lienz, tirol, austria, AT

our stop-over #4 in lienz, austria after izola, slovenia + udine, italy + plöckenpass AT-IT border at our way from istria, croatia back home to munich was meant only as a fast break for lunch. 

finally we liked this old medieval city surrounded by beautiful alps in eastern tirol so much, that we spent many hours walking up and down in its beautiful streets, admired all these many nice fountains 😇

lienz, tirol, österreich, AT

blue tomato?

1311-1320, the old city walls

more pictures here.

plöckenpass (passo di monte croce carnico), IT-AT border

stop-over #3 (after izola, slovenia + udine, italy) at our way home from istria, croatia was a nice hiking tour at the austrian-italian-border at plöckenpass (passo di monte croce carnico) close to paluzza with a starting point at 1357m. it was cold and really nice. we stayed all time from the italian side of the border and yes, we did not visit the WWI war museum. the bunkers + the shooting ranges along the hiking path out there were bad enough for us pacifists 😇

the last house in italy (a restaurant) behind timau before the final rise to the pass

view from the taverna mexico in timau, IT below the pass to austria

taverna mexico in timau below the pass, IT + plöckenpass, 1357m at the IT-AT border.

commemorative plaque (gedenktafel) for fallen (italian) soldiers

good-bye, plöckenpass

austria, the northern side of the plöckenpass (AT-IT)

more pictures here.

udine, italy, IT

enjoy few pictures + insights from udine (udin, videm, weiden) aka our wonderful stop-over #2 at our way from the croatian istria back home to germany.

just in case you've forgot, the stop-over #1 was in izola (isola), istria, slovenia. the #3 at plöckenpass in the mountains at the italian-austrian border. the #4 in lienz, kärnten, AT and the #5 in the famous ski resort kitzbühel, tirol, AT. don't worry, we still managed to arrive in munich in just 2 days 😄🚗🍀

our highlights? the city center, castle, piazza libertà and loggia di san giovanni with its amazing bell + clock tower, beautiful sunset + mountains on the horizon, gay marriage at castle hill with very good DJ + nice love songs ... yes, we've listened for a while, intense night life as the whole city center turned into a huge street bar + restaurant in the evening, austrian tourists in our 'interesting + bad breakfast' 1 night hotel quo vadis who came to watch a soccer game to this northern italian city, ... i feel we love italia 😉

loggia del lionello, udine, italy, IT

piazza libertà and loggia di san giovanni with its amazing bell + clock tower

this justitia is not blind, just ask the the venetian san marco lion 😇

il castello di udine

our hotel quo vadis

typical houses

night life

marriage at castle hill

good-bye udine, hello alpine pass road

more pictures later here. 😇