On to Salzburg

Wednesday, we finished up the clinic in Regensburg by heading out and watching the team play an inner-squad scrimmage.  They looked pretty good.  It is clear that Germany produces some bigger dudes than France and can better compete.  Patty cooked for us tonight, and we had some amazing chili dogs!  She is awesome (even did our laundry)!!  She has already offered to drive us to Salzburg, Austria (~3 hr drive Thursday morning).  We finished off the night by continuing to walk around the old town area and plan for Salzburg.  Our stint in Regensburg wrapped up the clinics.  We are now heading to Salzburg, Austria until Sunday and then will be back in Zurich to fly back home on Tuesday.

Patty was right on time in the morning, and we hit the road for Salzburg.  The ride was pretty good.  I was up the majority of the time looking out the window but found myself eager to dose off.  Dan, remembering Patty saying that she doesn't drink alcohol anymore, asked her how she was able to conquer that addiction and resist the temptations.  She went on to say that she didn't think we wanted to know.  It wasn't but maybe 15-20 minutes later that she randomly begins telling her story.  I won't go into details, but it was clear her life had been rescued!  I think one of the best parts of this trip has been the loving people we have met such as Boris and Patty.  We arrived in Salzburg and checked into our hotel.  It's like a bed and breakfast type place, and the four of us were able to fit in one room saving us a bunch of money.  The view off our balcony is phenomenal!  I sat out on it for a while today and just listened to music.  Rather than getting a much needed nap, I decided to just take a walk down the rural road outside the hotel.  It was mostly cloudy today, and you could only see Mt. Untersberg from our porch.  As I was walking, patches of sun appeared and in the distance was the beautiful and still snow capped white Alps.  Hopefully, we will get a really sunny day later in the weekend to catch an even better view.  Whenever I am outside here my eyes are glued to this monstrous mountain in our backyard.  Initially, I just felt this joy thinking, "Hey!  Look what our God did." (similar feeling when in Pisgah).  Now, I look up the sharp cliff with such a cringing desire to hike my way up it.  I believe it's the "Cowboy" in me at play.  I'm hoping we'll make the ascent sometime Saturday.  Tomorrow, we're going to sleep in and hopefully just have some time to relax like when we were in Zurich.