Thanks to the GPS we have been driving a lot of back roads and even drove up to the Czech Republic yesterday. Many of the villages have a sign like this one that says "Grüß Gott" or "Greet God" -- something like Praise the Lord. Shopkeepers frequently greet customers with these same words as their way of saying "hello".

Another village, another castle!

Another village, no castle.

Between villages are many shrines.

Another typical village with a church taking over the road.

Today we visited Melk Abbey.