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Amsterdam update, Vienna, Austria travel blog

Amsterdam update

A travel blog entry by richardandkate

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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, Vienna, Austria travel blog

CONTIKI - VIENNA

A travel blog entry by stevencranston

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, Hopfgarten, Austria travel blog

CONTIKI - AUSTRIAN TYROL

A travel blog entry by stevencranston

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 ...

Magdalensberg, Magdalensberg, Austria travel blog

Magdalensberg

A travel blog entry by natter_17

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Magdalensberg archaeologic excavations ...

Salzburg, Salzburg, Austria travel blog

Salzburg

A travel blog entry by alicrow

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, Austria travel blog

Aliens take Vienna

A travel blog entry by misscookas

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'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, Gerlitzen, Austria travel blog

Opening Day

A travel blog entry by csaladenes

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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, Vienna, Austria travel blog

Last cruzy day in Wien

A travel blog entry by jess85

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, Salzburg, Austria travel blog

I Wonder What Grass Tastes Like

A travel blog entry by rachelniewiada

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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, Vienna, Austria travel blog

Vienna, Austria

A travel blog entry by michael_bromby

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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 ...

Getting drunk on Schladminger beer!, Schladming, Austria travel blog

Getting drunk on Schladminger beer!

A travel blog entry by dmp3380

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Hello everyone, Vienna, Austria travel blog

Hello everyone

A travel blog entry by bskray

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, Austria travel blog

Sweet symphony

A travel blog entry by rora_8

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 ...

Maria Saal, Tanzenberg, Tanzenberg, Austria travel blog

Maria Saal, Tanzenberg

A travel blog entry by natter_17

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Maria Saal, ...

St. Veit an der Glan, St. Veit/Glan, Austria travel blog

St. Veit an der Glan

A travel blog entry by natter_17

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City of St. Veit/Glan, ...

Salzburg, Salzburg, Austria travel blog

Salzburg

A travel blog entry by exploreamerica

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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, Vienna, Austria travel blog

Tour 5271 / 0820 Day 21

A travel blog entry by warwicksoption

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... 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, Austria travel blog

Tour 5271 / 0820 Day 22

A travel blog entry by warwicksoption

... 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, Vienna, Austria travel blog

See You Later, Slovakia

A travel blog entry by eundel

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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, Innsbruck, Austria travel blog

Innsbruck

A travel blog entry by fiseb

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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......, Vienna, Austria travel blog

This means nothing to meeee......

A travel blog entry by chrisab14

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!!, Salzburg, Austria travel blog

Dont mention the war!!

A travel blog entry by theb

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!, Graz, Austria travel blog

Graz, Genau!

A travel blog entry by v1213

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... 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, Pettneu, Austria travel blog

1.Etappe109Km / 2200Hm

A travel blog entry by stoni

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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, Innsbruck, Austria travel blog

2.Etappe 86km

A travel blog entry by stoni

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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, Zell im Zillertal, Austria travel blog

3.Etappe 84km

A travel blog entry by stoni

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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, Salzburg, Austria travel blog

Salzburg

A travel blog entry by bluetriangle15

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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, Vienna, Austria travel blog

Hotdogs in Vienna

A travel blog entry by dawieboy

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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, Ellmau, Austria travel blog

Big climbs in the Wilderkaiser

A travel blog entry by mike.griffin

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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, Vienna, Austria travel blog

Sacher Torte and Vermeer

A travel blog entry by mjs81

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 ...

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