Rideout Back To The Past

On Sunday I did a rideout with my wife and our bikes, Tiger and Honda, back to the past in the Austrian history. We crossed our province from the south to the north via some wonderful landscapes. After a two hours ride we reached the Renaissance castle Rosenburg. It was built in the 16th century. The actual castle is based on a historic castle of 1150. The castle is owned by the Hoyos-Sprinzenstein family since 1681.
Beside the castle itself, with it's historic scenery, you can find an other highlight there. The family supports a public viewing of their also in the castle based falconry.
The public viewing is moderated by a falconer who talks about the historic development of the falconry in Austria. During his explanations a hudge amount of birds are presented and perform a real "air show" for the audience.
In the following some impressions in two parts.

Part 1:
Our bikes



The Renaissance castle Rosenburg










The view of the tavern in the castle where you can get delicious local food highlights.

 

Part 2:
Some spectacular impressions of the birds and their "air show".

Training of a young falcon.


A trained hunting eagle owl.




A young golden eagle


His older relative


A giant sea eagle


A hunting trained bearded vulture

 

That's right! It was really brilliant there! I have never seen a trained hunting eagle owl or a giant sea eagle before.