Destination: Austria

Day 58

Sun, 31 Jan 2010 | By lannigan | Views [359]

Headed out to Dachau Concentration camp today. Did a tour. Very interesting and informative, but very depressing aswell. Well worth doing though. Great tourguide. Had to lift our spirits, so all 3 of us headed to the Hofbrauhause tonight. What a place! ... Read more >

Day 56

Fri, 29 Jan 2010 | By lannigan | Views [376]

Last day snowboarding today. Luckily the snow is a great hangover cure!...not sure if its particularly safe to operate a snowboard while hungover though... Went out with the big boys today. Was brilliant in the morning. I was snowboarding better than ... Read more >

Day 55

Thu, 28 Jan 2010 | By lannigan | Views [377] | Comments [2]

Got on the first bus to the snow today. Back on the snowboard, arm is still bad, but cant sit around all day. Hit up the baby slope. Did pretty well, didnt fall once, went up and down like 100 times. Have some confidence back. Party night in the Contiki ... Read more >

Day 54

Wed, 27 Jan 2010 | By lannigan | Views [331]

Missed the first bus to the snow today. Had a bit of a sleepin after australia day festivities. Arm feeling a bit better today. More movement aswell. Tried snowboarding agian. Got up and fell 3 times in a row. Zero confidence, went home. Ah well. Kareoke ... Read more >

Day 53

Tue, 26 Jan 2010 | By lannigan | Views [350]

Elbow is destroyed today. Didnt go out snowboarding. Walked into town, got some lunch. Spent most of the day licking my wounds. Australia day is huge in Hopfgarten, heaps of Auzzies here. Went to the local Aus Pub, the Silver Bullet. Was a huge party, ... Read more >

Day 52

Mon, 25 Jan 2010 | By lannigan | Views [358]

2nd snowboard lesson today. Went up the mountain, on to a blue run. We worked on turning and doing S's. Started to get some confidence and speed. Tried to do an S turn, board caught an edge and i smashed my hand, face first down the slope. Thought ... Read more >

Day 51

Sun, 24 Jan 2010 | By lannigan | Views [333]

First day snowboarding today. Contiki breakfast is brilliant, full hot and cold options, gotta love that. Headed to my snowboard lesson at about 9am. Struggled at first, spent more time on my arse than on the board. But after a while i manage to stand ... Read more >

Day 50

Sat, 23 Jan 2010 | By lannigan | Views [386] | Comments [1]

Another travel today, its a bit of a pain in the arse to get from rome to hopfgarted, but thats life. We caught trains from Salzburg to Worgl, then to hopfgarten itself, but we were a bit earl to check in. Hopfgarten looks really cool, very pretty place, ... Read more >

Day 49

Fri, 22 Jan 2010 | By lannigan | Views [383]

Set off this morning for Austria. Caught our train to Vennice no worries, but we stuggled to find our bus. Luckily we flagged it down just as it was setting off. The bus took us to Villack, a bordertown. Then from Villach we caught another train to ... Read more >

Happy New Year!

Mon, 4 Jan 2010 | By trudygeard | Views [583] | Comments [2]

I’m not sure exactly where 2009 went in such a hurry….but seeing as it included coming back from Kenya, my trip to Samoa, a hell of a lot of stressful work, and then leaving to go to Austria – that might be why it seemed ... Read more >

Photos: Austria

Thu, 31 Dec 2009 | By brinks | Photo Gallery

Photos: Vienna

Mon, 28 Dec 2009 | By martin_rix | Photo Gallery

Photos: Vienna

Sun, 27 Dec 2009 | By martin_rix | Photo Gallery

Vienna

Sun, 27 Dec 2009 | By martin_rix | Views [332]

We headed to Vienna and despite the amazing architecture, history and culture the first thing that was noticed (and was most prominent thing throughout the stay) was the cold. It was freezing. Late December in Vienna is not a place for shorts ... Read more >

Away For Christmas.....Again! ;)

Tue, 22 Dec 2009 | By trudygeard | Views [892] | Comments [4]

I really should stop leaving it so long between entries but time keeps getting away from me! Hmmmm, now to catch up……the weekend after I last wrote, Josef was at a basketball game so I decided to go for a wander to the shop ... Read more >