Blogs from Austria, Europe - page 245

Just added this blog so we could get Austria added to our map.... read more

we were just in salzburg, austria. Right in the mountains. The first day we were there it was really cold and rainy so we split up for the day to walk around. I checked out the castle along with all its museums inside which include a marrionette (spell? -puppet-) musuem.... realizing that puppets are the funniest things ever. i was watching an opera acted out by puppets they played by the door for probably an inappropriate amount of time.... all that emotion and big voices all coming from little moving pieces of twigs- come on...no one else thinks that hilarious?...anyways i stayed out all day in the rain thinking if mel and andrea can handle the cold so can i. i go back to the hostel that night to discover they have been in bed all ... read more

ViennaJulie J Vanover When I got to my hostel they had overbooked and so I got a private room with a double bed all to myself for the same price as a dorm! Wow! I was in heaven, but they were booked out the next night so I would only have one day to explore Vienna. So I hit the ground running and was very shocked with how much ground I covered and how beautiful Vienna was. When I went through my pictures I was so suprised at how many there were and how beautiful they all were. I arrived in Vienna and my first thought was it´s cold. I had grown more accustomed to tempuratures in the 90´s and it was in the 50´s. I guess that there was a cold streak that came through ... read more

On my return trip back to Kramsach in my favorite area of Europe...Tirol...my beautiful wife Erin was able to join me. We had a three day weekend, and the way my current work schedule allowed me to leave early in the day (kind of a recurring theme). Since we already shipped the RAV-4 back to the states, we decided to rent a car (even though my 1995 4-cyclinder leather-interior Honda Accord is really tough, it lacks speed) in order to expedite our 5.5 hour journey down to Austria. Unfortunately, even having a European-spec car (granted, it was French) didn't help lessen the impact that 7 hours of driving does on one's butt. We failed to realize that May 28 was a European holiday, hurdling an unprecedented mass of metal in the direction of the Alps. ... read more

First of all...where was the time going? I realized what a strange sensation it was to have every day so full and seem to drag on forever, but to have the time passing at a rate much too quick for my liking. I woke up this morning and ate some more bread and jam. Mmm. We ate quickly, and when we were finished, we went to our respective rooms and packed up. I took the easy way down - the lift! There was no way I had the energy to drag my suitcase down the stairs, though I have to say, I don't know how it got so much heavier...I hadn't bought THAT much. Strange. Anyway, I dropped off my bag and boarded the coach. I sat with Sara today, which was great. We talked shop ... read more