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My favourite things! Europe » Austria By BlackManxMay 1st 2007Amy Hall My Favourite Austrian Things To the tune of 'My Favourite Things' from the Sound of Music Snow on the mountains and breath taking views, Liesl slipped off the bench coz she wore the wrong shoes, Sound of Music Tour with a bus driver who sings..... These are a few of my favourite Austrian things. Sun shining down on a crystal clear lake, Picturesque villages that look almost fake, Danced round the fountain of the horse that had wings.... These are a few of my favourite Austrian things. Summer toboggans and gardens in bloom, Under age nightlife- no Austrian groom! Feelings of awe that the scenery brings..... The... read more

Oops...so we have been having a little bit too much fun to update our blog for a while, but here goes! Last time we wrote we were in Barcelona. Since then we have visited Nice (France), Orvieto, Pisa, Florence, Rome, Venice (Italy), Novalja (Croatia), Ljubljana (Slovenia) and are now in St Johann in the Austrian Tirol region. Let me start at the beginning then. Nice was a lovely change from rushing around everywhere. The weather was perfect and we were able to spend a couple of days lazing around on the French Riviera eating baguettes and gelati. We found some amazing markets while lost in the back streets of Nice and just enjoyed wandering. We went to see 'the tower that leans' on our way to Florence, taking the obligatory tourist photos pushing it over. ... read more

Guten Tag! (Good Day!) We're here in Europe. Amber and I left Vancouver on Wednesday. We flew to Frankfurt. The plane was awesome. Yes, Amber was right it had two isles, but it also had a DOWNSTAIRS washroom and there was like 6 of them. I thought it was pretty cool. When we got to Frankfurt we had to take a bus to our plane because the airport was so big. As we were driving in the bus there was a plane taking off right beside us...Kinda sketch. The plane to Austria was a tiny little jet that we had to board it from the outside up the stairs. We made it to the Salzburg airport and it was easy enough to get around because it was SOOO small. At our hotel-pension we thought we ... read more

Basically, after much fussing about in Vienna, we finally found our hostel. Then the event happened which cheered us up - Darvill arrived! Whoooo! However, we may have slightly disappointed him - after a week of staying in a 16 bed hostel room, full of people up to.. .shall we say, nightly antics, the joy of a four bed room with kitchen was slightly too much to resist, and as a result we spent most of Vienna in our room, enjoying the ability to shout, and play cards, and get drunk, without having to go back to a room FULL of other people, who appeared to mind if you fell over them when drunk, or turned the light on by mistake. We did get out and see some sights - Vienna is a truly beautiful ... read more

Moving north into a cleaner, more Westernized country was a bit of a relief. I adored Salzburg (Sound of Music tour, visits to Mozart landmarks) and was impressed with Vienna (Schonnbrun Palace, Vienna Boys' Choir, a carnival). The mountain views didn't hurt, either! Thursday, April 12 Travel by train for 5 hours into Salzburg, Austria, only to spend the night in a crowded, noisy and smelly hostel room. My jaw literally dropped soon after we crossed the border, thanks to the amazing views of the Alps. I snapped a few pictures, but couldn't do justice to the absolute majesty and splendor. It's times like these that I'm truly in awe of God's almighty power! I got glimpses of villages nestled into the mountain valley, each with a traditional church steeple as its focal point, with ... read more