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| Carnuntum |
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| Schloss Hof |
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| Kellerplatz |
Happy Birthday Canada! Today we took an all day trip to Carnuntum and Schloss Hof. Carnuntum is the ruins of an ancient roman empire encampment which grew to be a small city. I found it very interesting to see their restorations of the buildings, and the amount of information they have on the people’s day to day lives. Schloss Hof is like any other palace: it’s beautiful and it’s changed hands a couple of times. It was cool to see the restorations here too. In both places you can see the mess of what it was and they restored as much as they could of its former glory. On the way back, we stopped in a small town, so that Uncle Rainer and I could see the Kellerplatz. Usually they’re called a Kellergasse. But with either name, this is a place where there are only local wine cellars. They are a stone facade built right into the hill. They dig underground until they find the perfect conditions for wine-making. When it’s ready they sell it on the street at tables where people can eat and drink the heuriger. And this is the origins of Heurigens. Very picturesque. I am loving Austria, and aspergle (asparagus). White is even better than green. I bought a Roman style ring and some seeds for Mom’s garden.
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