Time slips quietly by for Austrian nuns' resort

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Time slips quietly by for Austrian nuns' resort

<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/time-slips-quietly-austrian-nuns-resort-171509328--sector.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/2y8kLV0x5OrR7q4b1okSsg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9NzU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2014-04-15T183950Z_1_CBREA3E1FUH00_RTROPTP_2_LEISURE-AUSTRIA-NUNS.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Sister Elisabeth talks to guests at the abbey retreat in Marienkron" align="left" title="Sister Elisabeth talks to guests at the abbey retreat in Marienkron" border="0" /></a>They return year after year to Marienkron, an Austrian health resort 3 km (2 miles) from the Hungarian border. The regular guests relish the tranquil yet disciplined atmosphere fostered by the Cistercian nuns who run the Kneipp hydrotherapy centre, look after the visitors and offer opportunities for prayer and life-coaching. But the ethos of Marienkron, a low-profile resort frequented mainly by older guests seeking relief from aches and pains and mobility problems, may not survive once the current generation of nuns is gone. Its dominant figures, 71-year-old Sister Elisabeth and Sister Bernarda - who declines to give her age - have been there for decades.</p><br clear="all"/>

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