What a colourful bunch we are as we get our photo taken at the ruins Dobra. Emil is a friend from my ASIS professional meeting days. He met and married Christine when working with the IAEA in Vienna.
Moritz loved the chance to walk around with us and especially loved it when we threw sticks into the lake for him to retrieve.
The Austrian countryside offers beautiful scenery. Green hills, yellow rape seed fields, and then the vines in the wine country.
We enjoyed two meals at local Heurigers. These are local vintners/farmers who offer their wines and simple food in a simple setting. All the locals show up and have a great time.
Austria is home to many castles and castle ruins. Some are private homes, some are tourist sites. Here we are walking around the Dobra ruins.
We were lucky enough to be in Austria for May Day. We participated in the Idolsberg May pole raising. Once the pole was up we all enjoyed sausages and wine or beer. In most communities the event raises money for the volunteer fire company. The May poles are left up for the month of May. As we drove the countryside after May 1st you would see each village's May pole standing tall over the village.
The following day we joined friends of Emil and Christine for a walk through the countryside. There were 8 stops with wine and food along the way. There was a band following on a hay wagon. For our efforts we received a commemorative wine glass.
We enjoyed a bird of prey show at a restored castle in the area. We were early in the season so the crowd was small, but the birds performed just as well. They flew from one handler to another and demonstrated how they could catch a prey in the air, on the ground or in the water.
The Austrian countryside is definitely a great place to relax. If you would like to see more or larger photos follow the link below. Watching as a slideshow will give you captions.
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