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Monday, April 1, 2013

On the Roof of Europe - the Alps.

The Alps - the highest mountains of Europe formed over hundreds of millions of years during the African and Eurasian tectonic plates' collision are one of the most interesting and beautiful mountains on the Continent.  The Alps run through eight countries: Slovenia, Austria, Liechtenstein, Germany, Italy, Switzerland, France and Monaco. Their highest is Mont Blanc, its height is 4,810 m above sea level and is on the Italian-French border.
  But in that post I will write about the Austrian and German Alps. Our journey begin in the Alpine foreland in the eastern part of Austria, quite close to Vienna.