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It was COLD!
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The location of Napoleon's army depot during his 1809 campaign.
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Napoleon's army crossed the Danube at the Esslinger Furt.
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Crossing the Esslinger Furt is a lot easier these days.
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The Grossenzersdorfer Arm of the Danube wasn't hard to cross either.
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Off the main tracks...
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... the woods of the Lobau are left to revert to jungle.
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Cold snacks.
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The dam of the regulated Danube by the oil depot harbour.
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Part of our walk on an 1870s map. Lower left-hand corner: the new dam and the regulated Danube.
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Isabelle - photography at the highest level.
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The Danube meander shown by the dam on the 1870s map has turned into woodland.
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The former main channel of the Danube, looking towards the ford (see old map fragment).
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A pleasantly heated discussion (about the logic of landscape, of course) at the end of the day.