Adrenalin in Austria

Saturday was an another amazing busy day filled with adventure. We travelled back to Austria to go white water rafting in the morning. It was all of our first time going white water rafting and we had an absolute blast. There were 9 girls in our boat with a guide. The ride went for about an hour and involved many rapids and fun games trying to splash other rafts and also trying to balance on the edges of our rafts. We all ended up falling in at least once and the cool icy water was a nice refreshing wake up as we had spent the morning travelling on the bus and recovering from our time in Munich.

All geared up and ready to go white water rafting

After an exhausting but exciting time on the raft, we boarded the bus and headed to our hotel in Niedenrau which is a small village in the Austrian Tyrol. The village was so cute, it looked like somewhere from a fairy tale and our hotel was nestled right in the middle of the valley and had incredible views of the mountains. A 10 minute walk from our hotel was the area where we would go paragliding!

Hotel

View from hotel

After a quick check in to the hotel, we went off to go paragliding. Once again, no one had ever been paragliding before so it was an exciting and for some a terrifying experience. I was one of the last to go and I saw everyone come down and land with the biggest smiles on their faces, it was so good to see how much everyone enjoyed the ride. 

I finally got my turn and it was absolutely incredible. The views were amazing and the ride itself was exhilarating at the end when my guide asked me if I would be okay if we did some spins and turns and of course I said go for it and it was so much fun turning upside down whilst coming straight for the ground. After landing I looked through the photos that were taken in the air and purchased a copy on a memory card which I will post once I am home.

Dinner at the Tyrol was a nice pumpkin  soup followed by beef stroganoff and veggies and finally chocolate mousse. After dinner we played trivia along with the other Contiki group that was staying there. Our group won the first round which won us a shot each which might explain why we miserably failed in the second round. After trivia, most of us headed down the road to the local pub for some pizza and drinks to celebrate a fantastic day and farewell Austria once again.