Spring in Austria, Mountains and Flowers

Garyo, our favorite contributor of travelog with beautiful pictures,

sent us her spring greetings from Austria with wonderful pictures again

(Enjoy pictures with your full screen version) :

Over the weekend, I was hiking in the Lower Alps of Austria,

one hour south of Vienna. The Mountains were still covered

with deep snow. By walking over the snowy path, sometimes

I broke through the snow up to my hips. On the northern side,

there was still winter, the southern slopes, however, were free

of snow. Little spring flowers were pushing out of the soil.

Rax Mountain (appr. 6 600 feet) with view to the Schneeberg (Snow-mountain)

Höllental (Hell-valley ) surrounded by almost vertical rock walls

Mountain path to the Seetaler Hütte ( mountain cabin)

Spring sun breaking through the clouds

Seetaler Hütte (Mountain cabin), where we had lunch

Spring is already present in the valleys

and in the gardens of Vienna. A short

walk through the Botanical Garden near

my apartment was full of spring wonders.

Snowdrops

Daisies

Blooming tree (as children, we called it Dirndlbaum)

Meadow covered with Scilla ( in German, Blausternchen – blue stars)

Spring snowflakes ( in German, Märzenbecher – March-cups )

First tulips

Violets

First daffodils

First blooming Azalea in the Botanical garden

Abundance of crocuses

3 ducks enjoying the sun in the Belvedere Garden