I like to be grounded by nature, go hiking…go to an isolated island that’s not glamorous and touristy at all. ~ Cote de Pablo
The Greek island of Sifnos has beautiful beaches, great food & friendly people — but the primary reason we chose to holiday there was because of the island’s excellent walking trails. The Sifnos Trails site tells you everything you need to know for walking Sifnos and its 19 trails. The trails connect the island’s villages, with the main town of Apollonia as the center for most of the trails.
In my last post, I waxed poetic about how Obertraun Austria is a mecca for hiking, which is why our intent was to hike every day that we were there. Unfortunately I was reminded once again that my 37 year old body is more like a 67 year old body…it can’t just keep going without rest. The RA kicked in by day 5 and my legs were shot. I had taken a muscle relaxer the previous night so I was also very dopey when we woke up to a dreary rainy day. So we opted for a shorter route close by, the Koppenwinkl loop trail which took about 3 hours.
The Koppenwinkl trail followed the Traun river & began & ended in Obertraun. The advantage of rainy weather is that we got beautiful soft images such as these…
