Full steam ahead on the Semmering

Full steam ahead on the Semmering

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Südbahn Museum, Semmering Railway Walk I’d been to Mürzzuschlag before with the Oldies, when we visited the Winter Sport Museum. This time, it was all about a different mode of transport through the mountains and beyond. We were at the Südbahn Museum, the Southern Railway Museum, which covers the fascinating history of the rail route between Vienna and Trieste. The Oldies appeared to be very taken by the entrance hall, decked out in old signage and with a café set…

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Steps in the Steppe

Steps in the Steppe

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Lake Neusiedl Seewinkel National Park Well, this didn’t sound terribly inviting. The Oldies were negotiating the Oberer Stinkersee and Unterer Stinkersee, Upper and Lower Stinky Lakes, on one of the many cycling routes in Lake Neusiedl Seewinkel National Park. Unappealing as they sound, these shallow, salty ponds which dry out in summer leaving a salty residue are not only beautiful, they are abundant with a rich diversity of plants and animal life. The birdlife alone is phenomenal. As indeed are…

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A Splash of Colour on the Danube

A Splash of Colour on the Danube

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A Visit to Danubiana Meulensteen Art Museum From their campsite in Andau, the Dynamic Duo set off one morning and took in three countries, all within a 40 minute drive – Austria, Hungary and Slovakia. Blink and you could miss one! Their goal that particular day was Danubiana, Meulensteen Art Museum. A modern building for modern art, it was opened in the year 2000, and it certainly is striking in so many respects. The architecture is remarkable – the main…

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The Smallest Big City In The World

The Smallest Big City In The World

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Visit to Esterházy Palace, Eisenstadt The drive around Lake Neusiedl took us through several wine villages, many of which displayed posters showing their most recently elected wine princess or queen. These were not the usual beauty queen waifs. From their photos, I could well believe that they partake of an occasional glass or two of the wines they were crowned to represent. The real deal! Speaking of which, it turned out we were going to Eisenstadt to visit Esterházy Palace,…

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Flat Austria

Flat Austria

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Visit to Andau, Burgenland The caravan was finally cracked out and hitched up again. For a change, the Oldies were staying quite close to home – in Andau, in the eastern Austrian province of Burgenland, to be exact. I’m so used to vertical or close to vertical topography, it’s quite a change to see horizontal Austria. It’s flat here. Real flat. Even her Ladyship didn’t complain when His Lordship proposed a cycling trip. Well, not as much as usual anyway. They pedalled…

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