Friday

Friday was a cloudless day so we headed straight off to the Dachstein glacier cable car to beat the crowds. However we were pleasantly surprised that there were not many people for the 3 hours we spent up there.

We went to the 5 Finger Lookout which had fab views but stuck out over fresh air. I did go onto it but always looked out, never down. We watched several paragliders taking off - just launching themselves off the side of the mountain.

We went down into the heat of the day and walked to see a waterfall thundering out of a cave. On the way we crossed a glacial river coming down from the mountain and were amazed at the drop in temperature as we neared the bridge, about 1 metre after the bridge it was like entering an oven again.