Day 10: Klagenfurt, Austria (Sunday, August 17th)

Klagenfurt, Austria...wow! I don't think I've ever seen a more beautiful city in my life! I finally understand why this was Logan's favorite area and why he was so sad to be transferred a week before Christmas. The members we had a chance to visit were so wonderful to us! I wish we had had more time to visit everyone rather than just a couple families. 

Ksenia, the 21 year old who showed us around, made us a yummy European breakfast and then took all 5 of us to a tower that overlooks the city. She not only drove us there but she also paid €83 to get all of us in! We tried to stop her but she wanted to treat us so badly. 

Check out these incredible views we had from the tower:

Rather than taking the stairs or elevator down the tower, Ksenia bought us tickets to take this awesome slide down. 

I was so excited for the slide but a little nervous because I get motion sick really easily. The slide was awesome and we flew down way fast, but as expected, I got a little sick. What I didn't expect was to tweak my neck as I whipped around one of the corners. It wasn't too bad, just a little stiff, so I didn't think much of it until an hour or so later when I was trying to stretch it out and I did something it didn't like so a sharp pain shot down my neck and back and now my shoulders and neck are crooked and stuck in a really awkward position. I'm hoping if I keep ice and heat on it and take it easy then it will be better in a few days. Fingers crossed! **You'll notice in pictures for the rest of the day that my head is tilted weird.**

The tower took a bit longer than we thought so we only made it to half of sacrament meeting but Logan had such a good time seeing the people he loved so much. They couldn't believe it has been nearly 5 years since he served there! On the way home from church Logan showed us where he lived for 6 months so that was fun to see!

Following church we all went to lunch at Bishop Kaiser's house. Logan was really close to the Kaisers on his mission and has been so excited to see them again! Sister Kaiser made a delicious lunch and dessert for us and we had such a good time talking to them. They have the cutest family--3 boys and 1 adorable girl. Here we are with them before we left!

It was finally time for the the thing Logan has been talking about and looking forward to for ages...swimming in Lake Wörthersee! The lake you can see from the tower pictures is Lake Wörthersee and Logan has been dying to swim in it ever since he served in Austria and we were able to find a neat spot with a rope swing that dropped right into the water. My neck was in no condition to swim let alone try the rope swing--I was so bummed!

Once we finished at the lake it was time to hit the road again to head up to Vienna, where Tom has been since this morning. Normally I don't mind driving but I was not looking forward to this 3 hour 20 min drive because of my neck. It ended up being pretty crappy so hopefully it sorts itself out soon! 

Our hostel for the next two nights here in Vienna is actually really nice! We have a private room for just the 6 of us and the beds are probably the nicest ones we've had yet.

Weather Today:

It sounds like we lucked out with the weather in Klagenfurt today! Apparently it has been rainy and cloudy all summer so everyone was talking about how fortunate we were to see the sun out. It wasn't hot by any means but it was nice and actually felt warmer than 66 to me. 

Tomorrow: 1st full day in Vienna

Vienna is just about 30 minutes East of Logan's second area, Sankt Polten, where he spent the next 6 months of his mission.  We drove in late tonight and will be out exploring tomorrow!