Krems, Austria Travel Blogs

Chilly, but not quite so damp
Oct 17, 2009

... chairs so I could listen to W. Amadeus in comfort. Good performance in an eminently suitable setting. On Saturday I got a train to Krems-an-der-Donau, a fairly large town, not surprisingly beside the Danube. The first three hotels I went to were full (I ...

Es regnet, es regnet, es regnet seinen Lauf 84km
May 20, 2008 (11 photos)

Das BORG ist mit dabei Endlich - unser großer Tag ist gekommen. Wir haben es endlich geschafft zu unseren Helden vorzustoßen. Jakob Foramitti, Christoph Kögler, Benjamin Schön und ein glücklicher Lehrer durften mit Michael und Otto die letzten 25km mitlaufen. ...

Following the Danube
Aug 7, 2005

... where I will be heading next. The big guns.. Dom and its intricate mouldings High street where Mozart was born Austria's lake district 29 July, Friday Start point: Salzburg End point: Altmunster, Near Gmunden, Lake Traunsee Via: ...

Well, That's a Grape of a Different Color!
Apr 18, 2008 (18 photos)

... in bed by 11pm to prepare for our next adventure... My study abroad program subsidized a trip to the Wachau region of Austria last Sunday. It wasn't a particularly thrilling trip, but the region was beautiful. We visited a monastery, the castle ruins ...

Krems
Apr 15, 2007 (5 photos)

This area of Austria is called the Wachau region because of its extremely fertile land where they produce wine. Everywhere you look you see vineyards even on really steep mountains. We stopped at a couple vineyards to sample the wine. This is a nice break ...

Krems and a day off
Apr 17, 2009 (4 photos)

... be to drag the anchor and move really slowly. The clouds threatened rain and its the first time I've needed a jacket for ages. Krems has an odd shape; kind of squashed teardrop with the floodable and boat stuff next to the river. The old itself (which has ...

Ups and downs,
Apr 16, 2009 (6 photos)

... an even narrower gorge and quite pretty. I said hello to various people on the trail as you do. In the end I got into Krems about 4pm. At 56 miles its decent day (after yesterdays disaster). I do need a rest day; the washing situation is desperate and my ...

Day 4 - River Cruise (stop at Durnstein)
Sep 19, 2004 (2 photos)

Durnstein

Wachau Valley
Sep 23, 2009 (37 photos)

Our favourite place so far this trip!  We hired our bikes for the day and did the bike ride from Krems which follows the Danube River and winds through little villages, vineyards and has incredible scenery and views over the valley.  It was  ...

Hut in Nockbergs on a working farm
Aug 25, 2007

quaint

Austrian School =]
Sep 2, 2008

Well here i am sitting at my computer after my first two days of school! So ma woke me up at 5:50, very early, yesterday. I got up and looked out my window and i saw the most beautiful sunrise over Traismauer. I got ready and headed down the hill with ...

First Impressions
Aug 7, 2008

Hello Family, Friends, Rotarians, and anyone else looking at my entry. I arrived yesterday in Vienna at 8:40 the airport was so much different than the ones in USA, probably because it is a neutral nation, i got off the plane and we were in ...

to Krems
Jun 30, 2007 (5 photos)

... ! I passed a cliff with the name of I. Kyselak, a student who for a bet went around putting his name everywhere in Austria. The Kaiser had him brought in and admonished Mr Kyselak. Later, the Kaiser discovered "IK" engraved on his desk... Late in the ...

Krems, Austria
Jul 31, 2006

... and Baroque Church and nooks and crannies of the winding way up to the town made it pretty memorable. We decided we camp at Krems a few Kms down the road as it was late and we weren't up to negotiating Vienna traffic. The campsite was right on he side of ...