Steigenberger Hotel 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 ...

Photos of LInz here:
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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 ...

... 8211; gotta love the European train system – particularly in Austria and Germany. I met up with my friend Robert Rzeszut from business school and he showed me around Vienna a little and then we got some dinner. I had this awesome stir fry type thing with dumplings, meat, and egg, served with a side of cabbage. Robert also made me try blutwurst (yes, I think you can get the translation). I was a bit skeptical because others had told me ...

... very strange, but apparently very Austrian approach to trying to unconfrontationally suggest that you cant do something. Weird.

Sunday morning, I headed out for a run along the Danube – what a gorgeous setting, looking off at the hills in the distance, the peaceful water of the river and jogging through a tree lined park (I tried not to focus on the other side of the river where the towers of the industrial park bellowed stiff white smoke clouds). I ...

... a
200 craggy, metal figures on the ocean beach.

But, the Austrian artist’s work conjure up a more ethereal,
mystical quality. They’re shrouded in mystery calling out their
ancestors and their progeny. When the viewer looks from
particular angles, they become diaphanous, almost soulless —
like the ring-wraiths, the Nazgul, from The Lord of the Rings ...

... loved the food, the kangaroo was the most tender I had ever tasted (I have the feeling that it was farmed to make it that way). There was also much boozing an in addition to beer (I drank the leffe but Austrian beer was the beer of choice for others) there was wine (Australian and French - the French wine sucked) and Jagermeister at the end of the evening (which was quite nice for my throat). The hotel room was really quite nice and I had no trouble with the sleeping!

... prettier than the ones I saw in Vienna. Maybe that's because Linz has been crowned Culture Capital of Europe in 2009, and so they're spicing everything up? The tram was also easy to navigate, and half an hour later I was entering my room here, on the fourth floor, with a not-too-shabby view. After organising my payment and getting an ID card, I found my way to the cafeteria where I got a meal despite the kitchen being closed ...

Doris Hollnbuchner (25 years
tall, faked fair)
former travel spots: Greece (3 month),
Amsterdam Hungary Italy England France (short visit, longer then 3
days)
Ireland (just for attending a wedding)

Oliver Neumann ("Ö") (31years tall ...

I spent too long in the sun unprotected and gave myself sunstroke. The day was supposed to be relaxing but I went on a fruitless search for museums with my Museumskarte on the basis of three criteria: a) the museum must be open b) it should be interesting c) it should help not to be dependent on German. The most glaring illustration of these was the ...