The jerks at the bottom of the mountain long forgotten, we enjoy a wondrous panoramic view of the countryside from the peak of Mt. Geisberg, a view that includes the mighty Festung Hohensalzburg castle, now meek and toy-like when seen from a mile above. Vanessa and Cornelia both remark upon the irony of seeing the castle and the Kapuzinerberg in miniature from above after having declared just days ago from the peaks of those structures how small everything else had looked surrounding them.
The peak itself is a marvel of nature, a sweeping meadow of wild flowers that delights us as much as the view below it.
Later in the afternoon, I teach Cornelia the meaning of negative and fractional exponents, which she absorbs with her usual dexterity.
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