The Corner Church

Although we had a nice safe parking spot off the street we had some trouble getting out of icy space. Uh-oh. I was thinking that this does not bode well for driving our rear wheel drive through the Alps today. Mr. Haertle brought out a piece of carpet and put it under our wheels. From experience I knew that this never worked. Not for me back home anyway. Somehow the snow tires got just enough grip to back us out onto the street and we were soon on our way down the road to our first stop.

South of the Border

February 17th 2012
You would think that after going 36 hours without sleep, except for a half hour snooze during Shakespeare on the plane, that I would've had a long night's rest once I climbed into bed. Yet I was up most of the night coughing my brains out. I assume I was allergic to the feather bed or some alien German mould in our room. I kept my poor mother awake as well. But when breakfast ... read more

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Once the center of power for the large Austro-Hungarian Empire, Austria was reduced to a small republic after its defeat in World War I. Following annexation by Nazi Germany in 1938 and subsequent occupation by the victorious Allies in 1945, Austria'... ... read more

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