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2011-06-15 Our college student is home for the holidays. This is a common activity. [Shot taken on a little tour of a portion of the Danube Wetlands National Park]
P.S. He really is a help around the house.](http://www.jerrybarton.eu/Other/DailyPicks/i-7XRTdq2/1/Ti/20110613_2075-Ti.jpg "Jerry Barton > Summer Daze
2011-06-15 Our college student is home for the holidays. This is a common activity. [Shot taken on a little tour of a portion of the Danube Wetlands National Park]
P.S. He really is a help around the house.")
Entrance Way
2011-06-20 Continuing from yesterday's Burg Forchtenstein shot, we did indeed go on a tour inside. This is the renovated ceiling of the entrance way. It had been covered with white a century ago. The walls are 7 meters thick. In 1706, the Esterhazy owner saw a stuffed Nile crocodile on a trip to Amsterdam and decided that the castle needed a dragon - so he hung it in the entranceway to protect the building.
Many thanks for yesterday's comments. Yes, indeed the bus was moving, but not very quickly since it was winding along narrow uphill curves. There was a one hour tour for us 'elders'. The Esterhazy family was a nobile Hungarian family since the middle ages, and are still one of the large land (and castle) owners in eastern Austria. They keep their castles active and well cared for. They are also fussy record keepers, which is how they know such things as the dragon purchase in 1706.
2011-06-20 Continuing from yesterday's Burg Forchtenstein shot, we did indeed go on a tour inside. This is the renovated ceiling of the entrance way. It had been covered with white a century ago. The walls are 7 meters thick. In 1706, the Esterhazy owner saw a stuffed Nile crocodile on a trip to Amsterdam and decided that the castle needed a dragon - so he hung it in the entranceway to protect the building.
Many thanks for yesterday's comments. Yes, indeed the bus was moving, but not very quickly since it was winding along narrow uphill curves. There was a one hour tour for us 'elders'. The Esterhazy family was a nobile Hungarian family since the middle ages, and are still one of the large land (and castle) owners in eastern Austria. They keep their castles active and well cared for. They are also fussy record keepers, which is how they know such things as the dragon purchase in 1706.
Entrance Way
2011-06-20 Continuing from yesterday's Burg Forchtenstein shot, we did indeed go on a tour inside. This is the renovated ceiling of the entrance way. It had been covered with white a century ago. The walls are 7 meters thick. In 1706, the Esterhazy owner saw a stuffed Nile crocodile on a trip to Amsterdam and decided that the castle needed a dragon - so he hung it in the entranceway to protect the building.
Many thanks for yesterday's comments. Yes, indeed the bus was moving, but not very quickly since it was winding along narrow uphill curves. There was a one hour tour for us 'elders'. The Esterhazy family was a nobile Hungarian family since the middle ages, and are still one of the large land (and castle) owners in eastern Austria. They keep their castles active and well cared for. They are also fussy record keepers, which is how they know such things as the dragon purchase in 1706.
2011-06-20 Continuing from yesterday's Burg Forchtenstein shot, we did indeed go on a tour inside. This is the renovated ceiling of the entrance way. It had been covered with white a century ago. The walls are 7 meters thick. In 1706, the Esterhazy owner saw a stuffed Nile crocodile on a trip to Amsterdam and decided that the castle needed a dragon - so he hung it in the entranceway to protect the building.
Many thanks for yesterday's comments. Yes, indeed the bus was moving, but not very quickly since it was winding along narrow uphill curves. There was a one hour tour for us 'elders'. The Esterhazy family was a nobile Hungarian family since the middle ages, and are still one of the large land (and castle) owners in eastern Austria. They keep their castles active and well cared for. They are also fussy record keepers, which is how they know such things as the dragon purchase in 1706.