wall out of three we were trying. Unfortunately I don't have pictures while I was climbing but I decided it safe to keep both hands on the wall than play with camera while climbing... 

Main reason to stop to Kufstein was that Maria was working there and from there on we continued to Vienna together next day. So I was staying a night at Marias parents place, really nice house and friendly family. We had a glass of wine at evening and were just chatting for a moment. Definitely funniest moment of evening was the sentence “Somethings just goes in a blood” … It was my comment on certain situation during out conversations creating an inside joke. The house itself have was in scenic area and for example in the morning it was a pleasure to just look out of the window while enjoying a cup of tea.

We stopped by first at Marias working place that was at the edges of city and from there we had our morning exercise. An hour long walk (Now I understand why Austrians are so into hiking :D) to the Kufstein centre and railway station. We had some extra time so we sat down to enjoy cups of coffee in that cosy town. The timing was perfect, while drinking coffee I heard some music but didn’t see anyone playing it and then I found out that the world biggest open-air organ (4 307 pipes) is located in Kufstein, and sound of that can be heard in a center of the city.

After a coffee and a short “concert” me and Maria took the train to Vienna, my first time on this trip while I’m travelling from one place to another with someone… Weird but fun :D