On Saturday, we drove down to the small Alpine village of Tannheim, Austria, for an Almabtrieb. During the summer the alpine cow herds feed up in the mountains, and the farmers have to herd them back down in the fall for the impending cold weather. Many areas make a celebration of the autumn 'cow train', complete with festival music, food, and beer (of course). Ryan ran into two boys from school, and we ended up spending the afternoon with the other parents, drinking beer to the sound of cow bells, while the kids played at the nearby playground. It was great!
Meredith was being camera shy today, but Ryan was happy to pose for me!
The kids loves being in the mountains, and were disappointed when it was time to go. We had to reassure them that we could easily visit again, since we now live so close to the mountains. Hopefully we can make another trip to the Alps in a few weeks to see the fall colors and do some hiking. We are also hopeful that we will get to do some skiing this winter. Dan and I have only been skiing once since having kids, mostly because we live so far from the mountains in the US. We have heard good things about the ski schools for kids, and are hopeful that we might even have some blissful adult-time swooshing down the Alps!
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