Austria
Travel Blogs from Austria
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 ...
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 ...
Aliens take Vienna
'Vienna. Is. Beautiful,' our Busabout guide says, drawing out his words for maximum effect. He thinks for a moment and then raises the microphone to his mouth once more,‘One of the other guides once said to me that if the Aliens were ...
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 ...
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 ...
Hello everyone
Just saying Hi! Nothing big today, actually checked into swanky Radisson Palace down here near Mozart's statue to get cool and relax a little before heading to Prague.Made reservations there tonight at a hotel with air conditioning. It has helped my ...
Sweet symphony
Vienna, a beautiful city that becomes even more beautiful at night. I toured the city during the day with a guy from Texas Tech and a couple (more) Australians. We rode bikes around the city, through the palace gates and the city streets of Vienna, then ...
Salzburg
Salzburg was a fun city. On July 12th we took the train at noon and arrived in Salzburg, Austria at 7PM. We checked into Haus Linder/Christine. The ride was magnificent with rolling hills and mountains. ...
Tour 5271 / 0820 Day 21
... to the hotel early. We did have lunch in Vienna and were caught up in the crowds who were out for the Pope. Apparently, Austria is about 99% Catholic and it seemed so in the streets. Neither Jackie or i were really impressed with Vienna at this ...
Tour 5271 / 0820 Day 22
... Innsbruck by following the Inns River for a good part. We went past Eagles Nest and through Bavaria (Germany) and then back into Austria before finally reaching Innsbruck at 6pm. As we went through these areas, we thought it was so picturesque and some of ...
See You Later, Slovakia
My actual last day in Slovakia was basically just a long drive to return my rental car. In Hungary, I went in a circle, but in Slovakia, I drove in a straight line, so the return was like a "Greatest Hits" of my trip. I got stuck in the same traffic jam ...
Innsbruck
Beautiful Innsbruck is surrounded by high mountains on all sides and had gorgeous weather during our brief stop in the town. We visited the Goldenes Dachl, strolled through the cobblestone streets of the old town, and stopped at a store to buy ...
This means nothing to meeee......
So after leaving the Slovak Republic (its official name) we entered Austria. We entered on the East where it is very flat, so not much to see. To entertain ourselves we sang Sound of Music and this 80s pop song called Vienna (where the title of this ...
Dont mention the war!!
Today I went on the Sound of Music tour around Salzburg (slightly out of my budget, but had heard it was good). Got picked up at the hostel and about five minutes in the door jammed and The Beeping started. And went on for about 15 minutes. By the time ...
Graz, Genau!
... added to our appreciation. In the old façade section at the end of the Kunsthaus one can find Camera Austria, a little photography exhibition space. During our visit they had some photos taken around South Africa, depicting various aspects of daily ...
1.Etappe109Km / 2200Hm
Endlich Laufen Nach einem Jahr Vorbereitung mit 120-250km Laufen pro Woche ist unser Traum vom Österreichlauf endlich wahr geworden: Von Bregenz ging es durch den Bregenzerwald. Die Sonne lachte uns entgegen und der zauberhaft schöne Bregenzerwald ...
2.Etappe 86km
Die erste Flachetappe Nach dem Höhenmeterrausch am ersten Tag hatten Otto und Michael heute eine leichtere Strecke zu bewältigen. Es war ein guter Test dafür, wie sie den ersten Tag überstanden haben. Zur großen Überraschung zeigen die Athleten ...
3.Etappe 84km
Die heutige Inntaletappe war landschaftlich wieder sehr schön, aber sehr heiß. Bei sommerlichen Temperaturen sind Michael und Otto in 11h 84km gelaufen. Im Zillertal war der Verkehr unerträglich. Das Laufduo ist auf Radwege ausgewichen, allerdings mit ...
Salzburg
The train ride was once again spectacular, we really made the right decision to travel by rail. Arrived in Salzburg to cool weather but unfortunately no snow ( to mares disgust). Had a beautiful sunny day when we walked up to the fortress, and had a ...
Hotdogs in Vienna
Arriving at the main train station was quite different to Bratislava - it looks like Vienna (Austria) prides itself on being spotless, not a speck of dirt anywhere. There is so much to see in Vienna - we only had two days so had to leave ...
Big climbs in the Wilderkaiser
Overnight rain had made little impact on the trails. Out here, they don't degenerate rapidly into mush like back home. Keith and I rode up behind the farm and up into the hills. The climbs were long and hard but rewarded by sweet woodland singletrack ...
Sacher Torte and Vermeer
Hello to all... We have had a fantastic day in Vienna...we started to morning off buying Opera tickets for €40 for La Boheme (i know that spelling is right...) in great seats...so we are very excited for that this evening... We spent a few ...

