Summer and winter with charm and fun in Austria

Kleinwalsertal - After a problem-free tour from Regensburg, we arrived at the Vorderboden campsite in the Kleinwalsertal, which is at least 1194 meters above sea level.

Walmendinger Horn - Once settled at the Vorderboden campsite in Kleinwalsertal, we set out on our first exploratory tour of Mittelberg, which is the main village of the functional exclave Kleinwalsertal alongside Baad and Riesler.

Breitachklamm - Similar to the day before, we were getting up again by the first daylight that penetrated the caravan through the skylight, as well as by the noise appearing from Breitach creek next to the campsite.

Walser Costume - The day before we noticed the first activities of the local fire brigade, which were busy building a huge canopy next to the Walserhaus: the village festival was being prepared, the first stands were being set up.

Not just because of the wonderful summer weather, the next diving expedition is planned to be a trip to the Blindsee, a mountain lake at 1093 meters above sea level, which is located below the Fernpass in Tyrol in Austria.

MissionMonteCarlo26 was drawing to a close at the Monte Carlo harbour or so Robert had planned. But, as often happened during the tour, things took an unexpected turn, for the Monte Carlo automobile museum had its own agenda, as Robert writes:

Mission Monte Carlo – And then, the time finally came to set off. The Avis was technically well-prepared, and we had thoroughly inspected the planned route; yet, we weren't entirely sure if the 100-year-old vehicle could handle the rigors of the journey as Robert noted before the actual start.

Mission Monte Carlo – We have already reported in two previous articles on the new project involving Dr. Robert Krickl and his vintage car, the "Avis," and the planned tour to Monte Carlo is now gaining momentum:

Avis - We previously reported on the Avis Type 3 discovered and subsequently restored by Robert Krickl in an earlier article; here is an update on the progress of his "Tour to Monte Carlo" project.

Central Cemetery - Every city, like every country, has its own bizarre peculiarities, so we were more than surprised about the central cemetery in Vienna during a conversation when we found out that the cemetery is also used as a park and green area by the Viennese.

Vienna - With its 6.3 kilometres, Halterbach is the 2nd longest stream in Vienna, which flows through the suburb of Hütteldorf in which the Camping Wien West is located, too.

Schönbrunn - Those who drive through the city center of Vienna during Advent will encounter astonishing lines of visitors in the early morning already, which despite cold and light snow fall hike towards Schönbrunn Palace.

Hofburg - Once again we took the tram into the city center of Vienna, leaving the tram at Vienna State Opera. This time, our exploration tour was to include the Vienna Hofburg and the museums housed in it, where our special interest was directed to the Ephesus Museum.

Precious Metal - In our first blog reports we had already written about the coin findings from the Roman period in Brunn am Gebirge, which are today located in the exhibition at the Heritage House.

Vienna Woods - In his work, created around the middle of the 2nd century AD, Ptolemy calls the mountains between Pannonia and Norikum "Ketion oros".

Scheiblingstein - The Wienerwald has also been populated by people since time immemorial. Neolithic residential pits, which were discovered in 1914 when trenches were dug, were found on the Simonsberg in the Weidlingbach municipality as early from the Neo-Gothic era (2200-1800 BC).

Ottakring - If you want to enjoy the ultimate, almost oriental market experience in Vienna, you should visit the Brunnenmarkt in Ottakring, which we were able to do thanks to our city guide Gernot.

Freemasonry - The visit to the Central Cemetery in Vienna, which was quite wet and cold but extremely interesting, had not just led us to the grave and memorial of the artist Falco, which had established itself a real visitor magnet over the years, the visit once again showed a different way of dealing with Death here in Vienna or at least here at the central cemetery.

Danube Island - Within continuing of our project work on the development of camping tourism on the Balkans as well as the creation of intermediate stations on the way to the south, our tour planning first integrated the locations of Vienna and Budapest before moving on to Belgrade.

Mödling - At the end of our tour through Mödling, Robert introduced us to the local museum, which gives an insight view into the history of the town as well as into the surroundings places and into the past too, when the area was connected to an ocean.