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... factory is cancelled. Absolutely crushed. That was something I was really looking forward to, but my german dad said he may see if he can get me in one time, I really hope so!!
And one last thing, the football Gods clearly love collingwood!!!! and we probably will win the premiership next year, yeah I think so, can't see any reason why not, superior ruck, superior midfield, superior coaching staff...... life is great!

We spend a little time touring Linz but then head to Mauthausen, a concentration camp, that is 20 minutes away. It is another cold & rainy day, appropriate for the subject matter but we are not dressed for the extended outdoor touring which makes it particularly uncomfortable.

An audioguide is provided which provides details in English on the life of prisoners. The written material, however, is only in German making ...

Photos of LInz here:
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Thursday morning caught a shuttle bus from Cesky Krumlov to Linz which was 350KR. Kinda waste when I have my Eurail ticket, but train to Linz would take 5 hours with 3 changes and bus takes 90 minutes...
Walked around Linz for ...

... which is a close neighbor of apfelstrudel and still quite good.

We then walked up to the Schloss Museum and wandered around the gardens. There was a statue of a famous Austrian astronomer (so famous in fact that I cant remember his name). Favorite conversation of the day:

MK: It is interesting that they made him so young in this statue.

FT: Why do you think he is so young?

MK: Because his beard isn’t gray.
Linz, Upper Austria, Austria forbes.thompson

... went and picked up from the bakery. Three bread rolls is entirely too much, so I made Mary Katherine walk into town. It's a beautiful walk along the river – a good hour at a brisk pace. We then headed up to Postlingburg, the palace up on a hill overlooking the city. The main reason to go up there is for the view of the city, and it is a great one. It’s a perfect view of the river, the entire city, and the rolling hills. We had a pastry and cappuccino as we ...

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200 craggy, metal figures on the ocean beach.

But, the Austrian artist’s work conjure up a more ethereal,
mystical quality. They’re shrouded in mystery calling out their
ancestors and their progeny. When the viewer looks from
particular angles, they become diaphanous, almost soulless —
like the ring-wraiths, the Nazgul, from The Lord of the Rings ...

... en de leiding te moeten wachten, en niet zelf een beslissing te mogen nemen?!). Linz was dus inderdaad erg klein, maar er was wel een leuke 'Italiaanse' culinaire markt waar we leuk over konden lopen (totdat de honger dat onprettig maakte). We aten bij 'Joseph', samen met de ESN studenten uit Graz, die half toevallig ook in Linz waren. De leidingmeisjes waren ontzettend zenuwachtig aan het pushen, omdat ze bang waren dat we onze trein zouden missen (je mag in Oostenrijk ...

... just about right, so I made the 50 minute journey out there. The food court (called MarcusPlatz) was really something, a giant dome surrounded by beautiful statues, false building entryways, statues, plants... well you had to be there (and my camera battery ran out and I forgot the spare so I can't show you, either). However, other than this, it wasn't worth the trip. There's plenty of shops, but Marion is bigger and has more variety! Sometimes I forget I'm in a town one ...

... of the Pöstlingberg Tram. Claiming to be the steepest convention tram in Europe, these single-bogie, narrow gauge trams crawl up and down the hill overlooking Linz every 20 minutes. It is a truly old-fashioned, local setup and the old trams still use trolley poles (instead of more modern pantographs) to get electricity from the overhead wires. The fact that a return ticket is more than a day ticket for the entire city public transport system was a little off-putting but the 20 ...