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Nationalfeiertag in Hallstatt
... p Am Balkon eines Hauses stehend, schauten wir hinunter auf einen Platz waehrend uns ein Walzer um die Ohren flog und die Chinesesn Fotos machten. Obwohl viele der Haeuser von Aussen recht gut aussehen sollte man besser keine Tueren aufmachen wenn man die Illusion nicht zerstoeren moechte. Innen sieht man naemlich fast nur Baustellen. Abgesehen von einem Haus, bei dem uns gleich 2 Chinesinen in Tracht-aehnlicher Kleidung erwarteten und uns Ueberzuege fuer unsere Schuhe gaben damit ...
Hallstatt
... we were at Charnel house, which has existed since the 12th century.
It is crammed with 1200 skulls about half of which are elaborately painted and marked with the family name and the date of death. The last skull to be placed here was in 1995 on special request. They don't get many requests from people to have their remains placed in the Charnel house as cremations have become much more popular. Back in the day, the charnel house was created out ...
Peace in Hallstatt
... purr on and made us miss our boys terribly.
Since we arrived in the late afternoon on a Sunday, there weren’t too many options for sightseeing. So, we went for a walk around the town in the drizzle (the rain had slowed a lot)…and let Rocky out to be a cat in the rain outside. We climbed a mossy stone stairway up past wooden houses to the little (Catholic) church. This is the church whose steeple you can see from the boat and from ...
Should have posted earlier..
... killed. What really got me was the room they with tons of human hair, cut off victims after they were gassed to make felt and carpet, and the numerous babies clothes and shoes found. An extreme reminder of just how evil we humans can be. That evening we caught a night train to Prague. There were no sleeping carriages, so we had to get seats in 6 seat bays, but after the bus went so well we thought that would be fine. In our carriage was a ...
Hallstatt ...Heaven Meets Hell
Hallstatt = Heaven
Ice Caves in Hallstatt = Hell
First and foremost, we have learned our lesson when it comes to night trains…always always always spend the extra money to get a private sleeping cabin. We boarded our night train in Venice and made our way to our sleeping cabin. We had booked the 2 bottom bunks in a 4 couchette cabin, which is essentially 2 bunk beds. When we found it, there was a German couple with a young child sitting ...