Gate of Schloss Schoenbrunn
Schloss Schoenbrunn
Nice alley
Garden of Schloss Schoenbrunn
The Gloriette at the top of the hill behind the palace
National Historic Museum
The golden roof ("Goldenes Dachl") in Innsbruck
Nice architecture everywhere
Innsbruck with Alps in the background
The Palace
The "Uhrturm" clocktower on the top of Schlossberg
Herrengasse in winter... where is the snow?!?
Schloss Eggenberg with park
Schloss Eggenberg
View over Wetzawinkel/Arnwiesen 1
View over Wetzawinkel/Arnwiesen 2
Paragliding on Kulm (with Lake Stubenberg in the background)
Lift Off
Little Bambies (or whatever *oops*)
Paragliding 2... what a great view!!
Wine grapes still small and green on the vine
The South Styrian Wine Street... every few hundred metres another winery
Looking into Slovenia... the boarder is somewhere in between
Driving the wine street is a bad idea. Coz that means NO drinking =( ... I mean "tasting"
Walking to my parents' place
View from Riegersburg Castle 1
View from Riegersburg Castle 2
View from Riegersburg Castle 3... the hills in the background are already Hungary
View towards Riegersburg Castle
Birchbaum in early autumn...
...and Birchbaum in winter
Birchbaum in autumn again...
...and one more time in winter
The Huabn... in family posession since the 15th century
The Huabn in winter
View from The Huabn
Thais have their Spirit Houses, we have our "Marterl'n"
Patscha Mountin on Xmas Eve
View from Patscha Mountain... it feels like you could walk on the clouds
The peak is coming nearer and nearer
There it is. Mandatory entry into the "Gipfelbuch"
+5 degrees (centigrade)... that's about 10 degrees too much
The Church of Weiz in the background
I love the countryside... so spacious!!!
The Christkindlmarkt (christmas market) in Weiz
The first "Gluehwein" (hot wine) at 10:30am
That's how REAL christmas trees should look like...
The Christkindlmarkt goes on... 6:30pm and Gluehwein number 16... no wonder Austrians are always drunk around Christmas
View from the Sommeralm
Accordion Player along our pilgrimage route
A little chat and motivation words before we move on
HEY, what is this wooden hut? Is it a stable?
Yeah, seems like it...
Okay, DEFINITELY a stable
Like out of a Grimm fairy-tale
Another mountain hut. A great place (..well, actually the ONLY option) to stay overnight in the mountains
Hiking path
Hikers on the hiking path ;)
The hikers about to climb yet another mountain
Cows EVERYWHERE
That's the mountain range, which has to be crossed
View from (almost) the top
View from the top
And on the other side down again
Nature, nature, nature... no buildings, no cars, no sound... PARADISE
Relaxing after a hard day's march
Without doubt, the nicest place...
...is above the clouds.
Well, no matter if with clouds or without. On top it's always nicer
Snowy mountain in winter
Snowboarders practice on their selfmade ramp/jump
Winter activity on a boring Sunday... what else to do?
But careful, even snow can hurt! ;-)
And UP AGAIN...
White crash
Are these feet???
Wonderful combination... blue and white
...don't you agree?
