Europe 2008

Third day home and I have some time to put up some pictures. (It is 4:00 am in the morning here with my jet lag) What a great trip. Salzburg, Marlborghetto/Tarvisio, Palauro, Santa Croce, Venice, Vienna and Passau. We saw a lot and it seemed that we were gone for 3 months. Incredible hospitality from Titziana and family in Marlborghetto, Sonja in Palauro, the Sosic clan in Santa Croce, Robi and Alessandra in Jesolo and of course Kriszta and Herbert in Vienna.

Waiting for the plane, we at first were charged $250 to take our bikes, but then it looks like it ended up being free. They never charged us.

Upgraded for free at Car rental to little Volvo car. We arrived early and they said they were out of our cheap rental, so we were upgraded for free!

Salzburg (but a bit cold and cloudy in Europe this year)

We bought the "Salzburg card" where you could take all the trams, buses and free entry into museums for two days. This was at Mozart's birthplace.

Up on the Untersberg mountain near Salzburg, free ride up the tram, snow up top

Rotten ski lift (red in German), just across the border near Berchtesgarden

A white Smurf before the Salt Mine Tour near Hallein Austria

On the way up to Terra Rosso (click for full size) Sarah and Titziana

Then we went to Marlborghetto in Italy. Climbing Terra Rosso near Tarvisio

Stambecchi

Doing some Ferrata routes (with cables), don't fall (who is the bald guy?)

Little Stambecchi on the trail, you could go up and pet them on the head

Titziana and Sarah on the mountain

more meat

90th anniversary of the end of WWI, commemoration on a mountain pass -CLICK TO ENLARGE- beautiful and sobering

At Rifugo Corsi near Tarvisio

Outside the "hut"

The Gardner at Sonja's house

Annie gives Chris a bib to eat. Grazie per tutto a Lasko Pivo!

Martin and Roberta family, they are busy with the kids

Trying different grappas

Non lo so, che sta facendo Stojan

Sarah and Matejcheck

Sarah and Alex

Chris shows the girls how to swing in Repen, always wear un casco

Sarah and Valentina

Having a coffee and yucky drink at the Marina bar. They made me drink something that they use to clean the paint off of boats.

They try to take your picture at all the tourist places so and we do our best to ruin the photo each time. This is at the famous Postojna cave on the train. It was an absolutely incredible cave tour.

Predjamski Grad near Postojna, Slovenia

Biking on the canals near Jesolo

Dinner with Robi and Alessandra

Loud, obnoxious American in Venice

This is where all the lost luggage from the airlines ends up, floating on a Mafia boat in Venice

Biking on the Donau (Danube river)

Biking along the Donau (Danube) Thank you Kristza for the jacket!



Here is a video of Herbert demonstrating "Robi" the automatic lawn mowing machine. It is crazy.

hungry Eating in Hungary
Thank you Herbert and Kriszta, your hospitality was incredible!

Schornbrunn Vienna real close to Kriszta and Herbert's house

100s of fancy paper weights that Herbert Kafka would love to buy (in Passau)

Biking across a dam on the Donau (Danube)

Biking on the Donau near Passau Germany

Prices in Europe? $7 dollar roll of tape to box up the bikes. Gas was $7.50-8.00 per gallon.

Passau organ concert movie

No European trip without a cigarette machine
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