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Vienna
Week 15 - 6/06/2012 – 9/06/2012 I arrived in Vienna at about 5:30pm and as usual checked into my hostel. I bought a ticket for a night walking tour that night, so I quickly freshened up and headed out for my walking tour. It was the perfect ...
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 ...
Amsterdam update
Hi all, Time for a proper update! I'll start where I left off in... Amsterdam! Too many countries, we're losing track. So, it was tour day in Amsterdam. We were amazingly almost on time (only 5min late) for our 9:15am departure from the city centre. We ...
CONTIKI - VIENNA
DAY 35 - BUDAPEST TO VIENNA Today the bus drove to Vienna. Vienna; Hell Yeah!! We had some free time to walk around and have a look. We then had a dinner, followed by a Mozart and Strauss concert at the Palais Attersperg Theatre. Not really my kind of ...
CONTIKI - AUSTRIAN TYROL
DAY 37 - VIENNA TO AUSTRIAN TYROL Today we travelled towards Hopfgarten in the Austrian Tyrol. On the way we stopped off in the town of the Sound Of Music movie. Here I visited the church from the movie and we also had some lunch. Next we stopped at ...
Een bergje beklimmen
Ik stond op en zag dat het bewolkt was, maar als ik uit de douche kwam, zag ik dat we juist op de wolkengrens zaten. Tja, tijd voor een bergje op te zoeken dat boven de wolken uitsteekt en waar ik een heerlijk wandeling in de zon ...
Salzburg
Salzburg - My FAVOURITE place so far... it is so beautiful! I wake up and look out the window and there are snow capped mountains everywhere... could spend a lot more time here but oh well two nights will have to do... The hostel plays the Sound of ...
Opening Day
First Day at the ski courses! It was 8:30 in the morning, when we started to pour into the diner for the breakfast. It was a pretty "sleek" breakfast with only ham, butter and cheese. However, there was plenty of them. And there was cocoa milk too! Yumm! ...
Last cruzy day in Wien
Today is sadly my last day in Wien and oh what a nice relaxing day I had! First I went to the Naschmarkt, which is this HUGE fresh food market with all types off stuffed olives, nuts, fruits, chilies, cheeses and fish they cook straight up for you in ...
I Wonder What Grass Tastes Like
HELLO from The Sound of Music hometown of Salzburg, Austria!! This morning, my train arrived at 4am and I am pooped!! My overnight train looked exactly like the Hogwarts Express (!!!) and we had 6 people to a cabin. There was an older woman in my cabin ...
Another short stay
An overnight train from Zurich dropped me in Vienna, Austria. After leaving my bags at the hostel I spent the afternoon walking around the city. It definitely has that old imperial capital kind of feel...with the palaces, big buildings and ...
Vienna, Austria
We woke none too early on the Wednesday with heavy, aching legs. My head felt little better. We took a walk around Vienna taking in the Stadtplatz and the famous statue of Strauss, St.Stephan's Dom, the Hofburg Palace and surrounding area. I was totally ...