Monday 18 November 2013

At a hotel in the middle of nowhere

Just us and a small team of car enthusiasts in a 5 star hotel. Restaurant closed, no room service, Austrian 'Big Brother' on the TV in our room was the only thing that didn't involve lots of interviews of people speaking German. I have never watched it in English, let alone in German. Couldn't understand a word but it looks a bit different to the promos I have seen in OZ.
Mostly it seemed to involve bad actors and incredible sets (take it as you want) doing stupid things - oh, and one presenter who looked as though she must have been picked for her niceness, not her looks











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Wonderful hotel - good breakfast, but one wonders why they take bookings in the off season when they are not really fully open. Might be explained by the amount of alcohol consumed in the bar by the car enthusiasts, who gaily drove the next morning (at vast speed off the property) nary a thought of Polizei with breathalyzers

In Austria - oh deer


We wended our way across Austria. A neat country, very pretty but without the extravagance of Switzerland. I did enjoy it


Maize drying in formation




 The first rain on our trip



We stayed in Igls just outside Salzburg. Most of these photos are from there

We had a wonderful meal in this restaurant - crammed with  local art.


I have sink envy. This is in a craft shop and they wash their artists materials in there every day



The interior of the church is full on



...and this is a clinic in the middle of nowhere

Meanwhile  - down the road, in true neat Austrian fashion

Getting the kerbside pickup sorted






Oh Deer