If you want to read more about my trip to Austria please go to: www.travelandtransitions.com/our-travel-blog/austria-2007/ This video clip was taken on July 28, 2007 during my trip to Austria , my home country. First my brother, sister-in-law and I visited the weekly Saturday market in the city of Gleisdorf which shows all sorts of colourful products and characters. Then we drove to Weiz, 15 minutes away, where I examined the main square and also visited the stands of the farmer's market. In the afternoon I went hiking in a river valley called "die kleine Raabklamm" (small Raab gorge) and later I went on a country drive to a mining town called Arzberg, in the Austrian pre-Alpine area. This was on a trip back home to my birth country and the town that I was born in, all at the occasion of my brother's 50th birthday. I am actually a travel writer who loves to explore international destinations as well as my chosen home town of Toronto . On Youtube you will find hundreds of video clips from a wide variety of destinations. Feel free to check out some of my 700+ articles and interviews on http//www.travelandtransitions.com. My personal travel stories are located at www.travelandtransitions.com/stories_photos.htm and my Austrian travel articles will be published in the next few weeks. Also, my FREE travel ebooks containing stories from my trips to destinations such as Sicily, Havana, Mexico City, New York City, Chicago, Florida, Toronto, Montreal, Ottawa, Vancouver, Halifax and many others are available right now at www.travelandtransitions.com/ebooks.html .