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Back from Europe
« on: September 02, 2007 - 12:13:41 PM »
I just returned from Europe on Saturday from an 11 and a half hour flight.
We went to Budapest, Hungary to meet with her side of the family for 9 days and then we went to Austria for 7 days.

The white car is a Wartburg. I think it's a Eastern German communist era car.
The Lake picture is a place called Kassen Falls near Kaprun, Austia where we stayed.
The picture from the balcony is from my hotel room.

I never saw any ricers or heard any rap music the whole time while driving around.
Mike, Fremont, CA.





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Re: Back from Europe
« Reply #1 on: September 02, 2007 - 12:22:00 PM »
WOW man this is awesome!  I havent traveled to a nice place like that in years.  All I see is sand LOL!!!

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Re: Back from Europe
« Reply #2 on: September 02, 2007 - 12:41:26 PM »
Good to hear ya's had a nice time, great pics :thumbsup:

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Re: Back from Europe
« Reply #3 on: September 02, 2007 - 05:59:30 PM »
Beautiful pics, I'd like to get over there one day.   :thumbsup:

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Re: Back from Europe
« Reply #4 on: September 02, 2007 - 08:48:16 PM »


Welcome back TC, sounds like you had a really good time. Good for you mate, no ricers or rap is the cherry on top.
Nice photos, especially that last one of the dam and lake, very cool.
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Re: Back from Europe
« Reply #5 on: September 02, 2007 - 08:54:09 PM »
Very cool pics Welcome Home!  :thumbsup:
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Re: Back from Europe
« Reply #6 on: September 02, 2007 - 09:07:29 PM »
Here are a few more.

That's me on top of a glacier. Was cold up there.
They had restuarants all the way up there.

Flower mountain pic is from a restuarant view.
Great Apfel Strudel there.

The river in Budapest.
Same place where XXX was filmed. 
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Re: Back from Europe
« Reply #7 on: September 02, 2007 - 09:21:56 PM »

That's me on top of a glacier. Was cold up there.
They had restuarants all the way up there.



Cool! I bet the hot food at the restaurant was cosy and perfect for the surroundings.
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Re: Back from Europe
« Reply #8 on: September 02, 2007 - 11:10:26 PM »
Welcome back!  Sweet pics!!  :bigsmile:

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Re: Back from Europe
« Reply #9 on: September 02, 2007 - 11:50:42 PM »
Cool photos!

I have to ask though......

What is the stripe code on the black van?

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Welcome back TC!

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Re: Back from Europe
« Reply #10 on: September 03, 2007 - 06:26:09 PM »
Welcome back Mike!!   :wave:




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Re: Back from Europe
« Reply #11 on: September 03, 2007 - 06:27:55 PM »
Welcome back! :cheers:
Looks like a lot of fun and varied adventures! :drool:

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Re: Back from Europe
« Reply #12 on: September 03, 2007 - 09:55:38 PM »
Thanks everyone.

I learned some new things from their customary ways. Like when you are meeting a family member or someone you know well and like as you shake hands you put your side of your face onto theirs and then the other side and make a kiss sound without kissing them. That may sound odd to some here but that's how they greet each other.

Also, When you eat, the fork in your left hand and the knife in the other. Never let go of either one unless necessary to grab something. Breakfast is mandatory and naps are taken whenever possible everyday. Laundry is always hung out to dry. They don't use dryers there that I saw.

Driving there is a trip. Everybody is zooming around thru intersections and streets fast and it actually appears they really know how to drive without being idiots to each other. We drove all over and we didn't have but one or two idiot sightings as we drove in the city.


Here's some roads I don't plan on driving if I ever go to any of these places.

Country Dangerous road Comments, The most dangerous roads to drive in the world.
 
Bolivia The Old Yungus Road 50-mile mountain road that connects Coroico to La Paz
 
Brazil Interstate 116 Potholes, poor signals and heavy traffic in southern Brazil
 
China Sichuan-Tibet Highway A rough, high-elevation road between Chengdu and Tibet where landslides and rock avalanches are common.
 
Costa Rica Pan American Highway Called the Hill of Death, the stretch from San Isidro de El General to Cartago is full of potholes and steep curves. 
 
Croatia Coastal roads Adriatic Coast roads are narrow, curvy, and congested, and many lack shoulders and guardrails. 
 
Ecuador Cotopaxi Volcan road 25-mile dirt road that crosses a swift-moving stream at the Cotopaxi National Park entrance. 
 
Egypt Luxor-al-Ghurdaqah road Many crashes on this road to the Red Sea occur at night because Egyptians drive with headlights off.
 
England A44 More than 25% of crashes on the stretch linking Leominster and Worcester are head-on. 
 
Greece Patiopoulo-Perdikaki toad A steep, gravel road with an unmarked edge in the Agrafa region.
 
India Grand Trunk Road Heavily used by trucks, the country's busiest road is overloaded with ox carts, animals, bicycles and pedestrians. 
 
Kenya Nairobi-Nakuru-Eldoret Highway More than 300 die annually in crashes commonly caused by speeding, improper passing and drunken driving.
 
Mexico Highway 1 A winding, narrow potholed road from Tijuana to Cabo San Lucas that lacks guard rails, shoulders and road signs.
 
Morocco Marrakesh-Agadir Road Heavy truck traffic and buses and taxis that pass on steep, blind curves 
 
Namibia Swakopmund-Walvis Bay road Heavy truck traffic and frequent head-on collisions when drivers misjudge distance between vehicles while passing. 
 
Nepal Prithvi Highway Landslides and road cave-ins during the rainy season are common on this narrow road with heavy traffic linking Kathmandu to Pokhara. 
 
Nigeria Lagos-Ibadan-Ogbomosho-Ilorin-Jebba-Minna-Abiyo Expressway A congested road with deep potholes and a median in disrepair that links northern and eastern Nigeria. Drivers may drive on the wrong side to avoid traffic. 
 
Pakistan N-35 (Karakoram Highway) Landslides, floods and mud can block this northern Pakistan mountain road that passes through deep gorges and is a route to China. 
 
Peru Kuelap-Celendin-Cajamarca road Narrow, gravel mountain road with sheer drops and hair-pin turns on descent from Barro Negro Pass to Las Balsas. 
 
Portugal IP3 Steep, deteriorating road with no barrier between lanes linking Coimbra and Viseu. 
 
Scotland A77 A winding single- and two-lane road in southwestern Scotland with varying speed limits and many fatal crashes. 
 
Spain Carretera Nacional N340 A narrow Costa del Sol coastal road where drunken drivers and tourists unaccustomed to driving on the right have caused many crashes. 
 
South Africa N3 Between Warden in Free State Province and the bottom of Van Reenen's Pass in KwaZulu-Natal Province, there's a high crash rate because of fog, rain, wind and winding stretches. 
 
Turkey Bodrum-Milas-Soke road Winding coastal road without barriers on many stretches that's especially
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Re: Back from Europe
« Reply #13 on: September 04, 2007 - 05:40:45 PM »
 :2thumbs: Welcome home Mike, you obviously had a great time.  :bigsmile:
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Re: Back from Europe
« Reply #14 on: September 08, 2007 - 12:38:22 AM »
mate it must be nice not to hear doof doof music and look at korean/japanese junk!
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