Great Weekend

We had a much needed relaxing weekend, no guests, no dinners, no phone call just the 2 of us. Strangely all this was possible because of our new hiking boots. Since we are going to Norway and planned to do a lot Fjord trekking we figured it would be a good idea to invest in some hiking boots. Gave it a shot on thursday at Sportcheck but we were quickly bamboozled by their offering (trekking boots with memory settings?) and put off by their incompetent salesmen. Priya decided to scout some more on friday and eventually got suckered into buying a pair of boots. Not to be outdone I asked her to hang around so that I could meet her after work and get myself a pair. By the time I came around, they brought out their "Specialist" to deal with us. He even taught me how to tie my laces! Ohh, did I mention that those are by far most expensive pair of shoes I have ever bought (No Rohini, they are not red!). I swear I heard someone screaming SUCKER as we walked out of the store. So if you have hiking boots, you haveta go hiking right? So off we went with Young and Caterina to Breitenstein to test our new soles on saturday morning. 5 hours and several wild raspberries later, we scaled what was the highest mountain I have ever climbed (1600m). Suprisingly coming down was as difficult as going up and harder on the legs. We rewarded ourselves by pigging out the largest portion of cake served this side of the bavarian alps, perhaps the finest too. If you are ever going to Fischbachau or 100km near it, you must go to this place 'cos the cake is outstanding. We made up for all the body wracking climbing on Sunday, all we accomplished was 5 episodes of 24 and Father Bill's sermon. I am addicted to Kiefer Sutherland's voice. Life is good, especially since I am having a relatively easy week at work also. I am already slipping into vacation mode....