Hey Guys!! We are back at traveling and feel so blessed. Derek had the weekend off, and we decided to see some of Carinthia's top attractions. (Carinthia is the state within Austria that we live in) Our first stop was the Castle Hochosterwitz. It's about 45 minutes from Villach. It is perfectly preserved and 150 meters above the valley. It has been owned by a local family since the 16th century. 14 gates lead up to the stronghold, that was rebuilt from 1571-1586, as it stands today. The castle was never conquered due to the 14 gates. It was pretty cool to explore. We rode the elevator up, and then hiked down. The valley in which the castle stands, is full of farm lands, rolling hills, and the alps off to the southwest. Pretty amazing that they could build something so magnificent, so long ago. In the United States buildings that are 100 years old, are considered old. This castle is over 400 years old. Pretty dang cool.
After touring the castle, we drove to a local Gasthaus, for lunch. No English was spoken by anyone there, but we both managed to order completely in German, and understood most of what our waitress said. We were pretty proud of ourselves. After lunch we drove to our old stomping grounds in Veldin (where we lived for the first month last season) had some soft serve Ice Cream, and let Bronxie go for a swin in Worthersee. He has become quite the swimming corgi man!
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