Hallstatt

Great to hear you all had a good time at Tom's house, and that you got some things done. Can't wait to see Tom's front yard when we get back. Unfortunately we didn't get a photo of Gemma or the hole in the ice, though it was about 10-15cm in diameter. I don't know what the vegetable is called but it is all connected. We think that it is a type of broccoli, or very closely related, as it tastes just like it.

Hallstatt was very picturesque. Is set along a lake and is nestled between the shore and a mountain range behind it. It is often only 3 houses deep and is spread out a lot. The museum was really interesting. It had many different finds from the area over a space of about 200 years. The history of the area goes back to about 2000 B.C., or in the bronze age. Because of the salt in the mines, many organic artifacts like fur, leather and wood have been preserved. Because of this they had some miners clothing and equipment from roughly 1000B.C.

We didn't spend any more time in Hallstatt because we wanted to catch an early train so we could get back to our accommodation at around 5:00.

Today (Friday 17th) we spent the morning lazing around and then borrowed some sleds from an American lady who lives in an apartment next to ours. We had heaps of fun sledding (and stacking) down a hill at the end of the street where we are staying.

Here is a photo of me after falling off my toboggan.

Here are some photos of Salzburg

 This is a cherub-thing statue in the Salzburg council chambers with my beanie on.

 This is a maccas sign on a street famous for it's extremely ornate shop signs. I'd say it would win the best maccas sign hands down.

Anyway, tomorrow we move on to Germany. We can't find anywhere in Nuremburg to stay tomorrow night but we found a place with a room free from Sunday onwards. Because of this, tomorrow we are staying in Regensburg for one day and then moving on to Nuremburg.

Posted at 8:23pm

P.S. Go Australia! Fingers crossed, we can win the third test in the ashes and then regain the urn.