Meanwhile, in Austria

At last, a slide with some info.  It is written "Saint <illegible> Austria Aug 1950"

Based upon my extensive travel experience, this seems to be St. Gilgen (Number 6 here)
 

Cows doing High-Altitude Training

Before they embark on their annual Mount Everest Milk-Supply Missions, the cows of Belgium carry out six months of training in the High Alps of Austria. Here they are cud-chewing near the Buddist Temple near Innsbruck.

or maybe near Kitzbuhel

Bonus - Pop Those Bubbles And Win ... Nothing

https://bubblepop.lol

The Bride of Röthis

 

All that was on this slide was "Rothis Bride", but I'm 97% certain that they're referring to Röthis in Austria.

Probably just a grabbed image from a passer-by photographer. Who and when?  I dunno.

Bonus - The way these cats react

Friday Afternoon Musical Interlude

 

As usual, no information on this one, but I'm getting Austrian vibes from this one. Maybe Germany, maybe Switzerland, but ... somewhere there-ish.

Bonus - 

Luckily, they both read at the same speed.

Crossing The Road

 

It's Tedious Tuesday, so it's time to slow down, relax and ask ourselves... "Uh?  Why did they photograph that?"

Today.... I struggle to say anything interesting about this. 

There are a couple of clues to this being in Austria, possibly Villach, but ... meh.

Bonus - Meanwhile in neighbouring Switzerland, the citizens is compiling a map of soiled underwear. 

Serfaus 17

 

Displaying an unhealthy disregard for the Austrian Hiking Society's Recommended Clothing for a Sunday Stroll, Magda and Heidi take a break at a way-side shrine.

Near Serfaus.

Bonus - It's 30 Years since Nirvana released Nevermind. Someone is out to make money

The Less Visited Sites of Idaho

 

Mention Idaho to most folk, and a majority will say "       What?", and some will thinks of a fairly dull state.

However, if you know where to look, you can find marvels such as this. It's "Burt Coleman's Retreat" built by Burt in the 1930's using the proceeds of his moonshining business.

You'll probably recognise the design as being a scale model of the Schönbrunn Palace, in Vienna. Unfortunately, Burt chose to scale it by 93% meaning that it was actually more trouble that it was worth. So, despite using cheap labour from the post-Wall St Crash depression, Burt went bust just before completion.

Bonus - When UK citizens move, where do they move to? This shows data for 25 big cities. Beware - Big Image. ( Reddit )

The Balloon Seller.

Ah,   A simpler time.

Men selling balloons from wooden poles.
Trench Coats
Seamed Stockings
A vaguely middle-europe vibe.

I'm guessing Vienna, 1956.  What think you?

Bonus - Well Done Scotland.
Scotland 61 v 0 Russia


Bonus 2 -

...and the crowd go wild!

Driven wild by the exotic sounds of  Kurt Krammlisch and his Good Time Nuremburg Bavarian Band.  CD's available from all good record shops.


Bonus - Wow.

Bonus 2 - The Garter Toss: Vintage Photographs of a Wedding Tradition

Local Church Architecture

It's almost guaranteed in every set of holiday slide - That pretty little church that we saw on the Tuesday when we went Smurf-hunting.

How dull.

But  Smurf Hunting - I like that idea.

Bonus - The Shirky Principle - "Institutions will try to preserve the problem to which they are the solution".  Explains a lot, doesn't?

Odd Customs

In Salzburg, immediately after the wedding ceremony, the bride and groom leave the church, and head to The Institute to consummate the marriage in front of the entire city council.

There's no legal or religious reason for this, it's just that the Mayor is a filthy bugger.

Bonus - The Rubberbandits - Horse Outside

Cool Ski-Bus

Obviously it's one of the VW Volkswagen Combi variants, but I especially like the eyebrow windows - a feature common with the equally iconic Landrover Safari roof.

Sign says Zurs Leck, so it's Austria. Slide says March 1965, which seems right.

Bonus -  Cold weather again, but Wow !

Rothis Bride

"Rothis Bride"

I'm guessing that this is a reference to Röthis, the region of Austria, but frankly I dunno.

Bonus - WTF???

Canal Junction

When the Dutch were ceded a small enclave of land in the Austrian Alps, at the Treaty of Gwent in 1697, they set about creating their own small patch of Netherlands in a distant country.

The Alps were hidden behind buildings, and the enclave was flattened of hillocks, hummocks and lumps.   Later, a series of mini-canals were built, with no real purpose...they were just reminders of home.

In this slide, we can see the former mountain hamlet of St Kathrins, showing just how good their makeover was. It's difficult to believe this is actually Austria.

Bonus - Here's a little phrase to chill the blood of those who know. Three of the four arming mechanisms on one of the bombs activated, causing it to execute many of the steps needed to arm itself,