Austria
Travel Blogs from Austria
Downhills and bobsled runs. Austria !!!!!
For one whole day, we had been riding uphill, only a slight incline, but noticeable. We climbed one huge hill and we were next to a huge lake. We rode a little way along until we came to a campground. We pitched the tent and then rode to the supermarket, ...
Museums and Mozart
Hello from Vienna. This is just a quick update because I don't have a lot of time and the keyboard takes a while to type on. Having a great time exploring all of Europe's beautiful cities. Prague's Jewish Quarter was fascinating. I went to six ...
Border crossing with Big Dan
... But the beer will be good and I will have lots of it. (S) Ya, we're driving. In the rain. In Germany and Austria. Life sucks. But why can't we see the mountains. Oh, Dan is pulling into another Gasthaus for beers. What was I ...
Chapter 52: The Hills Are Alive...
... I wasn't. I booked a hostel for Salzburg for Saturday night, then went to the train station to buy a ticket to Austria for 10am. The train ride the next morning was breathtakingly scenic. We passed towering mountains, rolling green fields, and ...
Laundry and Lifeless Ponies
<Brian's brief chronological list of "highlights" (and of whinging)> - 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 ...
Vienna
The bus ride was only 1-½ hours, but I had a massive hike and then an incredibly long wait at the worst run hostel I have been to. Eventually I managed to get the 2nd last bed in the building after being in reception for two freakin hours. The hostel ...
All things Mozart..
<Brian's brief chronological list of "highlights" (and of whinging)> - Went to the post office to send some one of the stuff we had collated over time back to Australia. Hope it gets there safely. - Caught the train to ...
Sacher Torte and a Viennese Wirl
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 ...
Just Passin' Thru
We've just arrived in Vienna from Riga and have taken a cab to the train station. There's a glow on Ellen's face. We're on our way to ...
Innsbruck ok time for a moan about ihyf the ...
INNSBRUCK OK, time for a moan about IHYF... The hostel at Reichenauer Strasse was exactly what we have come to expect from IYHF. It has 178 beds most of which are in single-sex 6 bed dorms. You get a locker in your dorm, but no reading light; so ...
Vienna
After the hubbub of Prague, Vienna feels soothing and a little bit of a mystery: how come a city as grand as this, with so many things to see, is not yet completely overrun with tourists? We suppose it is the reputation of it being expensive, but we ...
Our first taste of rain
Once again, a huge breakfast (which we liberated for lunch) was followed by packing the bike and hitting the road. We didn't have far to go to reach Salzburg and hoped to get there early enough to squeeze in some sightseeing or something in the ...
CK to Wien - easy? - WRONG!
I roll over and open my eyes to see a beautiful morning outside our wooden framed window here in Austria. Traveling around Austria has been great, but first i'll start off with the journey here. Last time i wrote i think i was ona train, but to get here ...
Innsbruck
Inssbruck is a charming little town and quite a difference from Italy. Though Trento was also a part of Tyrol- southern Tyrol that is, the cultural difference is immediately visible. We didn´t spend a lot of time here, but we would consider coming ...
Is it Sunday already??
... spent a few hours at the top and enjoyed yet another wonderful Swiss hot chocolate. A short drive north and we entered Austria without even realising it. The BOSS is very disappointed that her passport is not being stamped as proof of having visited ...
POLICE, TEACHERS, AND THE VATICAN
... tired and very honest priest. The administrative aspects of his job had him exhausted with Easter coming up. He revealed that, in Austria, if a Catholic doesn't contribute to his church, he can be taken to court. Once a baby is baptised, the church ...
Still in Vienna
I haven`t minded one bit spending another night in Vienna! Unbeknown to me, my train for Rome left from the Sued station (or South Main Station). I automatically assumed that it would leave from the Westbahnhof where I arrived from Salzburg and ...
Quick visit to Germany
Overslept till 8.30, obviously so tired we didn´t hear either the bells in the village or Mikey´s alarm. packed up quickly and had chocolate muesli and bananas for breakfast with the ducks quacking round our feet. Met a nice old guy leaving the ...
Lucrezia Borgia in Vienna wearing trousers
Today was all about the opera. Early start to get washing of clothes done and polished off scrambled eggs and salami. Polly had been on at me for ages to master the perfect scramble eggs and her tuition today finally paid off. Caught ...
Three Countries In One Day
... up the mountain to knock on his door so we carried on through, and reached the Austrian border after half an hour. Austria immediately seemed different, much livelier, lots of people around and all the shops were open. Seeing enormous mountains all around ...
We've finaly started
Vienna was great. Staying in our first hostel was a really good education. Met tons of fellow backpackers all very friendly. Majority were American Canadian. Did the usual Vienna attractions St Stephens Cathedral and the Lipizzana Museum as the ...
All that glitters is not gold
We have spent the last 3 nights in the basement of LA House in Fussen which has been a good base and having access to internet has been a bonus. The basement room is huge and able to sleep 5 so it's been nice to spread out our junk and watch TV and sit ...
Vienna - Choir City.
What a beautiful city Vienna is! Lots of buildings look like fancy wedding cakes. We teamed up with a fellow Australian, Wez and the three of us went out to see the city. Some of the highlights were, doing a tour of the world famous Vienna Opera ...
Austrian Corn Fields and not much else
Enjoyed breakfast back in Melk opposite a funny little toy shop which sold Polly Pockets (no longer small enough to fit in your pocket). We set off to St Polten. The damn head wind had not died and it continued to hamper our progress. I ...
Ice Cold Cave..
<Brian's brief chronological list of "highlights" (and of whinging)> - Went to the Mirabell Gardens to watch a brass band play in the morning. This was pretty cool, except we didn't know the songs they were playing and ...
Mountains for two
The day started early - very early, which was a bit of a shock to the system. We had breakfast alone as nobody else was stupid enough to have woken up this early. Tip # 24. Always take a coat with large pockets or an empty handbag to breakfast. The ...
The Water Witch of Steyr casts her spell
I had woken Polly in the night, the unfamiliarity of the bunks must have freaked me and I thought Polly was not in the room. I shouted lots until Polly calmly asked what was the matter! Breakfast was included, went for it and stocked up ...
Salt Castle
Once upon a time there was a mountainous region in Austria where rich mines of salt were discovered. The world craved salt for many reasons but the most important one was to preserve meats in times of no refrigerators, so the Austrian salt mines were ...
Beaten by broken shoes and head winds
Great early wake up promised a day where we could make good ground and enjoy an early finish (oh if only). The afore mentioned Water Witch was weaving her magic, I fell off up the first hill and cut the back of my leg on the front cogs. When ...
