Halloween in Bad Mitterndorf

Hoorray, Halloween is the best time of the year! Not the disgusting version with lots of blood, Zombies and horrible things to eat, but the mysterious one with a lot of contemplating, listening to the sounds of silence and to nature that prepares to go to sleep for another Winter. This world and the next come together as close as possible, and if you look carefully you can see to the other side just during this one special night... This is MY Halloween.

This year we spent it in Mitterndorf for the first time, and it was completely different to how we spend it at home usually.  At home there is much more mystery usually, more fog, more shadows in the dark around our home - and the weather in Styria during the day was gorgeous too. (At home it is usually grey and moist at that time of year - but that is the Wiener Becken. The fog gets caught there and never gets out again until Spring. *sigh*)

 But still, even though the sun was shining and it was so warm that you could walk without a jacket, strange creatures came out early in the morning. At first you could think it is a dog and its owner coming back from their walk, but on second glance - no.

But wait until evening! "Darkness falls across the land, the midnight hour close at hand! And creatures crawl in search of blood to terrorize y´all´s neighborhood...." What a happy song thriller was, and so ideal for Halloween night! Well, the creatures in Mitterndorf were not in search of blood, but in search of some happy times and good food. For a change we decided to go out for dinner on our special night.

We found just the place at the Gasthaus zur Einkehr, where we always like to go when we are in Mitterndorf. It is so small, it does not even have its own homepage, but if you want to book a table you find the number in the yellow pages.

And there the good Halloween times started!

We had great food and wonderful cold beer - and the Halloween spirit floated all around us! And after dinner we were in the best of moods, staggered home in Zombie style and continued the festivities.

Of course there was this special problem with the little canine leprechauns who were terribly fond of caramel popcorn but could not dig themselves into the bucket. Sad.

Other Halloween gremlins, appearing out of nowhere, joined in the fun too. The night was young, eerie and dark and in demand of a real party.

Of course there still was this little leprechaun-problem, but after staring, sighing and being really unhappy for a while (and after bumming some popcorn off me) they fell asleep.

So finally it was a great Halloween for all of us. The leprechauns got their popcorn and their sleep, and all the other party creatures enjoyed food, drinks and a really good time.

A late but nevertheless Happy Halloween to all of you out there - I hope you had a great time too!