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[QUOTE]Originally posted by RRRICH: [QB] Sounds like a great trip, David!! I spent the summer in Europe in 1968, while I was in college. I worked in Kufstein, Austria -- a border town right on the Innsbruck-Munich rail line. If your schedule allows it, it is worth your time to wander around Kufstein for a day or so. It's not a very big town, but they have a cool castle in the center of town, from which the Austrian National Anthem is played on a huge organ every day at noon (I assume they still do that), plus at the base of the castle is the famous Auracher Lochl restaurant, which attracts many mostly German tourists. The Inn River is nice also, and, at least when I was there, you could take a glider ride over the Inn Valley and Kaisergebirge (mountains) -- don't know if they still do that or not..... When I was there, I traveled all over Austria, Switzerland, and Italy on European trains. I don't recall whether I had a Eurailpass or not -- I made all my reservations at the Tirol Travel Bureau in Kufstein before I left. On my trip (after I finished working in Kufstein) I visited Salzburg, Vienna, Innsbruck, Zurich, Luzerne, Venice, Florence, and Rome -- all great cities!!! I was not that impressed with Vienna, however. The train rides of course were great, and they actually operated ON TIME!!!!!!! One day I took the train to southern Tirol, Austria, and then rode the Zillertal train up the scenic little valley to a quaint town in the Zillertal which I forgot the name of, but it was very nice!! From that town, you can ride a chairlift up to the mountain peak and get a great view of the Austrian Alps. One piece of advice -- at least in Austria/Germany there are 2 types of trains, the Schnellzug and the Korridorzug -- the Schnellzug is an express train with fewer stops, while the Korridorzug (I think that was what it was called) makes stops at every town along the way. Have a great trip!!!! --Railroad Rich Kimmel [/QB][/QUOTE]
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