Vienna, Austria Travel Blogs

... 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 years to build. ...

A travel blog entry by eric
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... are left to be reclaimed by nature, skatekids and hobos. A real shame. Prague is beautiful. Just not all of it. We´re in Vienna now. But your eyes are tired. And you need another cuppa. I can feel it. We'll write more later. Thanks to all those ...

A travel blog entry by elsewhere
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... 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? ...

A travel blog entry by sojanet
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... 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 Austria!

A travel blog entry by sojanet
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... palm trees and beaches.  But generally, it's a good response unlike our two-time elected president.    Austria is quite like Germany.  People speak German, food is almost identical and transportation system is basically the same, ...

A travel blog entry by yah27
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... connection here and there to stay in contact with the rest of the world, I really don't mind staying away. We arrived in Vienna and checked into our hostel. It was a large building with 7 floors of rooms and a large breakfast and common area. The rooms ...

A travel blog entry by tbassplayer
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... 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 ...

A travel blog entry by hels_belles
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... 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 ...

A travel blog entry by itsem
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... orchestra of about seven people, two opera singers, and two dancers.  It was nice to be that close to the action.  Being in Vienna even the smaller performances bring first class talent (at least this one did anyway).  They were all wonderful.  It was about an ...

A travel blog entry by meganandkevin
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... My laptop i purchased via ebay to save few bucks is turning out to be my biggest headache thus far on this trip. i'm in vienna, austria right now, headed to budapest tmrw. hopefully, i can get my laptop fixed there. i'll have updates to Berlin, Prague, ...

A travel blog entry by yah27
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... police. We were on an entry road to the highway which had a lower than expected speed limit. Turns out that in Austria a U.S. driver's license is not valid; an international driver's license is required. In addition, Chris' driver's license shows an ...

A travel blog entry by chronometers
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... seen in a park before, it's great, people were just sat relaxing in the sun and enjoying the weather. I had really enjoyed Vienna, having come here with no real expectations it had been a great surprise that it is now actually one of my favourite cities ...

A travel blog entry by hels_belles
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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 ...

A travel blog entry by vine_hooligans
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... 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 ...

A travel blog entry by clintonb
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A travel blog entry by lraleigh
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... of travel together) and catching a very efficient two trains from Seefeld to Innsbruck and then across the breadth of Austria in 5 hours to Vienna (it's a pretty quaint little country). Hard to say goodbye to the family but it was an amazing train journey; ...

A travel blog entry by mhaebich
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... 18. We continued clockwise to Krakow and Zakopane in Poland, across the Tatra Mountains to Budapest, Hungary, and then west to Vienna, Austria. We spent approximately two days at each stop and mostly used our rail pass to get from one place to another. We ...

A travel blog entry by jill_and_andy
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... the three of us went out to see the city. Some of the highlights were the doing a tour of the world famous Vienna Opera house and the Hofburg Palace with its amazingly Sumptuious Kaiserapartments. We then decided we should get out into the country a bit ...

A travel blog entry by heatheravan
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Just a quick entry to update! This American guy which was clearly on drugs kept playing the same ol guitar song over and over again and people kept getting annoyed. Somehow i think he got "years of experience" confused with maybe "days of experience". ...

A travel blog entry by clintonb
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... as lover and lover many things seem not so important to you. traveling alone is an entirey different approach. from Prague to Vienna No more free compartments. Finally we find an empty one, only an old man with large and scarred workers hands and a ...

A travel blog entry by yellowdragon
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<Brian's brief chronological list of "highlights" (and of whinging)>   - Went to listen to the Vienna Philharmonica play a selection of songs which I had never heard of... we had standing room tickets so we had to stand in the back ...

A travel blog entry by flashpackers
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... was painful and it was not the best day of our trip. It wasn't that bad though. Some of the scenery was classic Austria. Rolling green hills, forests, snow capped mountains etc. We are staying outside Vienna in the hills about 40 minutes from the city ...

A travel blog entry by peteandmandy
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... )>   - Today was a rest day of sorts... meaning we did bugger all. - Bought tickets to the Vienna Philharmonica for tomorrow. - Sat at a nearby park that overlooks Charles Church and people watched while listening to some dude ...

A travel blog entry by flashpackers
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... centuries of wealth and artistic development. The city feels very grand, far grander than the city´s current population and Austria´s current small size would seem to warrant.  We wandered around the Habsburg imperial palace, the gigantic museums ...

A travel blog entry by tavini
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... how busy you are on the weekends and do hope I can catch you before I head off to Vienna's palace. The call centres are excellent here in Austria and cost only 9 cents per minute to ring Australia. Well Vienna is an absolutely stunning city and I'm ...

A travel blog entry by shanewilson
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Austria We exited and as it was slightly late, we found a place to sleep and stayed. In the morning, we headed towards Vienna. Wein to the locals. Home of the Weiner Schnitzel. We found a campground, parked up, and then headed into town. We did the all the ...

A travel blog entry by uncle_davros
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... . I've already been here, so I haven't spent much time revisiting all the typical landmarks or sites. Instead, I visited the Vienna Historical Museum yesterday. Last night, a few of us decided to skip the optional concert at Schonbrunn Palace and get ...

A travel blog entry by segacs
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... things). We did manage to see a few sights St. Stephans cathederal and the Schloss Schönbrunn gardens. But we will remember Vienna for two things: 1) Pearl Harbour - True Hollywood! It was really relaxing to watch a film in English. We haven´t seen ...

A travel blog entry by worldramblings
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... to visit a Mozart statue .The musicians such as Mozart, Beethoven, Brahms and Schubert hold a strong influence on Vienna. After the statue I took in the two dominating buildings along Reichstratssr before heading back to St Stephens Cathedral. I ...

A travel blog entry by jag
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Vienna was a different story. It was beautiful, interesting and lively. In Austria we were back on the Tom Tom sat nav, so we could find a nice campsite without having to find a tourist office first. We could get into the city with a bus and a train and ...

A travel blog entry by easties
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