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| The view from the balcony - nothing short of stunning. |
Three and a half years, dozens of swims in the lake, countless jogs through the Ellmautal, a few hundred litres of beers consumed in the Beisl and numerous walks with Angus in the pram - and later without - along the lakeside.
In short, it's been an amazing time. As the Austrians say "Ein Auge weint, das andere lacht." Basically we're crying with one eye but laughing with the other. Sad to leave, happy for new things.
We definitely didn't become locals in the time we were there. Small villages in Austria are no different than anywhere else and it's not always easy to integrate. But we met some lovely people, whose friendship made us feel extremely welcome. Were we Fuschlers? No, but then our landlord's wife was from a farm four kilometres away, and even she wasn't considered a local.
Interestingly many of the locals who showed total indifference while we lived there knew that we were moving, and asked us about it during our last days there.
Fuschl is one of the most beautiful place in the world, we'll never forget it. Especially not after our epic Abschiedsfeier...
Dankeschön.
2 comments:
You know what is a pity though... the you just missed this epic winter in 2005/06 - I think you've heard about it :-) ;-) We'll miss you guys! S.
Totally gutted I won't be visiting you guys again in such a beautiful place, thanks for the memories though. If you'd never lived there I would never have seen the place at all. Makes me proud to be half Austrian.
See you in Welly!
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