Hotel Lokomotive Linz

... 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!

... a really beautiful and peaceful countryside. We all commiserate with man's behavior to fellow man.

Chilled to the bone, we leave for dinner. We go to a favorite local restaurant of Alex & Richard. It is a country restaurant. Very nice food and a completely local atmosphere.

Alex wants to see a favorite artist at her opening in a local art gallery. She ends up buying 3 pieces to go with one she already owns.

Photos of LInz here:
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?a id=153313&id=613699523&l=7e084d fdeb

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

... At 1130, we decided to make the hike up to the Schloss Museum (castle museum) to see a new exhibit showing the flora and fauna of the area around Linz. Unfortunately (although not too unfortunate, because I was pretty tired), we got kicked out for having drinks with us (the person at the entrance let us in, then a lady inside the museum said "normally, people do not have drinks in the museum" – not you cannot have drinks or you need to pour your drink out – ...

... reverence
and humility. Over the millennia a new mystery was formed and
only a few chosen ones, like high priests, spiritual masters and
shamans were granted to study it. They were the ones that got a
deeper insight in the secret of THE TIME GUARDIANS. The beings
were referred to as visitors from other systems, protectors or
destroyers and even gods.
www.artpark.at

... coated in 'bbq bush spice' (a bit hot) while the rest were done with olive oil, salt and pepper. They were fried on a med-high heat for a minute or two each side, and then tossed in the oven for 20 minutesish. We also prepared some chicken breast fillets (in case the roo wasn't popular) in a lemon myrtle-based spice mix. There was also some normal rolls and a green salad with a balsamic dressing, and a very mild fruit punch. The evening started off with some Austrian ...

... want that? Apparently in Europe - not very many people. Anyway they didn't have any drinks without bubbles other than wine. I tried asking for apple juice, but got some other form of (sparkling) juice which had a gingerish taste and wasn't very pleasant. Somehow I ended up with two glasses of this and I drank neither... I drank a lot of (tasty... no seriously it's really good) tap water that night! Well the third night we didn't have a ...

... to find in a European castle, but good nonetheless. The next three floors were permanent exhibitions on the culture of the area. Portrait galleries of local nobles lined the hallways along with old maps showing the ever-changing political boundaries of the area. An armory collection showed chainmail, armor, and weaponry from the 12th century to the 18th century. The child in me thought it was really cool to see the giant swords ...

... truly nearly baldhead)
former travel spots: Australia (3 month),
England Greece Schweden Finnland Denmark
Norway France Italy Spain Korsika Marokko
Amsterdam (short visit, longer then 3
days)
Ireland (just for attending a wedding, also)