I got my Asian food fix, and Kenric had his American food fix. The chef on the box for his leftover pizza looks like Brad Pitt from a certain angle. I named him Brad Pizza. You have no idea for how long I cracked myself up with that.
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Where Are They Meow?
A Visit to The Pinkas Synagogue
On the walls of the Pinkas Synagogue are written about 78,000 names of Holocaust victims, their dates of birth, and of death, if known.
A Love-Hate Relationship
It sounds ungracious to say I was glad to leave Hallstatt, but I was glad we left this morning. Kenric’s family was there 35 years ago. He often spoke fondly of it….
Second Burial
This is the Charnel House (Bone House) at Saint Michael’s Chapel in Hallstatt. This is the “Second Burial” place for the deceased. The bones were brought in from the cemetery outside. The…
A Visit to The Austrian Doctor
Yesterday, Kenric was so out of it he started eating dinner with two forks, so we decided to skip breakfast and sleep in. Even with the Big Red Do-Not-Disturb sign, someone still…
Salty
We went on a salt mine tour today. Took the funicular up the mountain, hiked to Salzwelten, checked in, put on our protective clothing, climbed a lot of stairs, walked through a…
The Black Sheep of Hallstatt
In English, the hotel name is “The White Lamb”. The tag line is “Make yourself at home”. Laughable, if it wasn’t so insulting to paying customers. More like “The Holl Family gives your family Holl.” Or, “The White Lamb is the black sheep of Hallstatt.”
Gautrachtenfest
Beautiful horses, traditional Bavarian marching bands, creative village specialties displayed on wagon floats (villagers mending a fish net, chopping wood, or threshing grain, or a model of the village church), and children and adults dressed in their village tracht.
It’s Sunday. Did you go to Churches?
Our male host is a retired music conductor who fills in for organ players at different churches when necessary. He showed us the church organ which was quite a special experience. That’s him in the photo rehearsing.
Selfie With a Cow
She took us grocery shopping, dropped us off at a trailhead, and recommended we hike to this hut, have a drink, maybe hike further up. In any case, we were to entertain ourselves, and return around 6 pm.