Back to My Roots – Austria – August 2 – 1 – Video

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Back to My Roots - Austria - August 2 - 1
This video was taken on August 3, 2007. Departing early in the morning, my brother, sister-in-law, the dog and I went on our out-of-country excursion. On a gorgeous day we drove from the Austrian province of Styria through the adjacent province of Carinthia to the Austrian border with Italy. At the border town of Tarvisio we turned left and started heading towards the border with Slovenia since we wanted to go hiking in the Slovenia Alps. We made a quick stop at the Predil Lake, a gorgeous Alpine Lake with enchanting turquoise and green waters. Then we headed further up the mountain and showed our passports at the border crossing with Slovenia. Unfortunately the engine of our car overheated and we had to call off our mountain excursion. Instead we decided to drive back to Italy and take the cable car to the top of Monte Lussari, a peak in the Northern Italian Alps, just south of Tarvisio. Once arrived at the top we walked around the summit area and explored the little mountain top village which features a medieval church and several restaurants with outdoor patios that provide phenomenal mountain vistas. We enjoyed a hearty lunch and spent some more time at the summit before we took another cable car down into the valley and drove to Tarvisio to do some vegetable shopping in this Italian town. Crossing the border between Austria and Italy was interesting for me because there are absolutely no border controls between these two European Union countries, you simply drive ...From:travelandtransitionsViews:0 0ratingsTime:01:15More inTravel Events

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Back to My Roots - Austria - August 2 - 1 - Video