Hotel Zum Goldenen Engel Krems

... I'm eating a lot of fish right now, since that’s the easiest to find and I can't do pork at every meal (which is everywhere!), but I’m definitely putting the oven to good use. We’ve all had some translation issues at the store. I thought I was getting olive oil, it was rapeseed oil (which I didn’t figure out until after I smeared it all over chicken). Rebecca thought she bought a frozen pizza with ...

... for the 15 or so standers and I was lucky enough to grab one of the chairs so I could listen to W. Amadeus in comfort. Good performance in an eminently suitable setting.<br>On Saturday I got a train to Krems-an-der-Donau, a fairly large town, not surprisingly beside the Danube. The first three hotels I went to were full (I hadn't realised that October weekends are peak time for this area), but finally I found a tiny room in a small ...

Continuing our tour of the Wachau valley, we visited a castle on the very edge of the Danube (Schloss Schönbühel) but it appeared to be closed to the public. We walked around the exterior a bit and stood on the riverbank, admiring the river and surrounding valley. The sun had disappeared and it started to rain so we got back in the car and headed to Burgruine Aggstein.<br><br>This is a great castle ruin. It is very high above the ...

... The colorful, ornately decorated nave is breathtaking and nearly everyone stopped in their tracks upon entering. Altogether it was a fantastic place to visit and I am really glad I had the opportunity. We spent some hours there before walking back down to the town centre below for a bite to eat. We sat outside in the gorgeous weather where we could see the towers of the abbey not far from us.

... the other side isn't cut off by any ferries (!). So I cross and there is a tourist information on the other side. With toilets. Which they explain are out of action. And I say I must! So I do. There is no lights and the entrance is an inch deep in water. The toilet tissue is history; there's been a major overflow/leak. But needs must and it does the job. The lady does at least smile when i give her a "when you gotta go you gotta ...

Well here i am sitting at my computer after my first two days of school! So ma woke me up at 5:50, very early, yesterday. I got up and looked out my window and i saw the most beautiful sunrise over Traismauer. I got ready and headed down the hill with Clara who took me to school/rode on the bus with me so i wouldnt get lost. So i went into school with Clara and she showed me around a little bit, we went to my classroom and the teacher was there and she called a bunch of the students over ...

... They didnt ask any questions about my stay or anything just stamped my passport and sent me on my way. I went to get my baggage and my two bags were the first ones one the baggage claim, then i went in another room and there was my family standing with a sign that said 'Hallo Holly, Willkommen in Österreich' it was so cute and I saved the sign. We then went and parked in Vienna and walked to a little outside cafe where we had breakfast and tried to visit a little bit. Then ...

... haben - hatten sie endlich das Betreuerfahrzeug und das Frühstück erreicht. Mir ist unbegreiflich, wie sie da noch weiterlaufen konnten, denn Energiereserven haben sie keine mehr und 3,5 Stunden ist wirklich eine sehr lange Zeit. Doch sie machten sich nichts draus, freuten sich, dass sie schon so viel geschafft hatten, verschoben das Mittagessen nach hinten und setzten ihre Strecke fort - Schritt für Schritt, km für km.

... So we now have 4 big bottles of Austrian apple vinegar if anybody wants me to bring some home for them. Also, if you are trying to learn German for some reason, the correct German word for apple juice is "Apfelsaft", "saft" being the world for juice. The German word for vinegar, I learned the hard way, is "essig". Today we got to tour Schonbrunn Palace, which is one of the main tourist attractions in Vienna. It is where the royal family lived from ...

... me home... some people sent me in the wrong direction getting me extra lost. Getting back to the hostel was bliss and I fell asleep very quickly but couldn't really sleep. Kept getting disrupted by phone calls from the front desk to see if the other girl had left the room. During my stay I've managed to visit many of the famous buildings here in Vienna. Hope you enjoy the pics. Tonight I will be catching an overnight train to Rome. It takes about 14 hours and I ...