ROADTRIP V - AUSTRIA

13. August – 17. August 2011

Our actual plan for the day was to go to Slovakia but thanks to the navigation system we ended up at Paula's campground in Austria. On the way out of Budapest we weren't really decided where to go and so we followed the navigation system to the closest campground with pool. And that was in Austria.

The campground was quite nice and the owner Helmut very friendly. We relaxed, tried balancing on the slack-line and had some drinks and an entertaining evening with some guys from Bavaria. On the second day we did a little side trip to Bratislava, Slovakia's capital city. But since the night before was rather long we all didn't really feel like sightseeing. There are a lot of places in Bratislava that remind you of it's communist past with ugly buildings and streets. But there is also a very pretty historical center. We had delicious lunch there, wrote some postcards and walk around before driving back to Austria. On the way back we stopped at an outlet center = three happy girls shopping. Anyways, we only had one hour before the stores closed and didn't buy much. Later that day, we enjoyed the sun at the Neusiedler See and at night went to a local Volksfest, but couldn't stand it longer than an hour (bad music, drunk old people, ...)

The next morning we drove to Vienna. Beautiful city. Very clean, friendly people and beautiful old buildings and palaces. We enjoyed the city, walked around all day – sightseeing and relaxing.

After a day in Wien it was time to say good bye to Christiane and Karina. While I could stay a few more days relaxing and enjoying Vienna, Christiane and Karina had to go back to Munich to work.