Blogs from Carinthia, Austria, Europe - page 3

So now we are in Austria! have had a few issues getting to internet cafes but were here now. Since Venice we have made our way to Slovenia where we went to Lake Bled and hired a row boat to get ourselves to the church in the center of the turquoise water. Was a lovely drive from Italy with the mountains around capped with snow. Loved Bled but have moved onwards and upwards heading in the direction of Zug, Switzerland. Enjoy the pics, they say thing better than I. Love... read more

When we met them, Birgit and Lukas had just finished a large trip around Australia and had also done a similar trip five years earlier. This time however, Birgit added South East Asia to their itinerary and fortunately this meant that they ran into us on the beach in Cambodia. They were staying at the same hotel as us and over the course of a few days we became firm friends. Ten year old Lukas played with Phoebe so nicely and the both of them were happy for the company of another child. Meanwhile, we really enjoyed Birgit's company, and busily compared notes about travelling with children, and sharing other experiences and thoughts as well. When they said they'd also be going to Vietnam we decided to meet up again and spent 2 more weeks enjoying ... read more

Well it was time to finally leave Munderfing and my good friends Rod and Jess....hic......sob.... I was especially going to miss all the lovely road signs of the area. However I was blessed with one last look at 'Pfaffing' as we drove to the train station. Jessie was a sweetheart and drove me to the train station in Salzburg where I caught the 12:12 train to Villach, where I had decided to spend the next couple of nights. There really was no rhyme nor reason to my decision to visit Villach, except for the fact that it happens to be on the main train route to LJubljana which was going to be my next stop on my travels. So this is the reason that I found myself hopping off a train at Villach Hauptbahnhof. And what ... read more

Day 19 (Tuesday, September 23rd) Today was our last day in Slovenia. After eating breakfast and checking out of the hotel, we began the drive north towards Austria. As was the case with all of our prior entrances into new countries, no passport check was completed at the border. Sometimes, it seems as though there is a similar mentality between countries in Europe as there is in the States; they just wave you on in. It was raining in Lake Bled, but by the time we got to Klagenfurt, Austria, the rain had stopped and the sun was trying to come out. Klagenfurt is the provincial capital of the Carinthia, which encompasses the southern region of Austria. The town is of medium size in terms of population (about 90,000) and offers visitors many beautiful squares and ... read more

Drove back to St Poltein to find our friendly hardware store to buy an adaptor for our power cord, and by the time we found our way out again we had decided to only drive to the outskirts of Vienna today as we would not have enough time to see anything. So we hunted around for a camping ground or info centre without any success until about 7pm when we came across a bit of a forest which we could drive into quite easily so we tucked ourselves away from the road and parked. We still had plenty of light left to make dinner and have a little stroll through the forest before bed. After an undisturbed sleep(apart from a little rain and wind in the trees) we had breakfast and headed for the capital. ... read more