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Zell-am-See &
Grossglockner

August 2000

After our success with Paris, we thought we would try out a country whose language I've never studied or spoken! How hard can it be to understand what's going on? Yeah... right!!!

Join us up and down mountains, round hairpin bends and down glaciers, hanging off the Gisela express, doing Julie Andrews impressions in Saltzburg and getting a touch damp at the mighty Krimml waterfalls!

Oy!!! Get those planks of wood off my feet!!!


01 Getting There Through England, Belgium, Holland and Germany to Austria
02 Berchtesgaden Into Bavaria for the morning for our first taste of the Alps and that delightful apfel strudel!
03 Königsee A trip up the Jannerbrau mountain on a cable car that doubles as a two-man oven...
04 Zell-am-See A walk down to the lake to watch the sunset.
05 Zell-am-See A couple of hours off the coach to see smoked bacon and yodelling teddy bears!
06 The Gisela Express One of the earliest electric trains in the world.
07 Kitzbühel Coloured buildings and wrought iron graves. Kitzbühel enchants us for a couple of hours!
08 Heiligenblut A breakdown, a falling bread roll and a stop for lunch.
09 Towards Grossglockner The coach passes through some enchanting Alpine scenery on the way to the glacier
10 The "Marmites" Austria's national animal is the marmot, a sort of large version of the praire dog. We saw quite a few!
11 Grossglockner Glacier We reach the glacier (and its souvenir shops) at last.
12 Down the Mountain Pass and a Rainy Night in Zell How many hairpin bends can you take in one journey? Once back we get stranded in a storm!
13 Salzburg High on a hill, there's a lonely goatherd... A walking tour of the city.
14 Salzburg A market, a crowded street and a ride up the funicular to the castle and a splendid panorama of the city.
15 Salzburg The fortress of Hohensalzburg. Altogether: "Do, a deer, a female deer..."
16 Another rainy night in Zell Yes, we must be either mad or unlucky but here we go again! We did get to Zell this time!
17 Krimml Falls Gorgeous, impressive waterfalls and a steep climb.
18 Krimml Falls We stop on the way back down for a weiner schnitzel and a closer look at the falls.
19 On our way home Another long day through Germany with the occasional castle to look at.
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