May 30, 2008 Villach, Austria Today we drove the 3 hour or so through Slovenia to Villach, Austria. This is a very nice drive through some beautiful country side and across some passes in the Slovenian / Austrian Alps into Austria. Lots of skiing here. The freeways are great ( Tolls ) and it is a very easy drive. The drive into Austria reminded us of travelling into the mountains from Calgary and to Canmore and Banff. Still lots of snow on the tops of some very high peaks. We were amazed again with the amount of tunneling used to straighten [View Full Entry]

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Hello everyone! Here is an update on my activities since I last wrote! We have now been in Austria for 2 weeks. Since I last wrote, we began our semester at school and now we are already on Easter Break!! This is a break down of my week: Last saturday we went skiing in the alps (Axamer Litzum) for the first time. It was incredible!! In a moment of infinite wisdom, Jenna and I decided to climb up to the top of a ridge, following an american friend's encouraging words: "don't worry about it! its only a little bit steep." A [View Full Entry]

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In Poggersdorf (near Klagnefurt) - tomorrow night (saturday), I will be attending a birthday party for who knows who... a friend of a couch surfer. I will hopefully surf nearby for 1 or 2 nights. Following - I will head to the autobahn on-ramp, and stick out my thumb --- to Vienna! Monday and Tuesday seem to be decent days; no rain or snow... let's see what happens! (Bologna and Venice/Padova/Chioggia blog is delayed ... sorrry!) My backpack is too large. I have a jacket and a sweater that I will probably never use again. I think I'll ditch them on [View Full Entry]

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fuck... my glasses broke. good thing I brought my contacts -- bah! [View Full Entry]

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So... a few things changed. No big deal- I've started couch surfing in Klagenfurt because things with my 'friend' here didn't work out so well. Bah! Sorry I haven't posted much about Bologna, Chioggia and Venice - I've been wrapped up with a tight budget, and finding new and spontaneous places to stay!!! And - the keyboards are weird here, the Z and Y have moved :) [View Full Entry]

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To summarise, rocked up at the HI hostel in klagenfurt after trekking through the town centre where teenage kids were throwing fireworks at anyone and everyone. The hostel as expected was devoid of travellers and i was informed by the receptionist that this town had the highest suicide rate in autria. I can kind of believe it after walking around the town to discover its excpetional blandness. Not the best start but it was the cheapest flight, good old ryanair. [View Full Entry]

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For starters, I still wasn't sure we were supposed to get off the train for the layover. It fel weird for some reason. It was freezing again, but whatelse is new? Pulling into the station, the town looked absolutely adorable. It's what I pictured a little Austrian town to look like. The station was completely dead except for a few weary stralers like ourselves. We headed outside and all I wanted was a nice cup of tea. We walked all up around through this quiet little town tha reminded me of home. It was all decorated for christmas and streets were [View Full Entry]

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På vår rundreise gjennom spennende östeuropeiske byer er vi nå i vakre Villach i Kärnten, sör i Österrike. Dette er en liten by med rundt 60.000 innbyggere og minst like mange ulike typer ölbrikker for det lokale brygget, Villacher Bier. Men vent, tenker du nå, hvorfor Villach? Jo, hör her. Etter noen timer, en lunsj og et deilig parkbesök i Wien satte vi oss på toget og rettet snuten mot Kärnten. Vi tok förste og beste kupé vi så, og havnet derfor i kupé med en dame med revmatisme, mannestemme, ingen hake og antydninger til tourettes. Alt på en gang. Hun [View Full Entry]

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March 16-18, 2007 - My buddy assigned to me by the school here in Wiener Neustadt, Matthias, is the best buddy that anyone could possibly ask for. This weekend, he invited a few of us (the other Adam from Drake and two canadian girls, Monica and Jacqueline) to go to his father's cabin in Corinthia in the Austrian Alps. After a 3 1/2 hour drive from Wiener Neustadt we arrived at the cabin and quickly went to sleep. We woke up Friday morning at 8am and drove an hour to the Nassfeld ski resort. We were doubting how much snow there [View Full Entry]

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My name is Tamara Berger. I'm 17 years old. I'm from Carinthia in Austria. I live in a detached house in Baldramsdorf, this is near of Spittal/Drau. It's a village with 2000 inhabitants. I like to live there, because it is very quiet and the people are friendly. In Baldramsdorf we have a church, a townhall, a little shop called Schlecker, a Kindergarten, a music school, where you can learn an instrument, a cemetery and lots of local inns there. There's always something going on there.There are not so many cars. My hobbies are swimming, cycling, reading, listening music and meeting [View Full Entry]

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