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Some exciting pictures from the trip are shown below.
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(Note that there is a narrative about the trip on an associated web site. Also there are two more sites with pictures, and a site with a trip map. To access any of these web sites, merely click on the underlined "Click here for:" link on the left side of the screen for the web site which interests you )


Welcome dinner in Budapest, Hungary

Budapest Street Scene


Budapest and the Danube.
The Danube separates the old towns of Buda and Pest


Our riverboat, for a seven day trip
Bratislava, capital of the Slovak Republic, in the background


Along the Danube
See, the Blue Danube is really blue. Thanks to Photoshop


An Austrian village along the Danube


A castle along the Danube. Wachau Valley, Austria


Duernstein, Wachau Valley, Austria.
The castle where Richard the Lionhearted was imprisoned
circa 1100, is in the background


The castle from a Duernstein street


Part of the old Duernstein town wall


Pat and John on the riverboat


The Loewenbraeu Keller in Munich
In business since 1383
See our people hurrying to get in


Kelly has waited all day to get his Dunkel (Dark Beer)


While across town, John is drinking beer in front of the Rathaus
(Just like 50 years ago)


Rathaus (City Hall). Innsbruck, Austria
See our travelers waving from atop the tower


Small barns where the Austrian farmers store hay.
Pat particularly likes these.
They seem to be unique to Austria


San Moritz Switzerland
A luxurious resort


Lunch on the terrace in San Moritz, Switzerland
Most expensive meal of the trip


The Rettenbach Glacier, where at 9500 feet, one can
ski all summer.

View is from the Oetztaler Gletcherstrasse,
which at 9250 feet is one of the highest roads in Europe

Note the small shrine in the foreground


The road down the Italian side of the Timmelsjoch, in the Sud Tyrol
At 2509 Meters, one of the highest passes in Europe.
And one of the worst roads.


An alpine village in the Sud Tyrol, Northern Italy


A one lane road in the Slovenian Alps.
This road was much worse than it looks

A Chalet in the Slovenian Alps



We finally put the car on a railroad flatcar
To finish our journey through the Slovenian Alps


A market in Ljubljana, the capital of Slovenia


Downtown Ljubljana.
A fine old city.


More downtown Ljubljana


Trieste, Italy. On the Adriatic
Note the pollution


An Alpine farm. Sud Tyrol, Northern Italy


Alpine meadow, Sud Tyrol


John and Pat greet you from
Cortina d' Ampezzo, Italy
Site of the 1956 Winter Olympics


Jurgen and Diana greet you as well


The Danube at night in Budapest
A fitting end to this Travelogue