Re: Salzburgerland
On Tue, 08 Mar 2005 00:09:18 -0800, george wrote:
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> Frank Clarke wrote:[color=green]
>>Also in Werfen you can find Eisriesenwelt,
>>the Ice Caves, a good stiff walk (up and down) at 0°C.[/color]
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> Best on a warm summer day, and bring gloves.[/color]
Agreed
Because the caves are so[color=blue]
> high on the mountain, it probably would be quite cold there in April,
> that is, if they're open.[/color]
I know there has been global warming but (20 years ago) they used to be
only open in the height of summer as they were normally *** off by snow
and it was too dangerous!
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> We stayed for a week in an apartment in Wals, just west of Salzburg.
> It was a very prosperous village subsisting on dairy farming and truck
> gardening. The etched glass doors and windows of the butcher shop
> looked like they would have fit in quite well on NYC's Fifth Avenue!
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> George[/color]
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