Amira Voitsberg

... stairs behind me and decided to take the risk, no way I wanted to tackle those stairs with my bag and I wasn&#8217;t feeling particularly well. I thought &#8220;At least if I get stuck, I can nap until someone sets me free.&#8221; I fantasized about snoozing in the elevator, head on my bag, and snapped to as the door began to close... on me.<br><br>Got to my room. Opened the door and was greeted with a stench of cigarettes, and something ...

... is only sold in the beginning of the fall season, I guess right before the wine is actually made. It's so good! It's like a sweeter, lighter wine. Wish I could have brought some home! Then we went to another restaurant, where we had chicken and yummy salad with Kurbiskernoel (pumpkin seed oil). Spending time with Opa's friends was so much fun and it was so thoughtful of them to invite us to lunch. I wished Opa could have been there, too. <br><br>One ...

We drove from Vienna south to Graz, which was a lovely little city. We parked Fred along the river and walked into town. The main old square was having a chocolate festival! so there were a lot of people milling around with spoons in their hands. They bought the spoons and then could taste different kinds of chocolate from vendors&#8230;very tempting but we had things to see. We decided to take the glass lift through the hill to the top of Castle Hill ...

... just went down the pedestrian street a ways, and the hotel we would find there was just as nice. So we took his advice and ended up here, which is exactly as he described. The pedestrian street is long and full of interesting shops and restaurants, leading to the centre square. Our hotel is at the far end, where the pedestrian street meets the car-friendly roads. Just above us is a castle. It is illuminated with colourful lights at night.<br><br ...

... is its Double Spiral Staircase, the only one in the world. <br>Finally we pay 2&#8364; and we enter to the Mausoleum, which is located just next to the Cathedral. It's nothing special but the view from the top of the tower is nice. <br>In the afternoon we go back to the hostel, carry our backpacks and go to the bus stop to go to the airport. Once there we eat our "breakfast sandwich" and kill time till the boarding hour ...

... heel actief stilstaan. Na 30 minuten kwam het verlossende woord: voor ons stond een defecte trein stil, de weg naar Wenen was geblokkeerd. ..NS zet bussen in...<br><br>Maar de OEBB is de NS niet. Zo kunnen Oostenrijkse treinen bijvoorbeeld niet achteruit rijden. Daarvoor moet dan eerst een locomotief uit Wiener Neustad komen. Dus waren we niet om 23u thuis, nee, we stonden om 23.30u opnieuw in de middle of nowhere. Met een kleine vertraging van 1,5 uur ...

... say that sleeping on a nice mattress and being in a home was really, really nice. It was really nice to see Christine and to meet her brother Martin, we talked about Nathan and shared some of our memories, as well as talking about my trip and what's going on in their lives. I'm glad I went to visit them.<br><br><br><br><br>Today I came to Graz on the train, with a stunning view of the Alps and some small towns along the way. The town itself is packed ...

Evo ga, jo&#353; dva dana i letim za Madrid. Ne znam jesam li uzbu&#273;enija zbog letenja, zbog Madrida ili onog &#353;to me &#269;eka poslije - tri mjeseca putovanja BEZ IKOGA! Zna&#269;i bez ikakve odgovornosti prema drugim osobama, bez ikakvoga pritiska i s mozgom pu&#353;tenim na pa&#353;u :) <br><br>So, two days more and I am flying to Madrid. I dont know if I'm more excited about the flying (high ;D), because of Madrid or the fact that I will travel all by myself :) <br>

... rest stop- our usual meat and cheese on panini bread. We found our next stop at the town of Graz where we found a campsite just out of town on the tram route. This site was clean and well run and allowed us to do our laundry. Beside the camp was public pool which is the biggest pool we had ever seen. It had ducks on it and water features in the middle. We had a refreshing swim before it closed in the evening which is lucky we did as the weather turned cold the next day. We had ...

... the road. What a t.......r. After that great introduction to holidays abroad, you can probably see why it has become such a great passion of mine. I don't pretend to be any more than a tourist, but at least I go and I do try to look about me when I'm there. Happily, that wasn't my last visit to Austria as 3 or 4 years ago I did manage a week's skiing in Hinterglemm and I really enjoyed it. We stayed at the Haus Wolf, which is handily sited ...