http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Austria/Carinthia/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from Europe , Austria , Carinthia en-us Sat, 26 Jul 2008 07:56:44 BST Sat, 26 Jul 2008 07:56:44 BST May 30 2008Villach AustriaToday we drove the 3 hour or so through Slovenia to Villach Austria. This is a very nice drive through some beautiful country side and across some passes in the Slovenian Austrian Alps into Austria. Lots of skiing here. The freeways are great Tolls and it is a very easy drive. The drive into Austria reminded us of travelling into the mountains from Calgary and http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Austria/Carinthia/Villach/blog-282633.html Hello everyoneHere is an update on my activities since I last wrote We have now been in Austria for 2 weeks. Since I last wrote we began our semester at school and now we are already on Easter Break This is a break down of my weekLast saturday we went skiing in the alps Axamer Litzum for the first time. It was incredible In a moment of infinite wisdom Jenna and I decided to climb up http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Austria/Carinthia/Klagenfurt/blog-257310.html fuck... my glasses broke. good thing I brought my contacts bah http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Austria/Carinthia/Poggersdorf/blog-241762.html In Poggersdorf near Klagnefurt tomorrow night saturday I will be attending a birthday party for who knows who... a friend of a couch surfer. I will hopefully surf nearby for 1 or 2 nights. Following I will head to the autobahn onramp and stick out my thumb to Vienna Monday and Tuesday seem to be decent days no rain or snow... let's see what happensBologna and VenicePadovaChi http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Austria/Carinthia/Klagenfurt/blog-241744.html So... a few things changed. No big deal I've started couch surfing in Klagenfurt because things with my 'friend' here didn't work out so well. Bah Sorry I haven't posted much about Bologna Chioggia and Venice I've been wrapped up with a tight budget and finding new and spontaneous places to stay And the keyboards are weird here the Z and Y have moved http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Austria/Carinthia/Klagenfurt/blog-241433.html To summarise rocked up at the HI hostel in klagenfurt after trekking through the town centre where teenage kids were throwing fireworks at anyone and everyone. The hostel as expected was devoid of travellers and i was informed by the receptionist that this town had the highest suicide rate in autria. I can kind of believe it after walking around the town to discover its excpetional blandness. Not http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Austria/Carinthia/blog-225399.html For starters I still wasn't sure we were supposed to get off the train for the layover. It fel weird for some reason. It was freezing again but whatelse is new Pulling into the station the town looked absolutely adorable. It's what I pictured a little Austrian town to look like.The station was completely dead except for a few weary stralers like ourselves. We headed outside and all I wante http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Austria/Carinthia/Villach/blog-223018.html P vr rundreise gjennom spennende steuropeiske byer er vi n i vakre Villach i Krnten sr i sterrike. Dette er en liten by med rundt 60.000 innbyggere og minst like mange ulike typer lbrikker for det lokale brygget Villacher Bier. Men vent tenker du n hvorfor Villach Jo hr her. Etter noen timer en lunsj og et deilig parkbesk i Wien satte vi oss p toget og rettet snuten mot Krnten. http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Austria/Carinthia/blog-190059.html March 1618 2007 My buddy assigned to me by the school here in Wiener Neustadt Matthias is the best buddy that anyone could possibly ask for. This weekend he invited a few of us the other Adam from Drake and two canadian girls Monica and Jacqueline to go to his father's cabin in Corinthia in the Austrian Alps. After a 3 12 hour drive from Wiener Neustadt we arrived at the cabin and qui http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Austria/Carinthia/Villach/blog-139677.html I got up at 7. After breakfast we went to Joyces Supermarket and from there we went by coach to the Cliffs of Moher and the Burren Nationalpark. Before we arrived at the Cliffs we visited the Dunguaire Castle which was built in the 16th Century. Then we visited the Cliffs of Moher. When we got out of the bus a stormy wind blew. But it was very interesting to see the Cliffs. Later we went home w http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Austria/Carinthia/Spittal-an-der-Drau/blog-134946.html Today I got up at 8 o'clock. At 9 o'clock breakfast was ready. At 10 o'clock we took the bus to the city. Let's go Our shopping tour started. We went shopping the whole day. We went to all stores. I bought presents for my family at home. At 1 o'clock we ate at MC Donalds. At 6 o'clock p.m. we went home. Later we ate sausages beans and fries for dinner. In the evening we went to the city. There http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Austria/Carinthia/Spittal-an-der-Drau/blog-134943.html I got up at 7 o'clock again. At 8 o'clock we had breakfast. At 8.40 we went to the bus. At 9.30 our school began. Our teacher David made quizzes with us as well as the other two teachers Kate and Katie. We had to sing a song. From 1111.30 we had a break. Then another teacher Adeline came and we played the game PICTIONARY and we had to guess what popular person we were. One time I was Spiderman a http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Austria/Carinthia/Spittal-an-der-Drau/blog-134942.html At 7 o'clock I got up and later we had breakfast. At 8.40 we went to school by bus. It tooke 20 minutes. The school began at 9.30. Our teacher Adeline came and we had to introduce yourself and we had to guess her age interests and so on. From 1111.30 we had a break. Then our other teacher Brian came and he talked about the theme ldquoLOVErdquo. In the lunchtime I went to the Cathedral with http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Austria/Carinthia/Spittal-an-der-Drau/blog-134940.html Today I got up at 7 o'clock. At 8 o'clock we had breakfast with milk toast cornflakes and jam. At 8.30 our host father brought us to school. Before the school began a woman repeated the school rules. At 10 o'clock our teacher Caroline came. We had to introduce ourselves and played the game Taboo. This was very funny and she was very nice. From 1111.30 we had a break. I used my time eating my http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Austria/Carinthia/Spittal-an-der-Drau/blog-134252.html Our class the 3AHW and the 3BHW went to Ireland. We met at 7 o'clock at the school. The bus was already waiting for us. We drove to Salzburg