Lanz Hohentauern
Hohentauern, Styria, Austria
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Vienna Countryside
... tour through the Baroque Benedictine Abbey. It is actually still an active Abbey. The Monks occupy another wing of the Abbey. Interesting enough, it was restored not long ago. So although the building has baroque decor, they have added several modern touches throughout. I have attached a picture of one of the many courtyards. Where they added Modern Art because they were unable to restore the original piece. ...
Schokolade und Wein
... but it was entertaining. We were supposed to stay pretty late at the festival, but we all decided to leave earlier because we were tired and it was really cold. It was probably in the upper 30s.
After we got back to the hostel I stayed up a little longer this time, but was still tired and knew we would have to get up early again the next morning to go to Graz so I went to bed pretty early.
The next day we went to Graz which is in my next ...
Lunch in Durnstein
... tells me I need to lose some resentment toward the Catholic Church! We had lunch in a lovely street restaurant in Durnstein and ordered the local special, not exactly knowing what it was. Turns out to be wheat dumplings in chanterelle sauce- delicious! ( though it may not look appetizing in the photo) Now we are sailing up the Wachau valley, the prettiest part of the ...
Viena
... con unos puentecitos que cruzaban un canal del Danubio, y en mi ipod (si, sepanlo, la musica lo es todo para mi) sono The Great Gig in the Sky, de Pink Floyd, y ahi confieso que lagrimie y dije What the ****!!!
En ese parque me quede un rato, y medite, cuando al rato abro los ojos, habia 3 personas mas haciendo lo mismo! Inspiring moment!
Pase medio dia en el Palacio Belvedere (son 2 en realidad, unidos por parques, lagos y estatuas). Uno de los lugares ...
Day Three
The third hiking day is said to be "the crisis day“; therefore, it is highly recommended to take a smaller trip in order to let the body regenerate. However, our trip leaders came to the conclusion that since we were to spend in the Styrian Alps only four days, we can make another challenging hiking tour. And to make it more interesting, I forgot to take my nordic walking sticks :P For some reason my knees always act up when I ...


