Hotel Krainerhuette Baden

... up the tent! I felt for the farmworkers in the fields that day, many of them making hay the old fashioned way with a pitchfork, I was toiling in a different manner as I crept up the hills, losing fluid faster than a sieve and relishing the short respite offered by the rushing wind on the descents. Still, I rolled on, making sure to drink abnormal quantities of water, I think I drank somewhere in the region of 8 litres of water that day, and as planned made it to Austria, I will ...

... begonnen. Auf den Geschmack für lange läufe bin ich beim 24 Stundenlauf in Wörschach gekommen. Ich war mit meinem Verein dem CLR Sauwald mit einer Megastaffel am Start wo wir im Jahre 2005 den 3.Platz und 2006 den 1.Platz erreichten. 2007 war ich und Alois im Einzel am Start wo ich 153 km erreichte. Danach folgte der 6 ...

Nachdem uns** vi**bei***** Hund morgen, mit mir als "Driv**", nach Rakollach auf "Urlaub bei Freunden" fährt - ** kann sich ja nun wirklich nicht selbst v**sorgen - gingen wir heute b**eits auf die Suche nach den üblichen Reise-Gadgets: Die **sten Fotohandys, GPS, Int**net für unt**wegs, Positionsmeld** und was man halt sonst noch so brauchen kann, wurden auch gefunden. Ab ...

... them - judging from the German/Austrian-sounding names, they must have been more "local" celebs. A neat place to stay though with super-friendly staff and reasonable prices, considering the location. Next day, we packed our bags, left them with the concierge and walked over to the nearest cyber locale to update the blog, etc. and then jumped on the train en direction Salzburg. A very nice stay, all in all.

... around the gardens, trying our hands at the maze and walking up to the Gloriette. After the palace we went to the markets for lunch, there were many beautiful fresh foods on display and we had a great lunch. For our last night we went to the FanZone to watch Sweden Russia game. Russia won. It was interesting when we got back to the UK and watched games held in Vienna and we could see where we had been sitting in the FanZone, in front of the Rathaus (City Hall).

... help them confirm receipt of their reservation request then set about my day by stopping at a grocery store and buying some FRESH bread....yum...austria and Germany ROCK for their breads!!! and this sampler of 3 different flavored spreadable cheeses and pineapple yogurt and an apple fizzy drink (figured that out once i opened it). then i looked at my map and found a good green area. went a few blocks to the station bought a ticket for the day and set out to karlsplatz station with ...

... so sit back, relax and come to the city that waits for you. I went to Vienna with one of the history classes specifically for American exchange students instead of a typical touristy trip. I always appreciate some tasty historical "schmackerls" (tidbits) and was definitely a good decision. Since I wasn't enrolled in the class, I had free time on my own while the class had to do a project, giving me the chance to ...

... a half hours later we were in Vienna. I fell in love with it immediately. Vienna is a little more expensive than Prague, but there was so much more to see and do there, and although filled with tourists, the Viennese seemed to enjoy tourists! Our first day we spent on a bike taking a tour through the streets of Vienna, visiting the sights. It was led by a Portuguese guy who was quite knowledgeable ...

... canter changes on the long rein, I have no idea how), schools above the ground (the most spectacular bit of course) and then the huge school quadrille, which is basically a 20 minute horse ballet (again, passing so close to each other in some cases that it's amazing they do not hit). The schools above the ground are of course what the crowd is there to see, and they did not disappoint. The riders perform these without stirrups (eek) to avoid injuring the horses, and use the ...

... it was very informative and interesting to me. I was familiar with some of its history because of background reading I had done to prepare for our trip. Continuing down the Danube, we went past the remains of the fortress where King Richard of England was held captive…talk about trivia. (Well, enough about history. Let’s get back to the tour.)

We stopped for lunch at the Monastery in Gottweig. As we approached it, off in the distance ...