Hannes' birthday

At the 'Heuriger'

Tuesday and a suckling pig

A small event for friends and sponsors of Loco Bar took place on Tuesday. Having nothing on that evening I headed there for having a portion of suckling pig as well as a few free drinks.

Happy Halloween 2009

Even though this kind of celebrating spills over from the States more and more it makes fun to have an occasion for partying. Nevertheless I'm not a fan of painting my face therefore I had chosen a wig that made me look like a minor musketeer. Hmm, is that permitted for Halloween?

Never mind! I avoided the disgusting 'punishment drink' for non-dressed. I was early but around midnight the cellar was crowded. Meeting lots of friends made it a nice evening that ended early in the morning.

Kronsegg

I have never been to this castle ruin so when driving home for weekend I decided to do some sightseeing. I drove via Langenlois and Kronsegg where I stopped and it took me about ten minutes on a footpath to went up to the decayed castle.

You can enter the castle ruin for free from May till the end of October. It was also possible to climb the two tower houses. After walking around the building I continued my way to Zwettl.

Trip to the TV show 'Bingo'

On Saturdays I often play the state lottery's 'Bingo'. The 'Bingo' numbers were drawn during a TV show on the national broadcasting company (ORF). Every week another district has the possibility to be audience in that show. About two weeks ago they announced that there will be the district of Zwettl. So I called for my mother and when she was choosen she could bring someone with her – myself.

We were picked up by a bus on Saturday morning around 10 am at the train station in Zwettl. I felt a little bit like beeing on a retiree trip. However we got a snack during our way to Vienna and when we arrived at the headquarters of the ORF five persons were drawn to be participants in the question-and-answer game.

We were brought to the cafeteria where we had lunch. After the meal we had a guided tour through the headquarters of the national broadcasting company. We saw different studios and we were also introduced in the 'secret' of the blue box in a so called 'Experimental Studio'.

After the guided tour we got our 'Bingo' t-shirts. I got a green one. Then it was time for recording the show. We were brought to the 'Bingo' studio where they explained how to clap hands and make noise and how the groups should walk down to the stage in case of beeing chosen for the final game.

The presenter entered the stage and did some jokes with the audience. Then the recording of the show started. Our green guy started well in the question-and-answer game but was then overtaken by the yellow girl who did it in the end. So the yellow group was in the final game on the stage – what a pitty.

After the end of the show we got a voucher for a 'Bingo'ticket for the next show and then the bus brought us back to Zwettl. At home I watched the record of the show and I saw myself twice – once in the beginning and once at the end.

Horn – Raabs

Last Sunday it's been time to visit the other parts of the 'Lower Austrian state fair'. (Click here for the first part.) We started at Horn. Horn is a county town in northern Lower Austria. The showrooms were at the 'Kunsthaus'. It took us nearly three hours to walk through the exhibition.

After Horn we forwarded to Raabs. On the road to that small town we stopped for lunch. At Raabs also parts of the former Iron Curtain were exposed.

Late in the evening we returned home.