Kermesse at Rudmanns & Stift Zwettl

Every year on the weekend after the August bank holiday the Kermesse takes place. This time it's been bigger. Every society did its own business (the fire brigade did the grilled chicken, the pensioner union run the cafe, the regional youth run the disco tent, etc.). My sister and I went to the village square to meet with my old school buddy KW and his girlfriend. Although the weather conditions weren't the best we had fun as far as 1 am.

The next day I continued my Kermesse visits at Stift Zwettl abbey. They had weather luck and were sold out in grilled chicken past midday.

BBQ at Zitternberg

On friday the Stadlers invited to a big barbecue party at their house in the Kamp valley. I picked up two friends in Vienna and we arrived on time.

Around fifty people appeared there and took pleasure in chatting, sports activities and - of course - drinking.

At midnight there was a birthday celebration for their younger sister followed by fireworks and a brief concert. It's been a long night.

Birthday of Wiesi @ Strandcafé

For Michaels birthday celebration we met at the 'Alte Donau' at Strandcafé. Not being there for years I enjoyed a nice summer evening at the lakeside. Afterwards we had a cocktail at the 'Copa Cagrana'.

Telč

On the bank holiday my mom and I went to Telč in the Czech Republic. Telč is a small picturesque town located in the Moravian part of the country. This summer a section of the 'Niederösterreichische Landesausstellung' (Lower Austrian state fair) is transboundary and that's why we went there.

The topic of the state fair is 'Divided, Seperated, United.'. In Telč the showrooms are in the Renaissance castle at the pictorial marketplace. The exhibition illustrates the joint culture of the two former parts of the Dual Monarchy.

After having a late afternoon lunch with famous Bohemian dumplings we went back home.

Siófok - Balaton 2009

Hungary is close for a summer holiday. I've been to Siófok once in 2002 so I decide to go there again. Two friends joined and so we left Austria on Monday afternoon and around 6 pm we arrived at lake Balaton. It took us some time to find the campsite (thanks to the Hungarian software of the navigation system).

I did not expect anything I only wanted to lie around for two days. Unfortunately it rained on the second day. So we drove around the northern part of the lake doing some sightseeing at Balatonfüred and Tihany. Very impressive. We took a shortcut by crossing the lake by ferry.

Siófok has a very exciting nightlife. There is a long bar-street and some clubs located at or close to the beach as well as two big night clubs with several floors who clash for guests. In front of the campsite inside the water a platform for water skiing was installed. I didn't try but Hannes did. After five relaxing days we went back to Austria.

On our way back we stopped at Burgenland because my old friend Martin had invited us for a barbecue. After a last night in my micro-motorhome atween maize fields we returned to Vienna on Sunday midday.

St. Martin/Tennengebirge

This weekend again a workshop was hosted by myself. The workshop took place at the summer meeting of the student's party in St. Martin am Tennengebirge in Salzburg state. It's been about 90 people attending different lectures.

The hostel was located on 1.100 metres a.s.l. and there were cows and goats sauntering between our cars. On Saturday evening a barbecue was held at the alp. There's also been nice arrangements for the 'après'. ;-)