Took a train from Ljubljana to Schwarch in Austria then an hour train into the mountains and Kitzbuhel. The train was delayed an hour arriving into Slovenia and we ended up sitting around Villach for two hour waiting to get hooked up to the next train through. Spent the time talking college baskeball with the UConn grad in my train compartment. Stayed at the Hotel Zur Tenne which was awesome at 95 Euro/night. Nice buffet breakfast with meats, cheeses, breads, and eggs cooked to order or ham and eggs depending on the day. Met a few Brits and a guy from Boston the first night and hung out with them watching World Cup matches. Took the Hannenkammenbahn gondola up one morning and did a three hour (round-trip) hike topping out around 6500 feet along the tops of the mountains. Was very cool to see the higher mountains (up to 12k ft) covered with snow off in the distance. Kitzbuhel feels a lot like what Vail has aspired to be. It's pretty expensive for food and drinking but a fun town nonetheless. The Londoner, an infamous apres-ski bar is pretty dead in the Summer.
Nothing else too eventful in this part. Just a few nice days hiking in the mountains.
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