Hotel Am Kapuzinerplatz
Travel Blogs from Knittelfeld
Durnstein and Melk
... we rode the river and Hans kept us informed on all the history and stories of the countryside,
This afternoon we arrived in Melk a town of about 5,000, and toured a magnificent Benedictine Abbey, which is one of Europe's largest monasteries. The Abbey is still home to several hundred monks and is also a private school for children. Their library holds over 100,000 books, ...
Austria and Germany
... castle itself was lovely. And we were treated to another magic show while we waited for some people. I said good bye to Munich and jumped on the bus bound for Innsbruck. I wasn't really sure what to expect and when I got there I discovered I was actually staying an hour out of Innsbruck at Niederau which was annoying at the time but turned out to be a blessing in disguise. I had a lovely time and had the whole hostel to ...
Sauna meisting
... room when a fully clothed lady walked in front of us, blocking our way, and said that she needed to clean the room and that we had to wait! So, we stood there, naked as the day we were born, whilst she sprayed and mopped and spritzed the steam room. It was very bad timing on our part! The steam room was not very hot because it had just been cleaned and the door had been open for a few minutes, so when another couple joined us we decided to leave and go check out the sauna. ...
Schoenbrunn palace
Schoenbrunn Palace is all about the Hapsburgs. To summaries ....... They had LOTS of children and then tried to control Europe by marrying them to all the heads of state in Europe. They were successful for over 500 years. The place was nice and he grounds were lovely. We saw a ...
Vienna Countryside
... of shops and quaint streets to wander along. We drove through a few other small villages, stopping along the way to take it all in. There are several vineyards throughout this part of Austria. I missed the wine tours by a few weeks! I did however get to see several vineyards along the way. We stopped in a small town for lunch. It is a place owned by a family that also owns the hotel. It was an average meal, ...