Still warm
Jul. 2nd, 2013 06:41 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
dormouse1953I said the weather had improved yesterday, and I realised how much when I got ready for bed last night. My nose and forehead were sore and noticeably pink. And I forgot to bring any sunblock with me.
The weather has been much the same today. As you can see mountains all around, I thought I would try and walk in the direction of one of the gentler looking slopes and see how far I could get. I got far enough to realise I shouldn't be doing that wearing trainers and without a map and on my own. I had contemplated packing walking boots for the trip but never did in the end. (If I had, of course, the weather would be terrible this week.)
After a meal this evening, I was walking back to my hotel through the Mirabellgarten when I heard the sounds of music. I was expecting the Austrian equivalent of a German oom-pah band but it turned out to be an English brass band, the University of Warwick Brass society. The locals seemed to be enjoying it, including a version of the Helston Floral Dance. (Altogether now - fiddle, cello, big bass drum, Bassoon, flute and euphonium.) They were enthusiastic, although not always in tune.
The weather has been much the same today. As you can see mountains all around, I thought I would try and walk in the direction of one of the gentler looking slopes and see how far I could get. I got far enough to realise I shouldn't be doing that wearing trainers and without a map and on my own. I had contemplated packing walking boots for the trip but never did in the end. (If I had, of course, the weather would be terrible this week.)
After a meal this evening, I was walking back to my hotel through the Mirabellgarten when I heard the sounds of music. I was expecting the Austrian equivalent of a German oom-pah band but it turned out to be an English brass band, the University of Warwick Brass society. The locals seemed to be enjoying it, including a version of the Helston Floral Dance. (Altogether now - fiddle, cello, big bass drum, Bassoon, flute and euphonium.) They were enthusiastic, although not always in tune.
