The Stumpfögger burial plot

Normally they dig up your bones and rebury them in a common grave after a few generations. Europeans don't like wasting precious ground space on big cemeteries. You don't really get to rest in peace forever. But for some reason this family from the 18th Century is still interred here. Or at least their grave markers give that impression.

Today we march to the beat of a different drum (and a thousand other instruments)

May 5th 2018
Breakfast was great. What else could it be in Germany? What made it remarkable was the view from the breakfast room. Stunning scenery all around us. We were being blessed with another ideal weather day. We've been visiting this, my absolute favorite, place every few years since 1978. Most of our visits have taken place in the winter months for economic and scheduling reasons. The few times ... read more

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Once the center of power for the large Austro-Hungarian Empire, Austria was reduced to a small republic after its defeat in World War I. Following annexation by Nazi Germany in 1938 and subsequent occupation by the victorious Allies in 1945, Austria'... ... read more

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