Gasthof Kollerhof Schladming

Here is the AHT building in the tiny town of Rottenmann, Austria, about halfway between Salzburg and our next stop Vienna (Wien in German).<br><br>We met with the president of AHT USA who gave us a tour of the freezer factory and discussed with us the possibility of exporting our cart business to Europe.<br><br>Later in the trip we are also trying to arrange a meeting with AHT's operations in England.<br>

After 2 days of biking mayhem, hiking down the Planai mountain watching practice and qualifying, it was finals day. Unfortunately we broke our camera trying to take a timed picture on top of the mountain. We rested it on a rail, i pressed the button and ran to where Clare was standing only to find when turning round the camera was not there anymore.... It had fell off and broke ...

Early start had us at Verona station for 8.30am and we were soon on the train heading for Innsbruck, Austria. After Clare scoffing a chocolate custard doughnut in record time we boarded our connecting train in Innsbruck to Scladming, finally arriving at 6pm. Clare was sweating at the thought of a similar room to Verona, so it was an anxious walk up the stairs to ...

... was really cool, and I think a good change from all the castles, at least for my boyfriend. The tour takes you through various sections of a working salt mine and at the end we were given a small shaker of salt from Hallstatt. The funnest part was definitely the slides. They are quite long and we could go in groups of three so of course we did. On the last slide the tour group had a speed ...

... coffee. Austrians know how to make coffee, that is for sure. After yesterday I had to tell her I would just be having tea from then on. I was bouncing off the walls and my heart was racing for hours afterwords. It reminded me of Starbucks Christmas Blend. If you've ever had that, you know what I'm talking about - WAY too much caffeine! But regardless of the racing heart, we still relaxed on our balcony that morning. We also discovered Bad Ischl that day. We hiked up ...

... steep mountain behind it, which meant they didn&#8217;t have much room to bury their dead. So people were only buried for 12 years. Then their bones were dug up, cleaned, and placed in the bone chapel. So it was a room full of decorated skulls and stacks of bones. Supposedly, it&#8217;s the only place like it in the world. It was a little creepy.<br><br>I also decided to ride the funicular up to a viewpoint above town. This was a very ...

... in the same vein as the Twilight books). I actually had to transfer trains for the first time, and I was a little worried because there was only 12 minutes between connections. The train I took from Vienna went directly west towards Salzburg, but I had to get off in Attnang-Puchhein to catch a train south to Hallstatt.<br><br>When I got to Attnang-Puchhein it was a very small station. I went to check the departure board to see what track my connecting train ...

... as when<br>the sunset it got instantly cold....hmm this wasnt in the emma and<br>kathleen brochure! Tuesday morning we got up and went for a walk - well<br>mini hike really. I looked totally out of place... everyone had their<br>hiking boots and poles etc... then here I come, shorts and cardi,<br>converse sneakers and long pink ...

... the secret to good french fries - incredibly crisp, and when you bit into them, they exploded into a powdery puff of potato ecstasy. Unfortunately, they were a bit salty. Off for some eis, German ice cream. I love the name - it sounds so forbidden, like an illegal drug "Hey man ... wanna buy some eis?" I tried the panna cotta at Giovanni Eis - I was worried that it couldn't approximate the taste of panna cotta, but it was very close ...

We drove to Salzburg and were amazed with the beauty. The huge green rolling hills were breathtaking. The people in Salzburg were nice and everything about the city has a charm to it. We went to a salt mind and got to go into and see some history of salzburg. We also got to see Mozarts birthhouse. We went to Sound of Music, the live presentation, that night. Horrible. Middle aged half way decent singers prancing around on a 10x10 stage. Nothing too brilliant there.