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May 1st is a national holiday in Austria. Called “May Day”, it represents the workers or labor day. On this day, Hannes’s parents had an open house on the farm. There was a bar, and a whole variety of grilled food, pretty much everything you’d have at a barbecue- and it was all Bio (Organic)! I went to help out wherever I could for the day. The farm is in Schöngumprechting, which is near Salzburg. My duty was “frymaster”, I was exclusively in charge of deep frying the 25 kilos of pommes (french fries) we went through that day, they were a hot item!

All in all, the open house was a huge success, 400-500 people came throughout the day! By the way, the Plackner farm is an organic goat farm, specializing in goat products including milk, cheese products and kitz (young goat) meat. Having sampled nearly everything, I can say the products are most delicious!

Life is good for the goaties on the Plackner farm, look at how happy they are! Happy goaties = deliciousness!

Yesterday we made a brief excursion into the mountains to a famous gorge called Liechtensteinklamm. It was magnificent! Extremely steep rock walls rising out of a canyon with crystal clear, aqua-blue glacial melt water running briskly at the bottom as it carved it’s way through the canyon leaving scar formations on the rock.

It is custom in Austria to have one nice suit for formal functions. It is a big deal to get one, and you have it for life. Here I am in a sweet jacket, complete with deer horn buttons!

Bye!