August 18th
Last night we had driven to the south Austrian town of Seeboden which sat on a large lake nestled in the Millstatter Alps. In the morning Rachel was up bright and early to have a paddle in the Millstatter See (the lake bordering the mountains which, looking in the guides, is 600m above sea level) and the report was that the water was warm and clear. In Seeboden there are all kinds of herbal remedy, health spa, relaxation activities but we didn't feel the need for them. What we wanted to do was go diving in the lake and after a scout of the tourist information centre, we were lucky enough to find a Tauchcentre, or Scuba Diving centre operating out of a hotel in Seeboden itself. After lunch we went to the Dive centre and spoke to a nice fellow called Thomas and we arranged to dive from the centre the next morning. Result.
For the rest of the afternoon we took Nailz for a walk in the mountains by the town of Lendorf. We were looking for a magic flower - a yellow rhododendron which is a "botanical rarity" and only grows in one spot in the whole of Austria. It's Latin name is Rhododendrum Luteum Sweet and only grows in a few places in eastern Europe and the Black Sea. We did find it (it was fenced and signposted!) but it's flowering season runs from mid-May to the start of June so it wasn't hugely exciting. We did have a good walk through some lovely scenery though, and we did see lots of yellow and purple flowers which we were quite happy to gaze at as we made our way round one of the many hiking route in this area, and we also found loads of examples of interesting fungi.
Click here for our photostream (flickr)
Click here for our route (google maps)
Last night we had driven to the south Austrian town of Seeboden which sat on a large lake nestled in the Millstatter Alps. In the morning Rachel was up bright and early to have a paddle in the Millstatter See (the lake bordering the mountains which, looking in the guides, is 600m above sea level) and the report was that the water was warm and clear. In Seeboden there are all kinds of herbal remedy, health spa, relaxation activities but we didn't feel the need for them. What we wanted to do was go diving in the lake and after a scout of the tourist information centre, we were lucky enough to find a Tauchcentre, or Scuba Diving centre operating out of a hotel in Seeboden itself. After lunch we went to the Dive centre and spoke to a nice fellow called Thomas and we arranged to dive from the centre the next morning. Result.
For the rest of the afternoon we took Nailz for a walk in the mountains by the town of Lendorf. We were looking for a magic flower - a yellow rhododendron which is a "botanical rarity" and only grows in one spot in the whole of Austria. It's Latin name is Rhododendrum Luteum Sweet and only grows in a few places in eastern Europe and the Black Sea. We did find it (it was fenced and signposted!) but it's flowering season runs from mid-May to the start of June so it wasn't hugely exciting. We did have a good walk through some lovely scenery though, and we did see lots of yellow and purple flowers which we were quite happy to gaze at as we made our way round one of the many hiking route in this area, and we also found loads of examples of interesting fungi.
Click here for our photostream (flickr)
Click here for our route (google maps)
No comments:
Post a Comment