Blogs from Styria, Austria, Europe

Bonjour à tous, Hier je vous expliquais que j'avais pris une bonne saucée le matin et que j'avais échappée à celle de l'après midi. Le soir je me rends au deuxième adresse de restaurant que m'avait fournie la réceptionniste (la belle). le temps n'était pas vraiment menaçant, mais je prends quand même le parapluie. J'avais fait 300m, quelques gouttes, en 3 minutes les vannes se sont ouvertes, plus question de parapluie, ni rien, un déluge, vous verrez sur les photos, les gens mangés en terrasse, eux avec un parapluie. Même a l'abri sous une porte cochère, les parasols de restaurants ne suffisant plus, en 10 minutes trempé jusqu'aux genoux. Pire qu'il y a il 3 semaines à Sibiu en Roumanie. Lorsque ça c'est un peu calmé je suis arrivé à ce restaurant, bien sur complet, plus ... read more

I have a cunning plan this morning. I only have to check out at noon; my train to Graz isn’t until 15.45 and I want to make the most of the time in Ljubljana. I did have a bath very late last night so I am definitely clean, but I get up and go down to breakfast (whispering) ….without showering!! So my plan is to head out in shorts and trainers (and top, obviously!) and do a more energetic walk than yesterday’s guided walk, returning to the hotel around 11ish to shower, pack and check out. I feel as though I have benefited so much from travelling here by train. I arrived at 3pm on Sunday which meant that I still had the afternoon and the evening to explore. Yesterday, I had the entire day in ... read more

The next morning the fire was still burning in Hallstat, Madame Sydler said that there was another salt mine at Altaussee, I could take the train and then a bus to get there. I have been listening to a book about salt, in preparation to go to a salt mine, so I decided I did not want to miss the opportunity if I could help it. At the TI they told me that there is not a direct bus, I would have to take a taxi, they have a 'cheap' taxi service in Bad Ausee, 9.50 euro each way. I pondered what to do, I really wanted to go to a salt mine. The next train was a few mins or a couple of hours, I decided to take my time and walk around Bad Goisern, ... read more

Woke to yet another lovely day. We are being very lucky especially given the frequent / daily thunderstorms which the weather forecast keeps showing. In fact not a drop of rain at all today and by mid afternoon really rather unbearably hot at 28 degrees+. Not a long drive at all and we took the scenic route for well over half way, a road which followed the motorway and often the railway and as a result went through several quite industrial towns. Bob had decided we need to use the motorway for the approach to Graz as the alternaitve road was an up and down, windy route. The motorway went through a couple of tunnels, really long ones 8 km and then a 10km. We had already prepaid a toll which allows us by number plate ... read more

Bit of a grey start to the day. We have become accustomed to waking to blue sky and I do prefer it. Makes much nicer photos for one thing. Not far to drive today, just East, half way to Graz. Bob only used the motorway for the first 10 miles to get us out of and away from Salzburg then he turned off on our cross country route. I prefer to follow the way we are going on a road atlas. Have several times been able to refuse the Tomtom’s request to take a little ratrun which would not be suitable for the Tandy. Checked the only map we had for Austria and it is a very small scale Europe map and not much use at all. Bob stopped at two Shell garages but though they ... read more