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Here's a few of Austria's real heroes who are dedicating their lives on a daily basis to serve the future of Austria in the wonderful young people we have the good fortune to meet.
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IT Mittleschule and Primary schule gave us a fantastic welcome. When all students sang "We are the world - we are the children" some of us had a hard time to fight tears...
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We were surprised how international the school is - they have many students from different countries including Ukraine and Tahiti!
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At some point we had to split the team because the schedule was really tight. Our girls team went to Ybbs for the inauguration of a Peace Tree, while the boys team visited a school in Krummnussbaum
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A peace tree - an apple tree which is the second tree to be planted in Ybbs - is planted at a playground right next to the Danube
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Running along the cycle path by the Danube. This is a very popular cycling route. Everyday we see hundreds of touring cyclists who are doing this tour.
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The Mayor of Pöchlarn, Mr Franz Heisler was very kind to receive the Peace Run team and offer us some refreshments
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...and even to run with us for a few meters. Pöchlarn is the partner city of Riedlingen an der Donau in Germany, a city we visited just a few days ago