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Zoutwinning is belangrijk in deze omgeving. Het is ook niet voor niets dat de naam Salzburg daar uit afstamt. De oorspronkelijk mijnen liggen op het grondgebied Hallein beter op de berg Bad Dürrnberg.
Onderweg kwam ik nog een dam tegen, Te mooi om zomaar voorbij te rijden.
De stad Hallein op zich is ...
Missed it.
... don't think Austrians have much of a concept of long distance travel.....not like Australians....We travel 14 hours to Sydney to see our daughter....I was booking a train to Munich.....the guy said it will take one and a half hours and cost 68 euro....we thought about it ....asked if there was a cheaper train.....he uuummmed and eeerrrred.....then said "I suppose you could always take the slow train...it is only 28 euro..but it is very slow.......it will take one hour and ...
Not The Top Of The World
... a giant sheet mirror reflecting picturesque Austrian buildings dotting the shore.....but our room was small and had a view of the carpark....then we walked into the village and it was very...very quiet.....someone explained that this was the low season and the town explodes in early December when thousands of skiers descend on the town....but until then it is quiet......after so many major cities we were looking forward to a bit of quiet BUT this was very ...
Berchtesgaden
... haunts me as I write about it today. I didn’t take any close-up pictures of the display panels partly out of respect for the solemnity of the exhibit and also partly because it is the stuff of nightmares that is engrained in my memory. I think what struck home the hardest was the casualness with this which innocent, and in most cases, helpless, people were murdered (either outright or as a result of experiments gone sideways) by ...
Bavaria and Tirol
What an interesting day we had today. The place we stayed last night was wonderful. They fed us a nice 5 course meal followed by authentic Tirolian dancers. I have a movie clip I will try to upload soon. Then this morning they treated us to a wonderful breakfast buffett and sent us on our way with full bellies.
From there, we drove to the beautiful Linderhof palace. King Ludwig II's ...