Day 2 in Hopgarten Austria - we awake to rain this morning it's 6.45 am & Jeni knocks at the door ( remember the Fogartys are in the house next door) to see if we are going to Salzberg today with the weather, we decide yes we should continue with our plans for the day. We meet at 8.20 am & we all walk to the train station. We have to go from Hopfgarten to Worgl then get on another train from Worgl to Salzberg, all up the trips should take just on 2 hours...

Chapter two - we arrive on time at Nuremberg Germany at the train station we are all starving hungry after travelling nearly 4 hours on the bus, we quickly gather our luggage ( all the boys have been so good pulling their own) we race inside the terminal I'm at the front this time & head straight for the information desk with tickets in hand ( as its a bit hard to read German) gate 9 he says , we look hilarious & people are staring at as everywhere as we ...

Trish son Nici arrives home from school at 2.30 & we all decide to go to their small ton I fun water park / mini golf / little theme park. The 5 boys loved it especially the ice berg which is big lake & the back drop is the maintains, once again amazing , all the boys have worn themselves out after a few hours so we head back home where trish has made potato salad( a little like how our family makes it ) & we have BBQ sausages with it, really nice th...

Good morning Hopfgarten Austria ..... What a view........just like the sound of music, the hills are alive , tea & toast on the patio overlooking this stunning view life is hard indeed . After breakup we head onto the main town especially the church where the bells ring every 15 mins... It's unreal....... Its quiet here at the moment as its summer so peaceful....

Chapter two - we arrive in Germany ahead of schedule only 5 mins race to the information desk I'm At the front gate 9'he says we all look comical al of us racing through the hoards of people going up escalators , we finally make it to platform 9 , yes we have achieved , we are all starving hungry , the train pulls in it's a hi speed train , it should take us 2 & 1/2 hours our destination is Worgl Austria the lash says its the 2 nd stop, once our tickets are...