Whether or not with a floating marriage ceremony cake, the imperial couple Sisi and Franz in a daffodil costume, a lodge sauna or a water strider with a diameter of round 4 metres – the parade contributors at this yr’s sixty fourth Daffodil Pageant demonstrated their creativity with the 20 artworks filled with star daffodils, carnations and marguerites. And neither the untimely flowering of the star daffodils this yr nor the wet weekend may dampen the nice anticipation of the competition Sunday.
Photograph: BARBARA GINDL (APA)
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Photograph: BARBARA GINDL (APA)
The climate was type to Ausseerland yesterday: Simply in time for the beginning of the competition Sunday, the rain clouds of the previous few days disappeared and the solar got here out within the morning. With a nice 18 levels, round 20,000 guests from throughout Austria and neighboring international locations visited Ausseerland yesterday. For some, it was their very first go to to Ausseerland – for instance, for Gerda and Herbert Ranftl from Gmünd, who got here to Grundlsee in one of many 110 coaches. For others, nevertheless, the Daffodil Pageant has been a set date within the calendar for a few years. “And we’ve skilled the competition in all climate circumstances – from vivid sunshine and warmth to the sudden onset of winter, it was all there,” stated Daniela Hertl from Vienna, who attended the sixty fourth Daffodil Pageant together with her daughter.
From 9 a.m. onwards, folks alongside the lakeshore in Grundlsee have been utilizing their cellphones and cameras. No determine was omitted. “It is actually spectacular how a lot power and love the contributors put into creating the daffodil figures,” stated Stefanie Kickinger from Seewalchen am Attersee, for whom the daffodil competition has additionally been a practice for a few years.
