Austria
Travel Blogs from Austria
Vienna
Rome ended beautifully. We woke up early on our last morning and spent the time roaming the streets and big sights without tourists to hinder the experience. Great. We made our way to Venice after that. Venice was really great. For me, Venice is the only ...
In the evening
Because of the sport, the fresh air and the apres-ski, of course, we ate a lot, but partied little. Either we had self-cooked pasta or we went to Laemmi's Hirtenstueberl in town. This involved marching up the hill, but the food was worth it. Also, being ...
Where in the World is GRAZ
... woodpiles for fires and houses built of wood with steep rooves for the snow to fall off. We soon hit the Italian border with Austria and crossed midday leaving the high Dolomites behind us. The scenery was very clean and green and fresh. We had lunch on ...
Tall Guys in Thalgau
We arrived in Thalgau, my Nana's husband Frank’s hometown (the same day we visited the salt mines and Golling) around 5pm. We easily made it to the Betenmacher Guesthouse where the same little bird who has been aiding me on my adventure told me was ...
Really weird bones and unfriendly people
Leaving Prague - there was no rain - yippee!! Then a short drive to the church of bones...basically a church decorated (as you would use tinsel for Xmas) but with bones!!?? Including a chandlier made of all the bones in the human body...weird folks these ...
Trip to Chile, Argentina, Uruguay
"Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines, sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover." - Mark ...
Schoenbrunn Palace and the Bermuda Triangle
Beautiful weather today. No snow, no harsh wind. Get up early and make a move to Schoenbrunn Palace, the principal residence of the Hapsburgs. Amazing! 2600 rooms all together (a fraction of which are open to the public). Saw solid silver and gold ...
Innsbruck
From fussen I cought an incredibly scenic train to Innsbruck in western Austria. A small city situated in a valley surrounded by the Austrian Alps. The city itself is beautiful, full of baroque buildings nice riverside parks, cafes and shops. However ...
Howdy Pilgrim
... to where we already are. I got right into the research and quickly found the one hundred and fifty kilometre pilgrimage hike to Austria’s most visited tourist destination, Mariazell. I thought we would need to put a lot of planning into such a long ...
from Sulzburg to Salzburg
We bid farewell to Lilly and Bobby, and embark on our next train ride to Salzburg, Austria -- the furthest point east for this vacation. We arrive at 18:00; it is not quite raining at the moment, but it has been recently and we can tell it will again ...
Hellbrunn Palace
Today we went to Hellbrunn Palace. We took the boat ride up the Salzach River to a bus then on to the palace. This Read on, this sounds like someone I would have as a friend! The castle famous for its watergames in the grounds. These ...
Salzburg...Austrian Paradise
Salzburg was our destination today, so we checked out of our lovely Viennese hotel and said Auf Wierdersen to a city we both just loved so so much. Nothing can top Vienna right?!...Well...little did we know.... The train tickets were easy peasy to get. ...
A Cinderella Story
My roommates and I had the opportunity to participate in a Viennese tradition last night called Fasching. For two months, every organization from the Opera house to the Coffee Makers association put together a ball for the public to attend. These ...
Lokal Weinachten
Firstly I'd like to wish you all a Merry Christmas / Fröhe Weinachten. I hope that your Christmas Eve or Christmas Day celebrations have been filled with family and fun. I hear that in Perth it is to be 45 degrees! Don't die on us; your temperature ...
Pool day, I have a pretty good sunburn...
... . They bring out a water pipe, light it up and people start smoking. After a while I ask Vince "what are the laws in Austria for that", he laughs, "that is not marijuana- it is tobacco, orange flavor" "you're kidding" "no, we have restaurants that ...
Who Karres alot?
... nbsp; Since I last was on we made our way north and up to Brenner pass at about 1400 meters and back into Austria. Our travels north took us to Innsbruck where we found very high mountains and very high lodging rates, so we turned west again. ...
The Hills are Alive!
Hello again! On Thursday Kelly and I arrived in Vienna . The city feels much larger than Prague. The buildings and architecture are very impressive. Here are just a few pictures of some of the buildings. . We found a cozy ...
Sound of Music Tour
The hills are alive...with the sound of AIR CONDITIONING....<ahhhh-ahhhhh-ahhhh>. Yes, you read that right. I finally located some a/c. I immediately cancelled my Sound of Music Tour and barricaded myself in the hotel room. I kid, ...
Der Kuss, Symphony, Beer and the Vienna Woods
Well, I'm not sure of a better city to end the great adventure in, and with friends to share it with as well. While Paris is amazing, I would have to say that Vienna, a mini Paris, can hold its own, and without the hoards of people. We headed off in a ...
Into the alps
Early start had us at Verona station for 8.30am and we were soon on the train heading for Innsbruck, Austria. After Clare scoffing a chocolate custard doughnut in record time we boarded our connecting train in Innsbruck to Scladming, ...
This hills are alive...
The next stop on our spring break vacation was Salzburg, Austria. We only spent a quick 24 hours in this little town, which only left a little time to explore. Unfortunately, it was snowing the entire time, and didn't leave everyone on the ...
Minimundus
Minimundus http://www.minimundus.at/ An exhibition of models of sights and landmarks from all over the ...
Traveling from Trier to Salzburg
It was an all day affair. Christiana drove me to the Trier Station. I wanted her to just stop and I would jump out but she was having none of that. She accompanied me into the station and helped me figure out what track to go ...
Vienna is HOT
... Krakow today. It was harder than I expected, I thought there would be problems to get tickets from Poland to Lithuania, but none in Austria. Well they`ve sent me from one office to another and finally in the afternoon I got through with my elbows and got ...
Not Romantik on the Park
Today our GPSs sent us off on a crazy path where we would be on a perfectly scenic, well surfaced and enjoyable road for 3 or so km, then send us off into the hills. As we lost each other within about 20 minutes of taking off from Lienz, we ...
Start
Das Abenteuer hat begonnen Das Abenteuer hat eigentlich schon heute begonnen, obwohl erst morgen unser Start ist. Bei der Besichtigung unserer Laufstrecke mussten wir feststellen, dass der Arlbergpass wegen Lawinengefahr gesperrt ist. Wir machten uns ...
Vienna
... and after hearing of the mummified heads they decided to tag along. Now this is the point where you need to understand Austria's weird relationship with death... In short they are obsessed with it, you can even buy pension plans to ensure that you have ...

