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| Villach is the second largest city in Carinthia, a state of Austria. Every year the Villacher Kirtchtag celebration is held in summer. It started as a church day in 1225 when Holy Roman Emperor Frederick decreed Villach could hold a funfair on the day of Jacob. |
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| Austria is trapped in the 80s. Or all the carnival rides in Villach were 80s carnival rides from America. |
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| Make sure to turn the volume all the way up before playing this video. |
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| Every good European festival has a costume parade. |
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| Never go full Schuhplattler. |
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| The horror. THE HORROR! |
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| Every good parade also needs floats pulled by tractors. |
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| Villacher is the main beer around town, and they have a Beer Garden next to their brewery that's pretty good. |
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| The jester wears many masks. |
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| Food not found at most fairs. |
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| There were plenty of alcohol options at the fair. |
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| Sometimes its hard to take this country seriously. |
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| The churches are imposing. |
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| Landskron Castle is next to Villach and houses a bird and monkey sanctuary. |
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| Free-range macaques from Japan roam the grounds of the monkey sanctuary. |
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| Most of the pictures in the blog will be monkey pictures. |
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| Landskron Castle is in the background. |
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| The monkeys learned how to operate pulleys to obtain apples. |
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| The view from Landskron Castle. |
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| The Romerweg, an ancient Roman road, also runs through Villach, near the hotsprings. |
