I’ll try and make it quick. Started off going to the Heeresgeschichtliches Museum (Army History Museum) – A big museum dedicated to the military of Austria from around the 1600’s to WW2, or more less to the 1980’s if you include the Panzer Museum. The 4 main wings include a 1600’s wing, with displays of … More Meet The Habsburgs

How my day started: Plan to leave Linz today Sign at train station said train would be delayed 5 minutes Train indeed shows up 5 minutes as the legend foretold Get on train, wait about another 10 minutes. Still there in the station After about 10 minutes still in the station, get an announcement from … More Veen

Today was another depressing day with a trip to the infamous Mauthausen Concentration Camp. I don’t really wanna have to describe it all, so I’ll copy the main description from Wikipedia: “The Mauthausen–Gusen concentration camp complex consisted of the Mauthausen concentration camp on a hill above the market town of Mauthausen (roughly 20 kilometres (12 mi) … More The Stairs Of Death

Short and unexciting post: I left Hallstatt and made it to the Austrian city of Linz. (Pronounced Lints). It’s a nice city and didn’t get to do much yet, just a walked down the main street with a very quick visit to the cathedral and multiple churches. Time again for another German city with a … More Linz

Well, I went deep underground a couple times today, was hoping to do another, but some of the caves aren’t open for long. It started with a trip to near the top of the mountain above Hallstatt, to the Salz Welten (Salt World) Salzbergwerk (Salt Mine) The world’s oldest salt mine, though it is no … More The Caves

I finally left Germany. Sad times. Anyways I took a train east into the far, far away country of Austria to finish off my trip abroad. Annoyingly for some unannounced reason there was a problem or something with the tracks, and we all had to get off early. Then I had to take a bus … More Laketown

Well I got up with my grand plans, and looked out the window. Clouds and fog. I proceeded with my plans anyway hoping the day would get better. So I took a trip again down to Königssee (King’s Lake). Still cloudy and foggy. This time, I did not go to St. Bartholomä’s  Church, the unique … More Clouds Vol. II

Well, it happened. Exactly what I didn’t want to happen. Clouds… Gloomy, cloudy, foggy clouds. And rain. Lots of rain. Forecast said it was supposed to clear up. It never did. Said it’s supposed to be clear tomorrow, and had to delay some of my grand plans hoping the weather gets better. Anyways I spent … More Clouds

Well, finallllyyyyy left Munich today after 10 days/11 nights and it makes me sad – It went by soooo fast! It’s far longer than any other stay I’ve ever done, which I think my previous maximum was 6 or maybe 7 days. But since Munich is so cool I decided to add 7 more days … More Outta There

One last go at Oktoberfest for something I haven’t yet done some how – Oide Wiesn (oy-duh veezin/ Old Wiesn. Wiesn being the common German word for Oktoberfest. Oide Wiesn is another small section fenced off on the Oktoberfest grounds behind a small ticket office, and what this is, is an old fashioned Oktoberfest. It’s … More Oide Wiesn