What a looong day. We rose at 3am to get to the bus transfer from Salzburg to the Red Bull Ring for the Austrian Grand Prix. We arrived at the track at 7:15 which seemed very early but the first race (Formula 3) was at 8:30. There was a bit of oompah music to get…

Mamfa started the day with a ParkRun in front of Shloss Hellbrun – his 25th different location. Seemed like a good milestone but there was a guy there with a shirt noting he had done 100 different locations! Out of the 54 people that ran, only about 10 were locals. We then adventured to Werfen…

It was out into the Austrian countryside today with a trip to the stunningly beautiful lakeside town of Hallstatt (population 700 but can get up to 10,000 visitors a day in mid-summer). We first went up to the Five Fingers lookout which is at 2100m and has great views out over the lake and Hallstatt…

A 2hr train trip today and we are in Salzburg in Austria. Some key facts about Austria – Population – 9 million – Capital City – Vienna – National Sport – Alpine Skiing – Summer Olympic Gold Medals – 20 – Winter Olympic Gold Medals – 71 – Highest Ever FIFA World Ranking – 10th…

A quieter day around Munich today. A visit to the BMW Museum and BMW Welt (World). An interesting look at the development of the cars and the company inside very fancy architecturally designed buildings. One interesting part of the exhibition was the section on the use of force labour (foreign citizens and POWs) and concentration…