Blogs from Hallstatt, Upper Austria, Austria, Europe - page 4

Please note: the main photo server is being weird right now on this website, so if you can't see the pictures, try looking later on; they're working on fixing it. Anyway, on to the stories: Austria had their equivalent of the fourth of July on Thursday, Oct. 26th. I was still in Vienna at this point. Unfortunately, I had a 2-hour violin lesson (which was really good, don't get me wrong) during the celebrations, so didn't partake in the parade watching. But apparently some of my friends went and saw the president of Austria and the chancelor and a bunch of other important people. However, that day, I had fun - some friends of mine showed up at my door and I went out with them and laughed at them while they were eating at Burger ... read more

After a 4-hour stop over in Attnang-Puccheim which, thanks to the time change, turned out to be 5 hours, the friendly train worker told me the next stop would be Hallstatt. I jumped off into the cold air and walked down to the lake. I was glad he told me the stop- I was afraid I had missed it when I saw a different lake pass. It was bizzare - the sun was just rising so the mountains and lake were all foggy and isolated and I saw a building along the lake in the distance. I thought it must be a fishing shack or something but as we finally came up on it I could read the sign - "Chinese Restaurant". The first ferry wouldn't run until late on weekends, so I had an hour ... read more

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