http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Austria/Upper-Austria/Linz/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from Europe , Austria , Upper Austria , Linz en-us Wed, 30 Dec 2009 08:26:28 +0000 Wed, 30 Dec 2009 08:26:28 +0000 This blog entry comes from Linz Austria where we have had an unbelievably friendly and convivial weekend with Franz and Eva parents of our Rotary guestdaughter Magdalena. The photos will come in a later blog but some of the highlights are these. After we arrived on the friday night and met with the family we travelled by a somewhat circuitous route to the centre of Vienna and drank a ve http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Austria/Upper-Austria/Linz/blog-441932.html Gutten Tag Okay goodafternoon see I'm talking like a local or at least they get a good laugh everytime I open my mouthI'm going to try to get more photos up... this is wasting a lot of my time at internet cafe's so I shall try to limit it and you shall all have to put up with my text....Had my first major prang today It had to come Y'all know me... Yep downhill....It wasn't my fault http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Austria/Upper-Austria/Linz/blog-400545.html At LinzThis time I am on my official trip. Well Linz is also a nice place it is situated midway between Salzburg Vienna and it is the fourth largest city in Austria I believe. I stayed in the hotel Landgraf and my office Comneon is at Freidstadstrasse which is about 2 tram stops from my Hotel. As Austria adjoins Germany the culture in Linz is much like Germany and also a mixture of Slavian st http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Austria/Upper-Austria/Linz/blog-398545.html Ive tried to write this blog a couple of times now and have had bad luck wth my internet connection crapping out right as i try to pubish it...hopefully this time will work.long time no blog eh.Since i last wrote when it was raining in rome we have seen a lot of european things which makes perfect sense when you stop to consider where we are. We did the coliseum the Vatican and Sistine chape http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Austria/Upper-Austria/Linz/blog-395588.html Nach Barcelona ging es auf in der schnste Land der Welt richtig nach sterreich Die Zeit verging leider wie im Flug. Ich organisierte die Befragung welche ich fr meine Bakkalaureatsarbeit bentigte und holte die ausgefllten Fragebgen anschlieend ab. Auch traf ich mich mit Eva und Stefan Boby Botsch Judith und vielen mehr. Es war schn wieder mal alle Freunde zu treffen. Wir hatten uns http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Austria/Upper-Austria/Linz/blog-391212.html I still dont know if any of this is getting through but at least Im practising my typing. Well i am in Linz a very pretty city on the danube river. It has been nominated the cultural capital of europe for the year 2009 so many new buildings relating to art musicelectronic art etc have been constructed with efficiency for this great honour. Some of them are along the riverbank just like Southban http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Austria/Upper-Austria/Linz/blog-386851.html Hm ... wenige Stunden noch ine Nacht und dann geht es auch schon los. Sollte jetzt eigentlich meinen Rucksack packen. Es steht ja auch schon alles herum aber ich bin nicht motiviert alles einzurumen... Also schreibe ich lieber meinen ersten Eintrag fhlt sich schon voll vertraut an War in den letzten zwei Tagen noch in Mhlbach habe die Zeit dort echt noch total genossen. Der ganze Stress i http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Austria/Upper-Austria/Linz/blog-370434.html Nach Nasca ging es wieder zurueck nach Lima. Leider blieb nur noch ein Tag zum Besichtigen aber es war trotzdem ein sehr netter Tag. Nach einem gemtlichen Abendessen musste ich auch schon los. Von Lima ging es dann weiter nach Toronto. Eine sehr schne Stadt nur leider blieb mir viel zu wenig Zeit um wirklich viel von dieser zu sehen. Denn nach wenigen Stunden ging es back home Nach einer lang http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Austria/Upper-Austria/Linz/blog-370404.html Yes that is right. I have officially worn my first dirndl. But more about that laterAt the end of September I was in Austria staying with my friends Cornelia and Mario in a small town named Wallern. It was wonderful to stay put for a week and sleep in a room all by myself What a luxury Almost everyday in Austria Cornelia and I would do day trips to nearby sights. The first day we drove http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Austria/Upper-Austria/Linz/blog-333642.html Hallo an alle ihr habt mich wieder Bin wieder daaaaaaa War nur ein Scherz aber ich wr gern noch geblieben... Das mit dem Jobangebot stimmt allerdings. Also wenn ich mit dem Studium fertig bin und hier nix krieg die Aussies nehmen mich vom Fleck wegFreu mich schon auf ein Treffen es gibt so viel zu erzaehlen. Ups erzhlen ich hab ja wieder s auf der Tastatur Z.B. die BullAntGeschi http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Austria/Upper-Austria/Linz/blog-322634.html race day one in freistadt is over....finished 11 th out of 13 which was good but btter was that my time was within 5mins of 7th which was about 7 mins behind first..7th was achievable but for 3 errors. 