Today sees the end of our Austrian adventure, one in which Christopher Plummer has proved as elusive in Mayrhofen as Julie Andrews was in Salzburg! Still, though we may not have climbed every mountain, we are exceedingly grateful for the many happy memories we can look back on. Here then are some more of our favourite things…
Views from high altitudes that are amazing,
Cattle in meadows contentedly grazing,
Austrian homes that to mountainsides cling,
These were a few of our favourite things.
Rafting a river replete with white water,
Eating more kuchen than one really oughta,
Dining al fresco on sunny evenings,
These were a few of our favourite things.
Walking upstream in a valley that narrows,
Practicing Austrian accented ‘Hallo’s,
Seeing a cow with a neck bell that rings,
These were a few of our favourite things.
Visits to places where welcomes were real,
Glasses of schnapps at the end of a meal,
Birds overhead with their fine feathered wings,
These were a few of our favourite things.
Searching for clues with a GPS thingy
Climbing a tree on a rope ladder swingy
Die Tasse Kaffee die Kellnerin brings,
These were a few of our favourite things
Austrian Spätzle – it’s like macaroni,
Drinking red wine on our top floor bal-co-ny!
Sounds that a yodeller makes when he sings,
These were a few of our favourite things.
When it’s time to, say farewell to,
Tyrolean skies,
We’ll simply remember our favourite things,
And then say our last goodbyes.
Related autobiographical blogs, some more tongue in cheek than others:
To read ‘Salzburg: some favourite things’, click here
To read ‘A week in the Tyrol’, click here
To read ‘Mozart, McDonalds and Music’, click here
To read ‘Holiday Dining’, click here
To read ‘Sharing the important things – on introducing your grandchild to cricket’, click here
To read ‘The green green leaves of home’, click here
To read ‘Two of a Kind’, click here
To read ‘Two photos both alike in dignity’, click here
To read ‘We went to the animal fair, the diary of novice grandparents’, click here
To read ‘A cricket tea kind of day’, click here
To read ‘Poor Imitations’, click here
To read ‘Three times a patient’, click here
To read ‘The Life I Lead’, click here
And finally, two more songs inspired by the ‘Sound of Music’ – this time on a medical theme:
To read ‘My least favourite things’, click here
To read ‘My most favourite things’, click here
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