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Gruss Gott!
On the first night following our wander that day from Budapest to Vienna, we decided to take a short 360km round trip down to Graz . . . . just to see what it looked like at night! (got back to Vienna a little after 2am but it was worth it - great drive down and the city had all turned out for a jazz concert in town on a gorgeous night!)
We then stayed in the Austrian Alps near a beautiful lakeside town called Hallstatt, where it rained for four days!
So what does one do on a wet, 10-degree day in the Alps? Well of course you take a cable-car ride up into the clouds and visit an ice-cave for an hour in zero degree temperatures! (the wet camping ground didn't look quite so bad after that! ;-)
u13%2fbkgee%2fsmall%2f42572283.IMG_4523.jpg Graz at night
Graz at night		 u13%2fbkgee%2fsmall%2f42612013.WebUploadIMG_4437.jpg The walk up Schlossberg hill . . .
The walk up Schlossberg hill . . .		 . . . to the Uhrturm (clock tower) . . .
. . . to the Uhrturm (clock tower) . . .
. . . and the view below. To the far left is the Kunsthaus, nicknamed the friendly alien
. . . and the view below. To the far left is the Kunsthaus, nicknamed "the friendly alien"		 Schonbrunn Palace . . .
Schonbrunn Palace . . .		 . . . and Gardens
. . . and Gardens		 Schonbrunn Palm House
Schonbrunn Palm House		 Some of the friendly natives . . .
Some of the friendly natives . . .
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Master B in the Rose Garden		 Stephansdom . . .
Stephansdom . . .		 . . . with its magnificient glazed tile roof
. . . with its magnificient glazed tile roof
u13%2fbkgee%2fsmall%2f42612023.WebUploadIMG_4495.jpg u26%2fbkgee%2fsmall%2f43450555.IMG_4503.jpg KunstHausWien - a home for the work of Friedensreich Hundertwasser . . .
KunstHausWien - a home for the work of Friedensreich Hundertwasser . . .		 u26%2fbkgee%2fsmall%2f43450556.IMG_4535.jpg . . . his version of the New Zealand flag . . .
. . . his version of the New Zealand flag . . .
. . . and down the road, his block of residential flats
. . . and down the road, his block of residential flats		 Prater Park's Giant Ferris Wheel . . .
Prater Park's Giant Ferris Wheel . . .		 u13%2fbkgee%2fsmall%2f42612026.WebUploadIMG_4547.jpg . . . and views over Vienna
. . . and views over Vienna		 Hallstatt - a breathtaking Austrian village on Lake Hallstatt
Hallstatt - a breathtaking Austrian village on Lake Hallstatt
u13%2fbkgee%2fsmall%2f42612033.WebUploadIMG_4589.jpg u14%2fbkgee%2fsmall%2f42612034.WebUploadIMG_4593.jpg u14%2fbkgee%2fsmall%2f42612036.WebUploadIMG_4612.jpg u26%2fbkgee%2fsmall%2f43450559.IMG_4611.jpg Taking the cable car . . .
Taking the cable car . . .
. . . up Schonbergalpe (1365m) . . .
. . . up Schonbergalpe (1365m) . . .		 . . . to the Dachstein Rieseneishohle (Giant Ice Caves)
. . . to the Dachstein Rieseneishohle (Giant Ice Caves)		 On the road through the Austrian countryside . . .
On the road through the Austrian countryside . . .		 . . . to the scenic Grossglockner Hocalpenstrasse . . .
. . . to the scenic Grossglockner Hocalpenstrasse . . .		 . . . home to Grossglockner, Austria's highest mountain (3797m)
. . . home to Grossglockner, Austria's highest mountain (3797m)
and over to Soll . . .
and over to Soll . . .		 . . . where we stayed for our first Christmas in the UK . . .
. . . where we stayed for our first Christmas in the UK . . .		 . . . the beginners ski slope, in summer
. . . the beginners ski slope, in summer
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