2moro is long distance..heat wasnt as bad as it thought as trees kept temp down. Ride there knackered me tho..it was 4km out of town up big hill in 35 degrees of heat..it is now 6pm and its still http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Austria/Upper-Austria/Linz/blog-320536.html hey..its now saturday 6tharrived in freistadt in teh north ex Wien off 0840 train..well it left at 0853 as there was a security scare..an old lady had locked herself in loo whilst hubby was in a seat hoping i guess to pay only one fair..they eventually gave up and were escorted off by armed guards to sanitorium I guess.Train trip was 3 hours with one change at........LINZ.....lovely trip thru coun http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Austria/Upper-Austria/Linz/blog-320389.html Ja gestern war es nun so weit das AbschiedsfestMein Bruder und ich haben unseren Garten hergerichtet Griller an und schon ging es los. Es war wirklich sehr lustig und es hat mich total gefreut dass so viele gekommen sind. Jetzt ist der Abschied schon sehr nah auf der einen Seite freu ich mich sehr auf Chile und die Herausforderungen die sich mir dort stellen. Auf der anderen Seite bin ich tr http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Austria/Upper-Austria/Linz/blog-293123.html Der Countdown luft..... Am 31.12.2007 gehts los ich flieg nicht nur ins neue Jahr 2008 sondern vor allem in die sdliche Hemisphre nach Australien und Neuseeland und bin einfach schon so was von gespannt und aufgeregt Hier werd ich euch am Laufenden halten von Begegnungen und Erlebnissen berichten von Missgeschicken hoffentlich wenigen und Highlights hoffentlich umso mehr erzhlen http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Austria/Upper-Austria/Linz/blog-230341.html Ah... Linz Austria. May not look big on a map may seem smaller than most cities we have visited but it contained 3 of the best things in Europe. An awesome awesome club Steve's 25th Birthday but above all... Sandra... my flatmate of 3 months in Bondi Beach Australia Sydney. Sandra was kind enough to let us stay with her and what a place she has 2 stories a swimming pool and only 3 minu http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Austria/Upper-Austria/Linz/blog-216792.html 29th September......Linz with a population of 208000 grew on me. While it has a lovely market square with a flea market on the Sat morning I was there it is an industrial city that belches out steam and pollution in the suburbs and across the Danube. You can taste it as you cycle out of the city. It is an alive city though and I enjoyed the large community art pieces on the riverbank. The Post http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Austria/Upper-Austria/Linz/blog-211245.html So we took the train from Brussels to Frankfurt then from there to Linz. We arrived in Linz on Saturday morning and Lukas was there to greet us. We then took another train to Molln his hometown. His mother picked us up. We rested and had showers and such. Ham and cheese was for breakfast with bread. Then we walked to the river and played cards. We had Tirolerkndel for lunch and it was good. Th http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Austria/Upper-Austria/Linz/blog-209043.html Cycle along north side of Danube. Decide to stay downtown in a hotel rather than a suburban campsite in order to go out for the evening in Linz the largest city in Upper Austria. Go to a an Organ Coner in the Cathedral Mariendom JS Bach SchueblerChorale and Messiaen's L' Ascension and to a KneipeNight Club. Do not have a Linzer Tarte here but do so later the following day while en http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Austria/Upper-Austria/Linz/blog-201092.html So I don't have too many pictures because I was only there about a day and a half but I did manage to get one of Hans http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Austria/Upper-Austria/Linz/blog-93219.html Cruising down the Danube river from Passau Germany to Linz Austria. http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Austria/Upper-Austria/Linz/blog-93168.html