Holiday snaps - Austria

Late in the afternoon we passed the Austrian border, and soon afterwards we saw the first hints of the alps.

After spending the night at a lovely "Gasthof" near Salzburg, we continued on our journey south. Then, all of a sudden, we see this castle high up on a mountain...

This was taken just outside the main entrance of the castle.

Looking out through one of the small windows in the wall (that you can see in the previous picture).

On the way home, we decided to take the scenic route, in this case the "Grossglockner Hochalpenstrasse". The highest point along this road is 2504 meters above sea-level...

Here we have stopped in a small parking lot and the picture is taken looking back along the way we came. It's definitely steeper than it looks!

A majestic view... and we're still a long way from the top!

This is my co-driver Jörgen with the "Grossglockner" in the background.

Here we are more than 2000 meters above sea-level, and the temperature was a bit cold for wearing shorts: About 14 degrees Centigrade (even though it was a warm day with almost 30 degrees at more "normal" altitudes).

After getting out of the mountains, we continued the journey north on the freeway. I was a bit surprised to see the Hohenwerfen castle again. Even though I was driving, I really wanted a picture of it. So the picture is taken from the driver's seat, with my buddy doing the steering! =]