http://nacken.com Thu, 28 Aug 2008 09:47:55 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en This is what we did 8/13/08 and it will be moved there shortly One of the few rainy days, so a perfect chance to visit the nearby adventure spa in Fügen. Julius was very happy and excited, the water area offers so much for everyone. Not all attractions are on all the ... http://nacken.com/?p=2583 This is the hike we did on Julius’ birthday and this post will be moved to the correct date shortly The included Arosa card gives us free access to cable cars and so we hop on and get up to the 2650m Aroser Weisshorn. From there we have a fairly steep ... http://nacken.com/?p=2581 … when he can have an ice pop with his friend Lucy! (I am planning to get around this week to do all last 3 weeks updates … so many pictures to show and stories to tell. Please bear with me. If you keep scrolling down you might already see ... http://nacken.com/?p=2579 Part of today’s kids’ club schedule was a mystical hike in the evening, looking for fairies, wizards, elves and dwarves … … turning big leaves into dwarf hats: and the best part: torches! Just like papa, he is fascinated by things burning! http://nacken.com/?p=2577 Yeah, thanks to the kids’ club at our hotel, which started today, Ritsu and I went hiking without Julius for probably the first time since the horror hike of Mt. Korobaba in Fiji. And we took on the hike around a fantastic mountain lake in 2000m altitude. We took a cable ... http://nacken.com/?p=2576 Today is Peter’s birthday!!! We went up to the mountains by the cable car just close to our hotel and hiked for a couple of hours. Again, Julius walked very well. Just like last year on Peter’s birthday, it started to rain on the way back… Nevertheless, it was a ... http://nacken.com/?p=2575 … even though Julius can make it quite hard at times … We had a great week in the Ziller valley, mostly great weather, a fantastic farm house all to ourselves and we got to hike and geocache quite some. Just a teaser picture for now, I don’t think I get ... http://nacken.com/?p=2574 Today’s geocache inspired hike turned out to be one of the most fun hike days so far. Found parking thanks to GPS then 1.5 h mildly uphill along a nice creek, Julius only a few times in donkey mode. When we reached the alm I found that the cache is along ... http://nacken.com/?p=2582 Our days have been fun-packed, hectic and thanks to Julius sometimes a bit stressful … but we did two fairly big hikes the past 2 days (while it was sunny) and today we kept things a bit mellow … e.g. using the free paddle boats on Arosa’s Obersee, being chased ... http://nacken.com/?p=2573 Happy Birthday little man! Despite his ongoing ‘no’ phase (”Hey, Julius, it is your birthday!!!” … “No!”), he started to get excited and happy to see his place set up with smarties, the 4 candles on a small Sachertorte (the only thing I could get last minute here) and of course ... http://nacken.com/?p=2572