Were now screaming
across Austria towards Hintertux. We started out the day by having
a good breakfast at our Vienna Hotel. We got the car from the garage,
loaded it up, and took off. I personally had expected to get lost
as soon as we drove onto the street but by some divine miracle we
made outside the city unscathed. We were now on the auto bahn, thats
right folks, the auto bahn with no speed limit. The engine had a good
300 miles on it so we could take it up 4000 rpm. I must say, it was
not rare to hit 100mph and 80 felt slow. At this rate we got to the
hill town of Piber sooner than expected. This is the place where the
Lipizan horses are born and are taken in the off season. It is a very
pretty town, and it actually is fairly reminiscent of Vermont. Even
with a cold reception (it sounded like half the town died in WWII)
we pressed on and eventually, after lunch, wound up on a German tour.
It was interesting to see the foals, the studs, and the mares. At
least they were friendly. After the tour we got into the car and took
off. We went through some wonderfully curvy roads on the way to the
highway. We took off on the highway for Hintertux. And that brings
up to now (4:22). We dont know where were going to stay
but hey, thats the fun of traveling around Europe at 100 miles
an hour.