Hotel Garni Wilder Mann Linz

hey guys, I actually don't have that much time to write for you today, because we went to Neuschwanstein castle (the disneyland castle) and it was absolutely AMAZING!!! Words cannot describe how good it was and if I start writing about it I may end up going on for pages and pages. I brought A LOT (and I mean a lot) of souviners because I'm only going to be there once and had so much fun (especially on the 4 hour bus ride ...

... more difficult to get the full impact of the presentation.

An estimated 100,000 people were killed here. Auschwitz and Birkenau, near Krakov, were massively larger than this. The presentations of personal effects had also been exceptionally poignant. Never the less, the experience here is very powerful.

As we leave the camp, we walk around an exceptional sculpture presentation. The powerful material is contrasted ...

... few hours with Ryan who was staying at Krumlov House too and on the same shuttle bus.
Main square was nice. A few more old buildings and churches.
Saw a weird green floating disc shaped pontoon that was apparentlya gift from somewhere...

Ate Linzer torte in Linz which was probably the highlight of my 3 hours in Linz :)

... steer clear, but it was actually pretty tasty. There was no way I could even attempt dessert (because of my earlier extravagance and because it was like 11 or 1130 when we got done with dinner). So, we headed back to his house and basically just hit the sack – it was going to be an early morning the next day (now later that same day) – 8am flight, meant leaving his house at 530 – arrrggghhh – but good times and well worth the pain!

... do hesitate to mention that because it is the reason Linz gets a bad rap, but it really does not affect that beauty that belies the city.

Around lunchtime, we headed off to the Wacchau, one of Austria’s wine regions, which runs along the Danube. Following along the river from Linz, you pass through numerous quaint little towns, with their picturesque castles and churches and charming town centers. Our first stop was Melk, home of an enormous monestary that ...

... br> even a rougher-hewn predecessor in Prague.

Even the introductory paragraph of the Austrian artist’s site
reads like the opening to an ancient future, calling on the
Druids of Stonehenge and the crusaders of Everquest or the
worlds of Myst:

In the ages of the ancient advanced civilizations the presence
of the Guardians of Time was recognized with ...

... of the concords to finish the night off: the lights flickering and laughter emanating from the back of our van windows. I got a message from my cousin this morning, the one I borrowed the van from, saying that he is in Frankfurt. Where are we? Half way there, I replied, worried about what I'm going to say about how we broke the van he wanted to sell when we got back to Romania.
Today, we will try to push through, and get to the other ...

... it was just musicians and performers showing off for two hours! I was heaps impressed, and loved every minute of it - if you want to see some, head to youtube and look it up. It's a show where cameras etc. are allowed, so there's plenty of filmclips about it around. After the show we got pizza and wine from a great little Italian place near the show. By now it was nearly midnight and I had to work again in the morning, and Dad had to leave first thing, so we headed to the tram and ...

... arrive. It was going to turn around at Leoben and its passengers would be shuttled in the buses back to the train we had taken from Graz. Belinda grabbed some drinks from the Spar supermarket at the station but we decided against getting lunch because we were anticipating it being available at Selzthal station during our elongated stay there. By the time we were leaving Leoben on the surprise consist of mainly DB NachtZug sitting compartment carriages we were running about 1 hour 30 ...

... our share of cultural heritage! After a nightmare trip home (think UK-style public transport and weather) we once again had to break the world record in getting ready for a fancy restaurant, for day 2 of Eva's leaving weekend. Arrived to the Chinese boat fashionably late - again! - but the food was really good! Definitely doesn't beat Thai Grand in Luf but for a 12.90 Euro buffet, I'm not complaining! Eva and Piyush were cuddling in the corner, as God intended them to, and ...