where we checked in at the airport. Later we were screened. The plane left Salzburg at 11 o'clock and we were flying about 2 and a half hour. Then we went to Dublin by bus. It took about four hours. At 6 o'clock we arrivedat Galway and our host family picked http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Austria/Carinthia/Spittal-an-der-Drau/blog-134248.html My name is Tamara Berger. I'm 17 years old. I'm from Carinthia in Austria. I live in a detached house in Baldramsdorf this is near of SpittalDrau. It's a village with 2000 inhabitants. I like to live there because it is very quiet and the people are friendly. In Baldramsdorf we have a church a townhall a little shop called Schlecker a Kindergarten a music school where you can learn an inst http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Austria/Carinthia/Spittal-an-der-Drau/blog-134247.html Yesterday we had to be at school at ten orsquoclock in the evening and there we were waiting for the bus. We watched films played cards or slept. At half past one in the night we left for Dublin. At four orsquoclock in the morning we arrived at Dublin Airport. We checked in and then we had breakfast. I had coffee and a muffin. It was so yummy because I had not had coffee for more than one wee http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Austria/Carinthia/Spittal-an-der-Drau/blog-134055.html Today we had school again and so we had to get up at seven orsquoclock. In the first lesson we had David and we played games. My team and I lost the game 63 points to 62 points but all of us got chocolate from David.The games questions were very interesting for example he asked us some capitals or something about actorsfilms and another topic was music. At the end he got a book about Carinthia http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Austria/Carinthia/Spittal-an-der-Drau/blog-134054.html Today we got up later in the morning because we had to be at Eyre Square at half past ten. So I went out of my warm bed very late. We did power shopping and the day was very long. My friends and I could do everything we wanted because there were no teachers and I think everybody enjoyed the day. In the afternoon Sigrid and I went to an internet cafe and checked our mails or wrote our travelblog. I http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Austria/Carinthia/Spittal-an-der-Drau/blog-134052.html In the first lesson we had Adeline and two guests. They were called Mary Claire and Louise. These two girls want to become a teacher at this language school and we played games with them. So the lesson was over very fast. In the second lesson we had Caroline and we did some Irish Geography but we also played games. In the afternoon we had to make a sightseeing tour through Galway. My team and I ha http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Austria/Carinthia/Spittal-an-der-Drau/blog-133776.html Today is Thursday and we had a very good day. In the morning we went to school and our teacher was called Brian. With him we made a ranking about things we need in a desert if we erast with the plane and we survive this. In the break I wrote my travelblog and checked my mails.In the second lesson David was our teacher and we played a game like bdquoActivityldquo. David was very tired because h http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Austria/Carinthia/Spittal-an-der-Drau/blog-133774.html We had to get up at seven and we had breakfast at eight. Today we went to school by car and our host father Chris took us to school. At first Mary Keane told us the school rules and we had to show our busticket to her because she controlled it.My grouprsquos teacher is called David and he is a very funny and lovely guy. In the lesson we played games and we had to talk about us and our life http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Austria/Carinthia/Spittal-an-der-Drau/blog-131707.html Now our trip to Ireland starts.We had to be at school at seven orsquoclock and then we went to Rennweg by coach where three more students joined us.Unfortunately Bettina was ill so she could not go with us. We arrived at Salzburg Airport at 845 and then we checked in. I was a little bit nervous because it was my first flight in my life but I loved flying and I will do it again.At eleven we too http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Austria/Carinthia/Spittal-an-der-Drau/blog-131705.html my homeI live in unteramlach a small village five kilometers away from spittal. I have a farm at home with cows chicken and cats. I have also some pictures for you and there you see my home our garden our stable and my neigbours.my hometownI have also some pictures of spittal and one from my school. I attend the HLW college I go to the third form.Spittal is a small city and has about 17000 http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Austria/Carinthia/Spittal-an-der-Drau/blog-128645.html My name is Sigrid Koller. I attend the HLW at SpittalDrau. I live in a small village called Eisentratten. Actually it is a beautiful village with about 500 inhabitants. Near Eisentratten iron ore was mined. Therefore in the center of the city is a big blast furnace. Once upon a time the people in Eisentratten were very religious that's why there are three churches. There are also a lot of clu http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Austria/Carinthia/Spittal-an-der-Drau/blog-124529.html My name is Katrin Amlacher and I attend the HLW at SpittalDrau.I live in Unteramlach this is a small village near Spittal. Actually there live about 300 people. Unteramlach is 5 kilometers away from Spittal. To school I go by bus and I like the city very much The town has a cinema a big shopping mall and lots of cars Im seventeen years old and my hair is brown und so are my eyes. I have http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Austria/Carinthia/Spittal-an-der-Drau/blog-124527.html Our friendly Salzburg tour guide suggested we stop for the night in Milstatt a small resort town on Milstattersee a beautiful alpine lake. It was definitely slow season here as there were only a handful of accommodations and restaurants open. We can imagine it is a booming place in summertime though It was a treat to discover the town is home to the Stiftskirche a Romanesque Benedictine Ab http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Austria/Carinthia/Millstatt/blog-102069.html All my fears were completely well founded We spent almost 5 days up in Spittal and pretty much all we did was eat drink and speak bad attempts at the local dialect of German or 'mit hand und fu' as my grandmother's step sister Gertie would say.We did manage to get out and visit some of the nearby villages such as Kaning where my grandmother was born the very cute St Oswald and Bad Kleinkirc http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Austria/Carinthia/blog-90427.html