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Salzburg Slideshow
Salzburg
Travel Blogs from Salzburg, Austria
An Afternoon in the Sound of Music
... gardens were featured in the Sound of Music! We are definitely going to have to watch that movie again when we get home. Salzburg is situated right on the Danube river, so we cruised across a bridge to get to the main part of town. On the ...
H2O in all its glory
The little village of Zell am See is rather picturesque (as are most places in Austria) - it has a big lake surrounded by big mountains, which made the old-age-home feeling of it easier to bear. I only spent a night there to enable me to visit the Krimml ...
The hills are alive...
... danger of collapsing around my ears. Went on a hike around the countryside the day before yesterday which was exhausting to say the least. Salzburg (where I am now) is even nicer, and I´m probably going to hang out here for a few days and relax. And ...
Bad Gastein, Austria
Bad Gastein, Austria From Lisa: Now how could we NOT stay in place with a name like that?? In Austria, "bad" means baths, like thermals. We found out about it in a magazine we picked up and it was touted as a great place for "Outdoor Enthusiasts". ...
Bloody Scousers
woke up with the worst hangover in the world I did think that I was going to pass out it was really really bad, Ian wanted to go and watch the Liverpool United game so we got ready and took the tram into the centre again as Marcus has told us about an ...
Another beer festival and a walk around the castle
... I headed to the food tent for some traditional Austrian grub. This finished me off, time for bed. The next day we spent walking around Salzburg castle situated on top of a hill over looking the city. The view was amazing as you can see from the pics. Then ...
Like something out of a movie
... in snow and we even saw something that looked like a squirrel. We made our way to the top of a hill in the 'old town' of Salzburg. This is the part of the city that was fortified by a wall. The castle on top of the hill was amazing and we felt like ...
Cultural Differences
... mom took me to a famous cafe in Salzburg for Kaffee (which meant Apfelsaft for me) and cake after a long day walking around Salzburg and exploring the Festung. (Side note within the SR: the Festung Hohensalzburg is a really cool castle on top of a hill ...
Snowboard Report: Day 2
And now for a brief recap of my second day trying this madcap sport involving strapping a board to your feet and pointing yourself down a steep, snow-covered hill. Times fallen: Less than the number of my fingers and toes that are not frostbitten ...
Let's climb a mountain!
Bus to Grodig Cable car to 1700m Climb to 1885m Clear air, hot and sunny, soft snow and a t shirt Some bad sunburns River Boat cruise on the Salzburg River Dinner out Cappucino in the square Home to pack ...
Per visa Austrija
... Alpių panoramos pietuose ir vakaruose, kuriomis visą kelią ir grozimės, fotografuojam bei filmuojam. Į Salzburgą nesukam, tiesiog pravaziuojam jį autostrada, o is kart uz jo autostrada veda per kamputį Vokietijos ...
Following the Danube
... 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: Odom(Km): ...
Salzburg
Our second weekend here in Gaming, the school took us to Salzburg! We spent two days there and had a blast seeing all the sights, including the beautiful cathedral, the castle with an awesome view of the city, and of course the ...
Salzburg!
... , got ready and headed off in the car to Salzburg.. Our final destination was a little bit hazy..mentions of Hallstatt, Salzburg and Innsbruck was all floating around..we needed some internet to make a decision..so we drove to Maccas, where they had ...
Off to Salzburg
We are at the train station waiting to leave for Salzburg. I tried to board a train that was going to Vienna. Silly, that is where I now am! A conductor saved me from getting on the train, sitting down and then waiting to go no where! ...
Day trip to Salzburg
we took a day trip to salzburg austria today. its about 2 hours from munich. we hit the salzburg cathedral, saw mozarts residence and birthplace, the hohensalzburg fortress, streets of salzburg and also the mirabell gardens. we are heading ...
Salzburg with parents
... to Salzburg at around noon. It had cleared up by the time we got there, and it was fun to see the huge mountains around Salzburg before getting into the city. Salzburg is smaller then Vienna, so it wasn't all that hard to find out where we wanted to get ...
The Hills are Alive!
This morning Allison and I went to the train station and took the train to Salzburg. We called our bed and breakfast and were picked up at the station. The b&b is really nice, we've got a balcony overlooking the mountains! Then we went back into town, ...
Salzburg, Cidade Natal de Mozart
Saí de Monaco no domingo às 8 horas da manhã, em direção a Salzburg. Às 9 horas, fiz conexão em Ventimiglia para ir até Milão novamente. Cheguei as 13 horas e almocei lá. Às 14 horas peguei o trem para Verona, chegando ...
Salzburg, Tourist Crowds Galore
... a rope before the court yard. Meandering past the concert, we discovered what we hiked for – a breathtaking view over Salzburg. Fortress behind us, churches, steeples, grand gates, plazas, and ancient walls in front of us, we admired ...
I Have Confidence in Rain
... done. That would be way too much!) Yesterday, I climbed up to the Hohensalzburg Fortress. It's this huge castle that overlooks Salzburg and it's one of the largest medieval castles in Europe! The hike was terrible since it was raining and freezing and ...
Mozart's birthplace and the city of singing
... too... Masochist? Never Then I strolled around Mirabell Schloss and Gardens (the palace one of the 'supposed celibate' Archbishops who ruled Salzburg built for his 'lady friend' and their 10 children). A well rounded day in all, and I'm off the world's ...
Our First Night in Europe
Our first night in Europe was also our first stay in a hostel. For those of you that don't know, a hostel is a dormitory style hotel. We all stayed in the same room in bunk beds. We also shared this room with a gentleman from ...
Very picturesque
We had a one day soire to Salzburg on the way down to Saalbach . We stayed in a very quaint oldy style hotel , near a carparrk in a rock ( strange what you remember ) . Two things stand out in our memories 1. The modern Art Gallery which was great for ...
City of Mozart
... . We are really pleased with this place as it was a much better deal than the pricy places in the middle of the touristy Salzburg. We've toured the home and birth house of Mozart (one of my favorite composers), another castle, and visited the ...
The Hills are Alive!
... was a bit tooo excited about... We also did a tour out to the "world's biggest ice caves" which are pretty close to Salzburg (thank Jess for the recommendation), and they did not disappoint. Although freezing inside (-1 degree), there were some amazing ...
Salzburg
... hour day trip to the Alps. We were thoroughly entertained all the way by our guide Clark (check munichclark.com). Salzburg is definitely a GO TO AGAIN city. Beautiful views, clean, and music everywhere. I won the prize for being ...