Touring Austria

25th August 2006 - Salzburg For this trip, I haven't been quite so organised. There are two reasons. Firstly, my pen isn't working and secondly because catching a 06.45 flight has made me so tired, I can barely hold my eyes open, let alone hold a pen. The first day of Austria's road trip started with the early flight to Salzburg. The weather was sunny, clear blue skies and we have no trouble picking up our Volkswagen Polo and starting the adventure. Right from the first kilometer, we see stereotypical Austrian scenes: There are the flower-covered wooden homes, women dressed in traditional...

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The road to Magyarország

18th October 2005 - Klagenfurt, Bled We're on the plane! It must be a strange feeling for Emma; she's never heard of Klagenfurt so she's still no idea in which country we'll land! We're now sitting in Villach. It's a relatively small place on the south coast of Austria! It was actually the pilot who gave it away as we were landing in Klagenfurt and Emma has been getting all excited about a few days in Austria. Little does she know that we haven't taken the train west to Villach in order to make our way northbound into Central Austria! Quite the opposite: We're waiting for a train to Jesenice....

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