It’s been awhile since we have had any travel adventures, we have been very preoccupied with university.

I started university with the equivalent of 4 Australian subjects, except they were all in German. A language I am still only becoming familiar with. Recently I dropped one so I could make a serious attempt at Neural Networks, and German. Having missed a level of German, in comparison to my classmates, I am finding it very difficult – perhaps too difficult.

Recently Ellie attended an Environmental conference in Berlin, where she won a 400€ gift voucher to spend at a travel agency in Germany. So having a weeks holidays from university we booked a room across the boarder in the Austrian Alps. (Where I am writing this post from).

The town is a quaint, stereotypical alpine village, centered around a small lake. We are staying in “the Hotel with the Organic Kitchen”. And needless to say the food is amazing. Its been a real treat, there is even a sauna and spa bath.

We came prepared for a summer holiday, however yesterday when we were climbing one of the 2000m high alps, it suddenly turned very cold. 3deg in fact. Just before we reached the summit. This weather would usually posed no problem, however we were decked out in our best Ozi thongs & tee shirts. While the locals were prepared for anything with waterproof jackets, backpacks and these funny looking hiking sticks.

Today its has been raining, with the odd patch of snow flakes. The region is quite picturesque. We took advantage of the situation with a nice deep snooze until lunchtime, followed by a session in the sauna, making up for our draining climb yesterday.

Another thing that you may find amusing, was waking up on the morning we were to leave for the trip and having Ellie tell me I would need my passport for the trip. O, turns out she forgot to tell me that the place we were going is in another country! Ha.

Enjoy the photo’s.

p.s. See if you can navigate around the 360 Panorama ‘Film’ (the last image – you’ll need quicktime)

Nathan

 

Cute Austrian log cabin

 

 

Spazieren gehen

 

 

Ellie & a Burg

 

 

Traditional Austrian House

 

 

Local Jetty

 

 

Funny musical instruments

 

 

Lake in Kufstein

 

 

Yellow mountain flowers, and mountains.

 

 

360 Degree Panorama from a nice vantage point

 

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Note: for above image (or below link):

CLICK-DRAG within image to pan and tilt.
ZOOM IN with SHIFT key, while panning or still.
ZOOM OUT with CONTROL key.

 

360 Degree Panorama from a nice vantage point

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Posted on May 29th, 2007 :: Filed under Life,Travel

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Actually, maybe that title doesn’t work.

Anyhow, a small selection of photos from or travels to Heidelberg for May day. A very awesome occasion in Germany for students.

Note: You can click these images for a slightly larger view.

 

 

A nice view of Heidelberg, a city in Baden-Württemberg that lies on the Necker.

 

 

A interesting perspective of the ruined Schloss from inside.

 

 

A view of Heidelberg from the Schloss wall.

 

 

A great example of what might happen if you can’t keep up maintenance for a couple of hundred years.

I’ve also worked out how to add those annoying tags to my nice images. Some time within the next few weeks I will have an online photo store available at www.lightfootphotos.com, until then the site will redirect here. Keep your eyes out. Of course you will be able to purchase high quality versions of these images (without the copyright tag)

Best wishes to all you sleeping beauties down under,

Nathan

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Posted on May 5th, 2007 :: Filed under Life,Travel

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