Austria
Travel Blogs from Austria
Braving the metro!
So today was a much better day for me. After a good rest last night, I got up slowly and had a nice breakfast in my hotel. I adjusted my attitude for a lower expectation. I remembered that i had several tours in the last week and that ...
Christmas eve
Well, on my last day in Munich I checked out of my hotel and left my suitcase checked for the day. I went for a snowy walk to the center one last time to shop in the Christkindlemarkt and mostly to see the famous and fascinating glockenspeil which ...
Lord of the ring
I knew that would get you to read it!! I just returned home and as I unwind, I want to get this all down before it disappears into memory. My story starts with me waking up at about 9:00 in the morning after a fairly difficult sleep. Remember ...
What are all those explosions?
So today was a VERY relaxed day. I am getting near the end of my trip and frankly, I am quite tired. I have earmarked Vienna for a return visit in the near future when i can really enjoy it here. So i woke up at around 10 but stayed in bed ...
I've never been so cold!
So, I woke up quite early and didn't really sleep so well. While I was packing in Salzburg, I had ruptured my suitcase and on my way to Vienna it finally gave way with a torn zipper and broken wheels. OOPs, dizzy me with too much stuff. Well ...
The hills are alive with the sound of music
... to the real Von Trapp family home. the Von trapps moved to vermont in 1938 when hitler and His nazi army came back into Austria. The Von Trapp home was then used by Heinrich Himmler for his offices. So the bus stopped in a parking lot near the ...
Naked Men Fighting Horses
We arrived in Vienna in the afternoon and I (James) went to find a laundromat because the hostel's dryer was broken. I ended up having to walk 25min to find it and was sad to find out they had energy saving washers; that meant it took two hours to ...
Vienna
... that the groceries cost us about 3 times as much in Austria as we paid in Hungary. The standard of living is high is Austria and cars, bikes and fashions are all the latest. We quickly got into the spirit of Vienna and purchased concert tickets to a ...
The Sound of Music
"Edelweiss, Edelweiss..." Greetings from the land of white gold - salt! In medieval times, it was essential to preserving food. Outside Salzburg are numerous salt mines. And sitting over the city - mighty Hohensalzburg Fortress to ...
Palaces
... of the Hapsburgs. The Treasury boasts the best collection of crown jewels in Europe. And its home to one of Austria's most familiar icons, the Vienna Boys Choir. Again I'm amazed at the architecture. St Stephen's Cathedral took over 200 ...
So long farewell aufweidersein goodbye!
So it was my last day in Salzburg, one of the most beautiful cities I have ever seen. I had decided to sleep late as I had no tour. I checked out of my hotel and went into the center where I walked street by street through the town just ...
Stopping to look up for once
... where some people would only pick up unknown illnesses, bruises and cuts. I got over the worst. With Austria, Czech Republic, and Germany, what could possibly happen? NOBODY gets hurt while traveling in these places. Right? ...
Grandiosity in a GRAND capital
... the classy club that charges 12 euros on a Wednesday night, I just want to go back. By the time, we end up in a tiny bar with a dance floor, it is 2 am and apparently closing (or does not want us there?). So much for a crazy night in ...
Skiing in Austria
Brett and I went to Germany (Munich) and Austria. We skied in Austria which had excellent conditions. The people seemed a bit cold though. Never mind I - I was there for the ...
No Kangaroos in Austria
... a chocolate snowman for Brad! Did succumb to some tat later though and found myself with some magnets saying "no kangaroos in austria". We did also wander around the Naschmarkt (Viennese markets, which started in the 16th Century) but only because we were ...
Vienna!!
... the train station, so I was out and off to Vienna by 11am, heading out of the old communist countries and over to right-wing Austria. The train journey only took about 1 and a half hours, and the biggest thing that struck me was just how many wind ...
The land of music
... what looked like road crossing signs but with a kangaroos image on it. As I laughed at the caption: "No kangaroos in Austria" the shop owner began to explain how he and his partner started up that product line after his buddy went to austrailia and ...
Golden roof, lost Emma, another nearly missed bus
Hearing of the famed golden roof how excited was I. Sadly its kind of small and not really that easy to steal as a souvineer. Still in the mood for something glittering we stopped at the swarovski crystal store for some sparkly things and then took a ...
Vienna
Berlin/Dresden: Eb here (finally!). Sorry about the wait, folks.(Eb goes a little red-faced, looks at her shoes)Will try and make this entry worth yer while... Go make a cuppa, you´ll need one. We left Berlin in a shower of sparks. ...
Fall Vacation, Part 1 - Stranded in Salzburg
Hi everybody! For our two week vacation this year we decided to go to Slovenia and Croatia. These are 2 countries that have become quite popular with Europeans again - as they were prior to the wars and other events that separated the former Yugoslavia ...
Portrait of an Unhappy Habsburg
This morning Elenka and I caught the eight-forty-five train from Banska Bystrica to Vienna. Five-and-a-half hours later after checking into our hotel in the Museum Quarter, we made a bee-line for Hofburg Palace, the winter residence of ...
Castles
Hello everybody, Trains can be fun and efficient. For a trip through the Alps and Germany, though, I rented a car. Easy access to all the castles and quaint little towns. The Alps are pretty impressive. One Mt Rainier after ...
Vienna
We love Vienna! It is up there with Edinburgh and London as one of our favourites. Vienna is spilling over with beautiful parks, stunning palaces, museums and art collections to rival those of Paris, and it has an atmosphere that shows that ...
Vienna
IMH: It is amazing to think that Austria borders 8 other states: Germany, Switzerland, Liechtenstein, Italy, Slovenia, Hungary, Slovakia and Czech Republic. We passed through Cesky Krumlov, a small town in Czech Republic crowned by an audacious castle and ...
Sliding down mountains
Tried to ski, went for a long weekend to St Anton, which was populated by hoardes of marauding males - hello! Became an expert apres skiing, it takes a lot of practice and skill to down a jager shot from a bottle being held 20 cms above your ...
Last day in Vienna
Another lovely sunny day, so I headed off to the Schloss Schronbrunn which is a 1440 room palace complete with gardens and even a maze. The sun was really beating down so I thought I'd just take a walk through the gardens rather than go into the ...
Dreams, Empires and Unfortunates
The day had been warm and sunny. It was evening now and a strange fog seemed to settle in the streets. Ellen and I were having dinner at a restaurant in the Museum Quarter looking out at one of the world's most magnificent cities, Vienna. "There ...
No Kangaroo's in Austria
... there are Kangaroo's in Australia as everyone knows, but i didn't cotten on till the last day that it actually said "Austria" not "Australia" - definatly a blonde moment for myself. Well getting here was quite the task but quite amusing now i look back ...

