Austria

Crossing into Austria is certainly a breath-taking experience. The beauty of the country is unbelievable. Winding through the mountains, there are little settlements scattered all along these fantastic blue rivers. In Austria they have big houses and every now and then you come across a castle perched on a hill (mountain) overlooking the valley below. It really is beautiful. Went to Vienna, saw the Hapsburg Palace and Sigmund Freud Park. And i know Collette will be jealous cause i also went to the Spanish Riding School. We went to the home of the Vienna Choir Boys, this was very interesting. Some not so nice stories about that place. We all had a great night at Prater(Amusement Park). But the best thing in Austria and most disturbing was the visit to Mauthausen. This was the last concentration camp to be liberated in WW2. We watched a movie at which i cried through, it was a horrible place to be, and very hard to believe that the evils that went on there were only 60 years ago. You could walk the Stairway to Death, and also see around the complex, through the barracks and gas chambers etc... Everyone was quiet on the bus for a few hours after that experience. We then hit Salzburg and yet another lovely little river side town of Austria. I loved it very much. This is where alot of the sound of music was filmed. And no i didnt go round singing 'The hills are alive with the sound of music'. Austria is beautiful, what more can i say...