It was hard to leave the kind hospitality and friendship of Elsa's family in and her lovely home in the beautiful mountain area of Jenins, Switzerland.
Betti came over with some of her handmade table runners and let me choose one to take home.
Heinz came to bid us good-bye
and I called Daniella on the phone. Elsa and Oliver accompanied us as Sonya drove us to the train station.
We had only three minutes for our first train change in Buchs. We ran down and up the steps with Verle carrying both bags. The train was there, and left several minutes late, so we needn't have hurried. The rest of our day was very smooth with beautiful mountain scenery and only one more train change in Saltzburg. Our train cars were nearly empty, which isn't good for the train company, but was very comfortable for us.
St. Johann im Pongau is a ski area in another beautiful setting.
Our hotel has no cooking or refrigerator, so inexpensive food is going to be more difficult here. The room faces west on the third floor, and with no air conditioning, it was very hot when we arrived. They brought us a big fan, which helped a lot. We scheduled a walking tour (free), a biking tour, and a trip to the top of the Alps. Then we went out walking hoping to find some snacks to buy for watching the soccer game on TV in our room. However, most things were closed because of Sunday, and we couldn't find kabobs. Spain won the soccer game over Germany, 1-0.
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