Werfen, Austria
47° 28' N 13° 11' E
Oct 15, 2003 14:23
Distance 38km

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The trouble with fortresses...

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is that they're always at the tops of gigantic hills. The fortress of Hohenwerfen is no exception. It took about an hour of very vertical walking to get there from the train station. When we finally got up there, though, the entry price included a tour of the dugeon and armoury, and a falconry show in the yard. The show had 8 birds, including a bald eagle, that flew over the yard and swooped close enough to us that it was kind of scary.

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Festung Hohenwerfen, on top of - you guessed it - a giant hill. Statue in the falconry yard of the fortress. Stuffed falcon. Three-headed horse painted on the fortress wall in the 11th century. Falcon tethered in the fortress yard. A painted knight guarding a doorway in the fortress. Mannequin next to an arrow loop. The Spanish Sock, a torture device. Matt and Will looking at guns. View from the top floor of the restaurant in the fortress. A toilet on the fortress wall, opening directly on whoever happens to be standing at the gates. The town of Werfen, from the top of the fortress. The mechanism for the clock at the top of the fortress tower. Cat eating appelstrudel mit vanillasauce. View from the top of the fortress, Falcon flying over Hohenwerfen. Falconer in the fortress yard. Falconer with a bald eagle. Owl sitting on the fortress gatehouse. Owl sitting on the fortress gatehouse.
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