http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Austria/Upper-Austria/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from Europe , Austria , Upper Austria en-us Sat, 26 Jul 2008 21:09:57 BST Sat, 26 Jul 2008 21:09:57 BST We left Bavaria today for the last leg of our trip... a tiny town in Austria called Hallstatt. A lake on one side and a mountain on the other the town is so small they say you can walk from one end to the other in about 10 minutes. Mom and I tested this theory when she decided that we needed to go back to the parking lot to retrieve something from the car. Angie said she would sit down and ha http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Austria/Upper-Austria/Hallstatt/blog-294679.html And once again there is an delay to the start of my journey ... this is due to the following reasons summer is great this year in Austria so why not enjoy it instead of flying directly into the winter one of my cousins is getting married mid of september and I want to attend his marriage Austria is playing some qualifyingmatches for the World Football Championship in september I hope th http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Austria/Upper-Austria/Steyr/blog-294089.html There are news once again I'm planning to make a small adoption to my route. Reason for this are two invitations of friends who I like very much and who asked me to visit them before starting my unterminated travell through SouthAmerica because otherwise it is a little bit uncertain when I will be able to visit them again.Therefore I will start my journey in Barcelona Spain to visit A http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Austria/Upper-Austria/Steyr/blog-294060.html ... of beeing employed at Systema was ... the day before yesterday ... so this are my first days in real freedom ... interesting feeling ... never thougth of this before ... but had to give back my keys yesterday ... seems to be one of my last actions there ... 14 years at one company ... not very common nowadays ... but I really liked it and had a great time there ... of course there also hav http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Austria/Upper-Austria/Steyr/blog-294053.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 Friday 13th JuneBack on the coach to find our way out of the Czech Republic. A long road and we donrsquot quite make it across the border before Freddiersquos drivers hours run out so we stop at a service station for 45 minutes. Next obstacle is getting a refund on the Czech Road Tax. The border ldquosends us to the Devilrdquo service station but their machine is not working so we http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Austria/Upper-Austria/Mauthausen/blog-291625.html Don't worry I won't write in spanish I would if I could ... but I'm sure my spanishteacher is reading this and she'll for sure figure out that I'm using an onlinetranslator and then ... ... Has quite been some time since my last blogentry the reason is that I don't have the time to write that much. Yes yes I can almost hear you say You have no time You don't have to work Wha http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Austria/Upper-Austria/Steyr/blog-281570.html Today I've finally made up my mind to change my operation schedule. This is mainly because of two reasons1. Seasons in South America are different to ours about 6 month. This means that when whe have summer there's winter in South America of course not all the country. That means that winter is almost starting there at the moment and if I go there in June it definitely will not be the http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Austria/Upper-Austria/Steyr/blog-269740.html Yes I know it's unbelievable but I did have the time to check some climatetables I'm not quite finished yet but I've added some interesting information about the climatezones in SouthAmerica and the best time to visit the countries. So here's the link to the actual exclefile Reisebewertung 190408 http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Austria/Upper-Austria/Steyr/blog-268077.html Now here's the story and it's up to you to make up your mind2 weeks ago I went for lunch with an exworkingcolleague of mine. He told me great news about the department I've been working and has big plans for the future. He also asked me to stay at the company and to work together with him to fulfil this plans. It really sounds like a great future and the opportunities he showed me are amazin http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Austria/Upper-Austria/Salzkammergut/blog-267390.html Well it took me quite some time to find a free webhoster that allowes external linking but finally I found one www.ripway.com.Here's the Link to my Excelfile Reisebewertung030408 Sorry but the file is only available in German ... http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Austria/Upper-Austria/Steyr/blog-262734.html Technician as I am I decided to make an excelsheet where I can rate the different countries of south america and by doing so get a clue which countries to visit and in which order. The criteria I developed are as follows language I do not speak Portuguese spoken foreign language English would be helpful risk of travelling is the situation in the country stable prescribed vaccinat http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Austria/Upper-Austria/Steyr/blog-262417.html Well where should I start Maybe at the beginning Right. In the beginning I created heaven and earth ... well okay that's maybe a little bit too far in the past ... No earnest 1. personalinformationMy Name is Martin Temper and I was born on the 4th of July hihi no November 1976 in Vcklabruck small city in Upper Austria Austria Europe Earth milky way. I went to scho