Austria

The Road to Graz

The Road to Graz

Graz, a city of 250,000 inhabitants and six universities, straddles the Mur River in southeastern Austria.  The inner city district is one of the best preserved city centers in Europe.
A World Cultural Heritage Site, Graz is Austria’s second largest city and is the capital and largest city in the province …

Driving the Roßfeldstraße

Driving the Roßfeldstraße

A short drive from Berchtesgaden is the 16-kilometer Roßfeldstraße, also referred to as the Roßfeldhöhenringstraße, the highest through street in Germany, reaching an altitude of 1560 m. It gently runs through some of the most beautiful landscape in Austria and Germany (a state treaty between the two countries had to …

338 Kilometers from Lindau to Berchtesgaden

338 Kilometers from Lindau to Berchtesgaden

The Diesel Driver’s BMW 335d had its maiden voyage yesterday from Munich (München) to Lindau, a trip of ca. 200 kilometers. After a short visit, it was off to Berchtesgaden, in the Bavarian Alps.
Lindau is a Bavarian town on a 0.68-square-kilometer island in the eastern part of the Bodensee …