We went back to Friesach on a couple of different days to explore the city after the festival was over. It was a really neat place to walk around. The city is walled in still, and even has a moat around the outside. Up in the...
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The farm house we rented in Kaernten was at the top of a mountain with an amazing view. Kaernten is beautiful with green rolling hills as faras the eye can see. The owners of the rental had their house next door, and were very...
After touring the town of Friesach one day, we stopped at a little cafe for lunch.One of our friends told us we had to try Kärntner Käsenudeln – which are like raviolis filled with a unique cheese mixture and then sauteed...
Today we headed to Klagenfurt to check out the Professional BeachVolleyball Grand Slam Tournament. It is a huge four day event at the beach on the Woerthersee Lake. We got to watch Canada get beat by the Czech Republic, and...
The castle Burg Hochosterwitz is considered the nicest castle in all of Austria, possible all of Europe for its uniqueness. As you can see from the pictures it is perched on top of a tall, skinny mountain over looking miles of...
The Austrian medieval city of Friesach holds a Mittlealter Spectaculum (Middle Ages Spectacular) every year on the last Saturday in July. The city is closed to cars, electricity shut off and set ablaze with torches and fire pits...
And make it drink out of a drinking fountain. This cow was slurping water out of the “drinking fountain” near the farmhouse we’re staying at in our souther Austria get away. Kind of a funny thing to...
Finally, we’ve reached the end of our Rhodes trip. It only took us 2 weeks… Kebaps are one of our favorite foods in Vienna, and since it is similar to a Gyros we figured we’d try an authentic Greek Gyros...
After our trip to Lindos, the bus took us back to Rhodes and we decided to walk around the old city one more time — this time in the moat! There is a dry moat all the way around the castle that is now a park and jogging...
Sorry, more Rhodes. But it was so much fun! Rhodes is a pretty big island, and we took an hour and a half long bus ride (with transfer) to the city of Lindos where there is a beautiful bay, and an ancient Greek temple inside of a...