http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Austria/Upper-Austria/Steyr/blog-262398.html So this is the official start of my new travelblog. I have absolutely no idea what to write now ... hm maybe I should describe what this blog is intended forWell I started this blog to keep all the friends and interested people up to date about my roundtrip all over southamerica. Therefore I was searching for an website that allowes me to add tons of pictures videos and such stuff and http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Austria/Upper-Austria/Steyr/blog-262385.html Itrsquos a little disconcerting to arrive in Vienna four days early with no guidebook in hand and no German language skills. Traveling is easy with a good guidebook but without one Irsquom at the mercy of everyone I stop to ask for advice or information. I know it doesnrsquot make sense but Irsquom embarrassed to ask people if they speak English I think theyrsquoll assume I just neve http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Austria/Upper-Austria/Linz/blog-260026.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 After Switzerland we drove back to Germany and the Barvarian Alps. We went to the castle Neuschwanstein which looked amazing but you will have to take our word for it as our photos of it have since dissappeared into the world of 0s and 1sWe drove through Munich stopping in at octoberfest for a beer to Berchtesgaden a little part of Germany on the border with Austria and once home to members of http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Austria/Upper-Austria/Hallstatt/blog-212810.html 30thSeptember 1st October......Mauthausen via St Florian.......I went off the main R1 Danube Trail to visit the Augustinian Abbey at St Florian. St Florian was a Roman who converted to Christianity and was drowned in the Enns River. I know I know....God works in mysterious ways. The church itself is fullon baroque from the 17C on a grand scale. Think Big.I found Mauthausen an interesting town http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Austria/Upper-Austria/Mauthausen/blog-211246.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 I HATE RAINRAINRAINRAINRAINRAIN ok not the Korean singer nor the HK popstar...Was just planning to stay in Hallstatt but since the weather was so bad decided to go run through two lakes instead. Hallstatt is this VERY TINY village that is listed in UNESCO....for its beauty for I got there the train station is on the other side of the lake so I had to take a boat across. It was deserted wh http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Austria/Upper-Austria/Hallstatt/blog-208547.html THANK YOU to our friend Lily who recommended Hallstatt We would have never known to stop here otherwise and I think it maybe the gem of our trip thus far Halstatt was absolutely BEAUTIFUL and a quaintcute little town. It is surrounded by the Alps and lakes which makes for spectacular views. Our room that we found was beautiful and overlooked the hills and lake.The owner of our hotel had a http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Austria/Upper-Austria/Hallstatt/blog-206019.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 Yesterday we rented a car and drove down to Austria. Our destination was the little mountain village of Hallstatt. The rental car place didn't have our Opal so we got stuck with a Mercedes E class darn haha The first bit of driving on the autobahn was a little scary but once I got the hang of it it was a blast. It was like I was driving in a luxury car dealership. Porsche's BMW's Mer http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Austria/Upper-Austria/Hallstatt/blog-195908.html Countdown Now or NeverNach 6 Jahren Studium inkl. 1 Jahr Paris und 3 Jahren im Job war der Entschluss klarJetzt ist es Zeit fr einen Reise um die WeltKurz vorweg meine wichtigsten Stationen Begleiter der Reihe nach1 Sdostasien teilweise Lydia2 China Rosemarie3 Japan 4 Australien Stefan5 Sdsee Stefan6 Neuseeland Stefan7 Sdamerika Stefan1 Woche vor AbflugTot http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Austria/Upper-Austria/Salzkammergut/blog-192469.html We were up early for our 4 hour train trip to Hallstatt. After an enormous breakfast Tim we hailed a taxi and headed to the station. A small error Vicki saw us miss the first train and had an hour delay for the next one. lol We travelled through some amazing country side mainly through the lakes district. There are many lakes in this area will small towns on their shores. Arriving at Halls http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Austria/Upper-Austria/Hallstatt/blog-167719.html Saturday March 3 2007 On Saturday a few of us decided to go and visit a concentration camp in Austria. It is located in Mauthausen Austria and was the largest camp within Austria. Getting to the camp was a bit of a struggle though. We woke up Saturday morning to catch the 730 bus to the Wiener Neustadt train station then took a train to Vienna then in Vienna took the subway to another tra http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Austria/Upper-Austria/Mauthausen/blog-135001.html Mauthausen and Mondsee ... info to come http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Austria/Upper-Austria/Mauthausen/blog-119013.html Hwaet and we went to the fair hamlet of Hallstatt. And the adventure started early. Between running from Spar to Htteldorf Bahnhof if youve been to my place thats the trainstation you gotta bus to and then the confusion of why we shouldnt change trains. ours said 'to salzburg' but they told us not to change to the Salzkammergut which as it turned out was because they dismantled our train http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Austria/Upper-Austria/Hallstatt/blog-99105.html