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August 2005 - Posts

Interesting Searching

I was just having a look at the stats for this site (we monitor how many people are visiting and at the same time get a whole heap of other details about the visitor) and notice that someone who visited Matt's Blog had entered an interesting search term Read More...
Posted Thursday, 18 August 2005 1:53 AM by fish | 1 Comments
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Finishing Busabout

We had our last bus trip with Busabout from Salzburg to Munich. It's kind of weird that it's over. We spent a long time on the Busabout circuit and meet heaps of people we'll hopefully stay in touch with. Over the next couple of weeks I'm going to write Read More...
Posted Monday, 15 August 2005 6:45 AM by fish | 0 Comments
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Jack

Just want to say goodbye to my dog Jack. Both Lyds and I have really been missing our Black and White dogs (Border Collies, the best dogs in the world). Unbelievably, a couple of dogs attacked Jack the other night and the Vet had to put him down as there Read More...
Posted Thursday, 11 August 2005 10:58 AM by fish | 1 Comments
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Dachau - 09 August

We decided before reaching Berlin that we would visit Dachau Concentration Camp near Munich rather than some of the others up north (we did see Terezín on the way to Prague). Even though it is a big tourist drawcard, the site is silent bar the sound Read More...
Posted Thursday, 11 August 2005 10:57 AM by fish | 0 Comments
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Salt Mines - 05 August

After talking to Mitch on the Ice Caves tour we decided to visit the salt mines of Salzbergwerk (near Berchtesgarden across the German border. Before joining a tour we had to get fitted out in our mining gear, mine looked really bad, Lyds was ok (photos Read More...
Posted Thursday, 11 August 2005 10:56 AM by fish | 0 Comments
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Eagles Nest (Kehlsteinhaus) - 06 August

One of the guys off the bus, Adrian and I joined a tour to visit the Eagles Nest, a conference centre for Hitler located above Obersalzberg the second seat of government for the Third Reich. If we'd known how easy it was to get up there we would have Read More...
Posted Thursday, 11 August 2005 10:56 AM by fish | 0 Comments
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Ice Cave Tour - 04 August

Last year when Lyds and Adele traveled to Vienna they went on the Grape Grazing Tour. The same guy (Mitch from www.mitchstours.com) runs an Ice Caves tour in Salzburg which we decided would be worth the money. We handed over the €45 each and jumped Read More...
Posted Thursday, 11 August 2005 10:55 AM by fish | 0 Comments
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Salzburg - 03 August

Salzburg was a great little place to visit. The town itself is really pretty and with the fort up on the hill and numerous church spires, very picturesque. For us though, it became mainly a base for the day trips. While there we did the Sound of music Read More...
Posted Thursday, 11 August 2005 10:54 AM by fish | 4 Comments
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Sound of music tour - 03 August

I'm still not entirely sure why I didn't let Lyds do this one on her own. It was a bit of a waste me doing it given I'm not a big fan of the movie. We got off the Busabout bus, settled into the Yoho hostel and then joined the tour. The tour that we joined Read More...
Posted Thursday, 11 August 2005 10:54 AM by fish | 0 Comments
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Vienna - 1 August

I've been slack with the diary for a couple of days and am now regretting it. Vienna wasn't that memorable a place. The architecture is unbelievable, with huge impressive buildings, but the city was lacking the character and ambience of a major city. Read More...
Posted Thursday, 11 August 2005 10:53 AM by fish | 0 Comments
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Prague - 25 July

I was a little disappointed with Prague, I had heard so many good things about it, I had built it up a little in my mind. We spent our two days wandering about the city and don't really feel we missed much. Once again the Busabout accommodation was out Read More...
Posted Thursday, 11 August 2005 10:51 AM by fish | 0 Comments
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Chesky Kromlov - 28 July

We decided a while ago to spend 4 nights here just too recharge the batteries. There is not much to do and it takes all of 10 minutes to walk the length of the town. Rafting About 15 of us jumped off the bus, and after settling into the room, 13 of us Read More...
Posted Thursday, 11 August 2005 10:51 AM by fish | 0 Comments
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Czech Travel Day - 25 July

Today we got the bus from Berlin to Prague, via Dresden. It was the first time we didn't get off the bus for an optional stop since Pisa. Having driven through the city wasn't really that worried, the allies destroyed the city near the end of WWII. Since Read More...
Posted Thursday, 11 August 2005 10:50 AM by fish | 1 Comments
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