Today we left Salzburg after wandering around the shopping part for a little while. Considering we have been in Europe for a few weeks now, we haven't bought much! Hopefully that will change in Vienna and Prague!!
On the way to Vienna we decided to stop off at Mauthausen, which was home
to one of the major Nazi run concentration camps in World War 2. (More info see www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mauthausen-Gusen_concentration_camp ) As soon as we got there the mood was very grim and low and the dark, cloudy, rainy weather did not lighten the mood. It was extremely depressing to see where so many people were killed, and to see the places where so many terrible things happened. The guided audio tour was eye opening and the tour through the gas chambers and the cremetoriams made you feel almost physically sick. But i am glad that we went.The museum part of the camp is closed for renovations, and i am partly glad that we didn't get to go in, i have heard its quite distressing.
Near the town there was a strip of little cafes so we decided to stop in for lunch. I realised that i have a bit of a fear of bees when two decided to swarm around me and get my orange juice as i was drinking it. Brendon found this quite amusing.
Got into Vienna quite late. We got into our hotel and found a nice chinese restaurant - Beautiful food and quite inexpensive!! Went back to the hotel to crash.
Highlights of Today:
- Visiting the concentration camp even though it was depressing!
- Cheese sandwiches
- Dinner at the nice chinese restaurant
- The beautiful hotel in Vienna
Lowlights of Today:
- Bees
- Bees
- More Bees
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