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Gasthof
Seigen in a small village near Neukirchen am Grossvenediger along the
Tauerenradweg in Salzburg Province. A gasthof, as distinguished
from a restaurant, is defined as an informal, less expensive eating
establishment found in city neighborhoods and small towns. They can be
compared to English pubs, except that they are, on average, much
classier, the menu much more extensive, and the food is better.
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Gastgarten (guest
garden) at a gasthof in Kaprun along the Tauernradweg in Salzburg
province. A little later in the evening, in front the gasthof in
the town square, there was a big band concert put on by a group from
the Zell am See school of music. (2000)
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Gasthof
in Graz, capital of Steiermark, along the Murradweg. You can
see the bench and chairs covered with very comfortable cushions that
are found in every gasthof. Notice the Sturm (2002) |
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Hotel Oswald in Lendorf in
Carinthia along the Drauradweg. This was probably our most
elegant dining spot. Lendorf was a small village up a hill; and
this was the only place to eat that didn't require going back down the
hill. (1999)
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A
gasthof near Ferlach along the Drauradweg in Kärten (Carinthia). (1999) |
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Outdoor
seating in a gasthof in Oberperfus, high above the Innradweg in
Tyrol. We could see planes landing below us at the Innsbruck
airport. There was also children's play equipment. Note the
two bottles of the soft drink Almdudler (not the Kaiser beer in
the foreground). Every kid, and some not so young, who traveled
with us soon became addicted to Almdudler. (2001)
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Izabella
and Cali, the "Almdudler Duo". (2001) |
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Serious
business at a gasthof in Ferlach along the Drauradweg in Carinthia.
(1999)
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Gasthof
Blaue Trauben (Blue grapes) in Mondsee in the Salzkammergut in Salzburg
province. (2002) |
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Dessert at a sidewalk
Italian Restaurant along the pedestrian zone in Melk in Lower
Austria. (2004)
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Chinese
restaurant in Bad Ischl in the Salzkammergut in Lower Austria.
Chinese restaurants in Austria all had the same high quality and low
prices as gasthofs. (2002) |
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A Turkish "gasthof" in
Bludenz in Vorarlberg. This was obviously a regular gasthof that
had closed and had been bought by Turks: same outdoor guest garden and
same cushy chairs and benches. But instead of a crucifix on the
wall, there was a picture of the big mosque in Istanbul.. (2003)
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A
radlertreff along the Donauradweg at the turn-off to
Melk in Lower Austria. A radlertreff (literally bicyclist meeting
point) refers to snack bars located along bike paths. Actually,
this one is more elegant than most because it is located at a boat dock
where coaches drop off tourists for cruises on the Danube. (2004) |
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Another view of the Melk
radlertreff. The cruise ship is from the Netherlands. (2004)
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A
more typical Radlertreff, i.e., rustic. This one is along the
Traisentalradweg just south of St. Pölten, capital of Lower
Austria. Note the tiny bike on the right end of the bike rack.
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A farm just outside
Radstadt along the Ennsradweg in Salzburg Province. After the
Almtrieb -- the ceremonial bringing of the cows down from their
high Alpine meadow summer grazing spot to barns in the valley --
everyone adjourned to a nearby farm for food and drink. (2002)
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Under
the "Sign of the Chicken" at the Wienerwald (Vienna Woods), a chain of
restaurants specializing in chicken. This one is in the middle of
the main street of the Favoriten district in Vienna, which
had been converted to a pedestrian zone. Note the store windows
in the background. (1998) |
| At
a biergarten in the English Gardens (park) in Munich. A genuine
Munich beer garden is actually a park in which food and, of course,
beer is served. It is perfectly acceptable to bring your own
picnic food. (2004) |
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A Würstelstand
(little sausage stand) is a small stand-alone snack bar that can be
found on every other street corner in Vienna. Note the "hot dog"
sign. Austrians are not chauvinistic when it come to language,
although in this case, to call wurst (sausage) a hot dog is
an insult of the wurst kind. (2004) |
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a late afternoon Eis at Cafe Zauner
overlooking the Traun River in Bad Ischl in the Salzkammergut. A
cafe specializes in drinks and fancy baked goods, not
full meals. They usually close much earlier than a gasthof or
restaurant. This one was particularly fancy as the string quartet
playing in the background attests. (2003) |
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An outdoor
cafe in Bad Radkersburg in Steiermark. The fancy umbrellas are
designed to protect one from both sun and rain. (2002) |
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Restaurant on Trobachersee
near St. Peter - Freienstein in Steiermark. The pig was being
roasted for a private party that took up the whole indoor dining
area. Fortunately, there was outside seating since we had walked
over a mile. It was also fortunate that the building had big
eaves since it started raining while we were eating. (2002)
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Restaurant in Stadtpark, Vienna. (1998 and 2000)
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McDonald's in Austria. This one was on the outskirts of Villach
along the Drau Radweg in Carinthia. (1999) |
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