Friday, July 27, 2007
Thursday 28th June
We are in the southern region of Carinthia near the town of Villach and spend Thursday getting our bearings and shopping. Friday we invest in the Karnten card; €34 for each adult and €14 for Max, the other two are free. This gives us free entrance to most attractions in the area and is valid for 2 weeks. Straight away we make use of it by catching the cable car and then chair lift to the top of the Gerlitzen mountain and enjoying a gentle 90 minutes walk back to the midway point, here Jon and Max enjoyed going on the Go-Karts and then we caught the cable car back to the bottom. Parking was free and with the Karnten card so were the cable car and chair lifts.
Saturday 30th June
Jon needed more studying time so I took the boys to the Rosegg wildlife park (free entrance with the Karnten card). There are the usual goats, deer, donkeys, guinea pigs, kangaroos and a Lynx. At the entrance there is a play park and an area where you can feed the deer and smaller animals. Further along you can enter a separate area where you can actually walk with the deer and goats amongst the woods. During our walk in the woods we saw a goat standing precariously on a branch part way up a tree, the boys found this very funny.
