Blogs from Steyr, Upper Austria, Austria, Europe

Took us six hours to drive up to Steyr, such a beautiful drive through all the mountains and countryside, arrived Steyr around 2.30p.m. and found our hotel, the Mader, such a beautiful hotel, built in 1694, in the middle of the old town of Steyr, the biggest suite we have every had and it overlooked the whole of the square in Steyr! Waiting to meet Mark's brother Pete, who had flown to Norway to meet a mate and they both rode motorbikes, Pete had bought an old BMW,and rode it threw through Scandinavia, Poland, Germany etc to meet up with us in Steyr, they limped in around 3.30p.m. after a long days ride, beers and chats all round! Pete and Mark's friends have all lived in Steyr their whole life, so it was so lovely to ... read more

Day #17 - Venice to Steyr, Austria We left Venice today with some heavy hearts as we loved the city so much. However, we were also filled with anticipation to meet up with a very dear friend that I met when I did the Camino de Santiago in Spain 2 years ago. In addition to meeting my friend Walter, I was also going to have the honour of meeting his wife and 2 young boys, I was both very nervous and very excited. We have been going in an out of the Alps for several days during our trip but today our drive would take us from the south side of the alps right through to the north side of them. It turned out to be a beautiful drive. The Alps are so much different that ... read more

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Eric and I decided to take a good break from society and large cities by having a retreat to the alps. Bad Aussee was just that, it was very relaxing, very nice, and very quiet. And very beautiful. Unfortunately, we got a very good look at the alpine rains, which fell on us every day we were there. On the whole though, it was great. We had spent the previous night in a packed, sweaty hostel in Salzburg, so we were very excited to find that we were among the only guests at the hotel we had in Bad Aussee. It was so empty there, that we actually had breakfast with the hotel staff, and those were the only people we saw that morning. So, we explored the town, and the surrounding area for a few ... read more

Einige Countdowns haben wir schon hinter uns. ‚Noch wenige Tage bis zum Arbeitsende von Wolfgang…..’ z.B.; zum Jahreswechsel wussten wir, noch 57 Tage bis zum Abflug. Und so zählten wir mal dieses und mal jenes. Doch jetzt ist es unumstößlich: noch 7 Tage bis zum Abflug. Sonntag 26. Februar 2006 um 15:10 Vienna International Airport geht unser Abenteuer Australien los. Viele von Euch haben uns von Anbeginn des ersten Gedankens dabei begleitet, manche sind etwas spaeter erst dazu ‚gestossen’ und konnten erst zu einem ‚sicheren’ Zeitpunkt eingeweiht werden. Standen ja doch zwei Kündigungen auf dem Spiel…. Und so dauerte es vom ersten Entscheiden, es zu versuchen, bis zum allerletzten Kapitel der Geschichte knapp ein halbes Jahr. Ein halbes Jahr mit viel Warten, viel Spannung, viel Bangen und viel Hoffen. Von Vorne: nachdem uns Freunde aus Australien ... read more