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Alps, besides Norwegian fjords, seems to be one of two clichees where to find the perfect nature sceneries in Europe. I dreamt about the trip to Alps long time ago and this July realized it - by traveling with a car from Riga in overall around 4500 km. However, this time I am a bit frustrated after - I didn't manage to see even half of places I planned. 10 days for a car trip from Latvia to Alps when including also visit of Vienna is way too less and my first rendezvous with Austrian Alps barely touched the "surface" of them. It means just one thing - I will have to return there. Alps are like a narcotic, and I guess I have become an addict.
Here the map overview of my trip:
I will post photos in chronological order, but for Vienna photos there will be separate thread.
1. First encounter with a "mountain" we had already in Lithuania. I have always wondered what exactly is this artificial hill in Paņevežys-Kaunas roadside.
2. This is second day, in Czech Republic. Got a bit lost in Olomouc surroundings, but it gave an option to enjoy this corn field with hills in background. Czech Republic has quite impressive and scenic hills here and there too.
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5. View from Austria-Czech border back to Czech Republic. This wonderful town is called Mikulov - definitely it looks like worth a visit, but we couldn't afford to do that if we wanted to see something from Alps at all.
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7. So, with skipping Vienna, here one of the first small towns in Alps region. Unfortunately I can't remember it's name, but remember there were a nasty operator of gas station who almost started to scream to not allow us to park a car for a moment (although there were other cars parked).
8. The town itself was nice and very quiet. We tend to think that Latvian small towns are dead and silent, but Austrian ones aren't any more lively. I'm OK with that, as I usually prefer calmness.
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10. A few km further another spontaneous stopping, to enjoy a nice meadow with a lake, surrounded by Alps. Here we got scared by one "Commissar Rex" who fastly approached us from the nearby small road - fortunately it had a muzzle.
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12. Those tiny beings up there are horses.
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Here the map overview of my trip:

I will post photos in chronological order, but for Vienna photos there will be separate thread.
1. First encounter with a "mountain" we had already in Lithuania. I have always wondered what exactly is this artificial hill in Paņevežys-Kaunas roadside.

2. This is second day, in Czech Republic. Got a bit lost in Olomouc surroundings, but it gave an option to enjoy this corn field with hills in background. Czech Republic has quite impressive and scenic hills here and there too.

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5. View from Austria-Czech border back to Czech Republic. This wonderful town is called Mikulov - definitely it looks like worth a visit, but we couldn't afford to do that if we wanted to see something from Alps at all.

6.

7. So, with skipping Vienna, here one of the first small towns in Alps region. Unfortunately I can't remember it's name, but remember there were a nasty operator of gas station who almost started to scream to not allow us to park a car for a moment (although there were other cars parked).

8. The town itself was nice and very quiet. We tend to think that Latvian small towns are dead and silent, but Austrian ones aren't any more lively. I'm OK with that, as I usually prefer calmness.

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10. A few km further another spontaneous stopping, to enjoy a nice meadow with a lake, surrounded by Alps. Here we got scared by one "Commissar Rex" who fastly approached us from the nearby small road - fortunately it had a muzzle.

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12. Those tiny beings up there are horses.

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