Austria
It was a long drive to Austria. Its almost like being in the twilight zone when we a driving across the Continent. Nathalie our tour guide tells us when to get up, when to have breakfast, when to get in the bus, when we can sleep on the bus, when to get off the bus for a break, when to get back on the bus, when we pass some thing interesting be we are all too tired to keep our eyes open, when to get off the bus again for another break, when to get back on the bus, when we have arrived at the hotel. We are all like sleeping babies on the bus.
We travelled to Liechtenstein where we stopped to have our passports stamped for the price of $1.50 euro!Mum bought another pair of shoes! The third so far! We then travel to Innsbruck for lunch.
Innsbruck got its name from the river Inns. What a beautiful little city. Cobblestone streets and small apartments. We only stopped in Innsbruck for a little while. We would have liked to stay longer. Back on the bus to Salzburg.
We finally got to Salzburg after a long day on the bus. I managed to meet up with Hisami and Michal who had come over Prague especially to visit mum and I in Salzburg. It was really neat to
think that we had come half way around the world and we could meet up with them. We joined a local tour guide who took us for a walk through Salzburg, we passed the Mozart statue, Mozart's two homes. Salzburg had a modern art exhibition when we were there which was humourous. There was an upside down helicopter in the middle of the square very close to this beautiful fountain, there was a clock that only had 11 hours and a big wooden fence around a historical garden area. I don't understand modern art! Luckily it was all coming down in about 4 days as the exhibition was coming to an end.
We then headed back to the Hotel for a meal. Unfortuntately the power went out so we didn't eat much. Luckily it doesn't get dark in Europe till 11pm so we all sat outside on the grass until the power came back on. It was actually really nice.
The next day we got up early because we were heading to the Eagles Nest.
Exactly where Joy told us not to go. Lucky for us we were the first tour group up there so we pretty much had the place to ourselves and most importantly before all the neo-nazi's arrived. The Eagles Nest was built for Hitler's 50th birthday and it is on the top of a very high peak (not sure how high), it took 13months to construct. It was built mainly for "conferences" so you can imagine the sort of decisions that were made there. It has one road with one hair pin turn leading up to the peak which stops 400 mtrs short of the top. There is a tunnel that you walk through that is 400mtrs into the mountain and then a lift going 400 mtrs up to the building. The inside of the building was enough to make your hair stand on end. 
The massive marble fireplace was all chipped from the Allied Forces looting the place. The Allied Forces decided not to destroy it after the war so that we can remember what happened to ensure history is not repeated.
On to Venice.
We travelled to Liechtenstein where we stopped to have our passports stamped for the price of $1.50 euro!Mum bought another pair of shoes! The third so far! We then travel to Innsbruck for lunch.
Innsbruck got its name from the river Inns. What a beautiful little city. Cobblestone streets and small apartments. We only stopped in Innsbruck for a little while. We would have liked to stay longer. Back on the bus to Salzburg.We finally got to Salzburg after a long day on the bus. I managed to meet up with Hisami and Michal who had come over Prague especially to visit mum and I in Salzburg. It was really neat to
think that we had come half way around the world and we could meet up with them. We joined a local tour guide who took us for a walk through Salzburg, we passed the Mozart statue, Mozart's two homes. Salzburg had a modern art exhibition when we were there which was humourous. There was an upside down helicopter in the middle of the square very close to this beautiful fountain, there was a clock that only had 11 hours and a big wooden fence around a historical garden area. I don't understand modern art! Luckily it was all coming down in about 4 days as the exhibition was coming to an end.We then headed back to the Hotel for a meal. Unfortuntately the power went out so we didn't eat much. Luckily it doesn't get dark in Europe till 11pm so we all sat outside on the grass until the power came back on. It was actually really nice.
The next day we got up early because we were heading to the Eagles Nest.
Exactly where Joy told us not to go. Lucky for us we were the first tour group up there so we pretty much had the place to ourselves and most importantly before all the neo-nazi's arrived. The Eagles Nest was built for Hitler's 50th birthday and it is on the top of a very high peak (not sure how high), it took 13months to construct. It was built mainly for "conferences" so you can imagine the sort of decisions that were made there. It has one road with one hair pin turn leading up to the peak which stops 400 mtrs short of the top. There is a tunnel that you walk through that is 400mtrs into the mountain and then a lift going 400 mtrs up to the building. The inside of the building was enough to make your hair stand on end. 
The massive marble fireplace was all chipped from the Allied Forces looting the place. The Allied Forces decided not to destroy it after the war so that we can remember what happened to ensure history is not repeated.On to Venice.
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