"<Brian's brief chronological list of "highlights" (and of whinging)> - Went to the post office to send some one of the stuff we had collated over time back to Austral ..."
"Day 50 - In the morning, we caught our train transfer in the Vienna train station. We went through the Alps and saw snow on the ground. When we got to Salzburg, we called the hoste ..."
"Today I was heading west through Austria onto Salzburg, famous for 2 things: the Sound of Music and Mozart. Not really being a fan of either I was hoping that the city would ..."
"The Europeans said that last summer was a summer of the century (record heatwave), but it appears this summer is going to be another (record lack of heat). It's far more like sprin ..."
A travel blog entry from Salzburg by
twittg
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"Once upon a time there was a mountainous region in Austria where rich mines of salt were discovered. The world craved salt for many reasons but the most important one was to preser ..."
A travel blog entry from Salzburg by
zento
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"Being a self-confessed fan of Sound of Music, I had to return to Salzburg. But I was rather disappointed that many of the locations are out of town or hidden behind gates (e.g. Non ..."
"Once again, a huge breakfast (which we liberated for lunch) was followed by packing the bike and hitting the road. We didn't have far to go to reach Salzburg and hoped to get there ..."
"We stopped here in Salzburg to look around and to grab some provisions before crossing the Alps. Salzburg is a beautiful city, with a mountainous backdrop that gives it a character ..."
A travel blog entry from Salzburg by
akawally
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"Edelweiss, Edelweiss... Greetings from the land of white gold - salt! In medieval times, it was essential to preserving food. Outside Salzburg are numerous salt mines. And sitting ..."
A travel blog entry from Salzburg by
eric
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"Lucy's Mum was touring around Europe and had dropped into see us. This was in September. We all know what happened on September 11, but on September 12, Ryanair had a sale, so, for ..."