The Luge down the Mountain

hey, i do have a prayer request: this time, i'm more sick. i did get a cold and i feel a little run down. i'm trying to not let it get me down b/c there's so much i have to do and see here. i would appreciate a miraculous recovery, though.

today, we slept in so we could catch up from the whirlwind past few days. then, we went to a nice cafe and had a latte and talked with the guys who worked there. they told me that a "southerly" is coming and that means the weather is going to change, i.e. rain here, colder, and snow on the mountains. well, it's night now and i don't think it came.

we are praying that won't happen, since we want to do the hot air balloon tomorrow morning for sunrise. sunrise here is 7:15am ish. it includes breakfast. it sounds awesome.

mom, we are not bungee jumping! don't worry. our neighbors, which are australian are adventurous and want us to paraglide off the mountain. the man is 53 years old and told me I HAD TO PARAGLIDE! he said it was the biggest buz of his life. he convinced his wife and other travel partners to do it. he keeps begging us to try it. he said there are no records of fatalities or emergency parachutes with this company. it's actually tandem and a guide is up there with you while he flies it.

we'll see, if the weather doesn't permit hot air ballooning, then maybe we'll paraglide. i just have to try at least one adventure thing up in the sky.

today, we did the LUGE down the mountain after taking the gondola up to the top and saw such an awesome view. the luge was so much fun. i sat in this cart thing and could control it by pulling on the handles to steer it or make it go faster or stop. i'm really glad we did it. everyone was having a great time and laughing as they went down the mountain. julie went ahead of me and i never saw her in sight.

we went to the grocery store and got dinner and made it. now we're back in the village just for a bit. we met a german guy tonight at dinner. he went to america and was really glad he went b/c he said most of germany doesn't like americans. he now likes americans. we all agreed that was the beauty of traveling and conquering any preconceived ideas.