On the motorway heading toward Switzerland, the country side is bloody nice, rolling hills slowly start to turn into mountains, its green, the suns shining and we're having a great time! A couple of hours from Vienna we turn off the motorway and headed for Hallstatt with a stop over at a couple of little notable gems in between.
Gmunden - this was a sight for sore eyes after really only seeing the motorway for the majority of the day. The rolling hills are beautiful, carpets of grass and crops of corn, sun flowers etc. but when a snow caped mountain meets a clear lake its something unlike anything you see in Australia.
When we were discussing this road trip with Jake and Trelawny a while ago, Jake's recommendation was we either hire a car, or camper to drive through Austria and Switzerland because, from their experience, a couple of years back it was some of the most beautiful scenery they'd experience, we were really starting to see the fruits from this decision. Photos do not give this area of the world any justice....
Bad Ischl - a spa town and a short stop over for us after Gmunden for merely a look around... But, it was like taking a step back in time, the whole bloody town were all wearing those Lederhosens! The only time i've seen this gear is on the internet for Oktoberfest...
Turns out the town was having some sort of market, or mini festival and we stumbled into it. Pretty interesting experience, the market stalls were selling locally made leather goods, knives etc. The local town band was singing Frank Sanatra songs in English (speaking in German in between songs), and just having a ripping time. We got a German style sausage, some fried potato chips and took it all in.
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| Crafty market. |
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| All the locals out and about getting amongst it all looking the part and loving it. classic. |
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| Salzburg 55km, Hallstatt 28km. |
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| Traun River running along the town. |
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| Houses are quite big here, really well decorated and preserved. |
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| Pretty dangerous having a fridge and co-drivers when traveling. |
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