http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Austria/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from Europe , Austria en-us Thu, 12 Nov 09 20:50:58 +0000 Thu, 12 Nov 09 20:50:58 +0000 The next stop was Salzburg. Unfortunately we didn't plan our time very well or maybe we were enjoying Vienna a bit longer than we should have but we arrived in Salzburg at 9pm and only had time to visit the old town the place where Mozart was born. Also we had a nice dinner in a really old restaurant St. Peter Stiftskeller one of the oldest in Europe some say the oldest opened in 803 a.d. http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Austria/Salzburg-State/Salzburg/blog-452468.html One of the things we decided early on is to have and drive a car throughout Europe and see as many interesting places as we can. After spending some wonderful time with our families in Novi Sad we continued our journey to Zurich. Since Novi Sad Zurich is approximately 1300 km 800 miles we split the trip in three days with two stops in Austria first one in Vienna and the second one in Salzb http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Austria/Vienna-State/Vienna/blog-452460.html SalzbergAfter dropping our bags off at the hostel we had a quick lunch at My Indigo. We planned to walk around a bit after but we were feeling pretty cold and tired and decided to stop for coffee first. We went to a little cafe and had the cutest coffees Mine had a Jewish star in cocoa powder on the foam and Katie's had a star. We shared some Sacher Torte and it was DELICIOUSAfter that we wal http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Austria/Salzburg-State/Salzburg/blog-451758.html Day 9 Sunday September 27 2009My dad had booked the hotel through Saturday night so I stayed until Sunday morning. I slept in just a little bit and went down for breakfast before I had to check out. When I walked in Anna the waitress saw me and looked surprised. ldquoWhat happened I thought you go back to Texasrdquo I explained to her that I was staying here for school. I enjoyed http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Austria/Salzburg-State/Salzburg/blog-450549.html Day 8 Saturday September 26 2009Saturday was mom and dadrsquos last day with me in Salzburg. 9785 There were still some things they wanted to see and we needed to wrap up whatever was left to get done. We started the day by going to Helbrunn Zoo. I love the zoo It was a beautiful sunny day for it too We saw zebras rhinos tigers leopards bears monkeys a fox boars etc. Irsqu http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Austria/Salzburg-State/Salzburg/blog-450546.html We arrived in the home of red bull... one straight shot of redbull straight up for andy and a cream puff for jen... We settled into wombats hostel and then it was off to dinner... Being Austria we had schnitzels for din dins Jen Jen had chicken and Andy had Turkey... The restaurant was full up and there was only one waitress on the floor... she was super amazing and there were no waits only a cou http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Austria/Vienna-State/Vienna/blog-449974.html London to Vienna By Caron the CheapWe recently visited Austria and decided to drive there. Oh boy what a delight London to Vienna in 24 hours by car. Sat Nav says LondonFranceBelgiumHollandGermanyAustria we arrive full of caffeine but wersquore here.Motorways were good more importantly we avoided driving through much of France and so didnrsquot have to pay any tollcharges http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Austria/Vienna-State/Vienna/blog-449903.html I guess Irsquom not really a big Sound of Music fan because I never realised thatrsquos where they filmed the sound of music all those years ago until after I actually arrived in Salzburg. In hindsight it all makes sense nowhellip. its near the border of Austria and Germanyhellip it has some spectacular scenery and if you go exploring out of town up in the hills like we did.. it does kinda http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Austria/Salzburg-State/Salzburg/blog-449707.html This is my first postsi i have to see how it looks..... http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Austria/Vienna-State/Vienna/blog-448182.html In two months exactly I leave Vienna. It feels slightly unreal that I have lived here for more than two months already and looking back on it I have enjoyed every day. I have traveled to other cities attended concerts and performances gone rollerblading on the Donau Insel had Sturm and roast pork legs at local Heuriger and of course attended class during the week at the institute. Last Sund http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Austria/Vienna-State/Vienna/blog-447618.html Today was my last day visiting Europe for this trip. I will head straight to the Munich airport tomorrow morning. So with that being said I made the absolute most of today. My first great super amazing wonderful awesome trip was to take a bus to the Unterberg Mountain. There is a cable car that runs to the top of the mountain and what a trip it was. It had snowed up on the mountains so http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Austria/Salzburg-State/Salzburg/blog-446744.html Had a 720 taxi waiting to take me to the train station so did the hustle to get packed and down there. Was easy enough to buy a ticket through a vending machine and hop the train which took about 212 hours. Yet another taxi another hotel. This is a modern one so has a lot more space and an actual counter in the bathroom for my razor and stuff. My Sound of Music Tour was at 2 so I did s http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Austria/Salzburg-State/Salzburg/blog-446443.html All in Fourteen DaysBy Jim CollinsOn June 8 fourteen people meet at the Kings Hotel in Budapest. A few knew each other casually but many had never met. Two weeks later we were dear friends having shared the beauty and majesty of Budapest Bratislava Vienna and Prague. But most important we developed wonderful friendships had a lot of laughs good times and really got to know and appreciate ea http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Austria/Vienna-State/Vienna/blog-446212.html I awoke this morning to something totally unexpected. Some of my roommates were staring out the window and with childlike joy exclaiming ldquoItrsquos snowingrdquo Yoursquore full of shit. They werenrsquot. It was really coming down.None of it laid as the temperature bordered on freezing. But when itrsquos snowing and itrsquos supposed to be in the 50s thatrsquos a bit frustrat http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Austria/Vienna-State/Vienna/blog-445405.html I knew the weather was supposed to be bad today. Reports were calling for chilly weather with rain the next several days. So it looked like I would have to do my last long training run in bad weather no matter what. When I woke up and it wasnrsquot raining I figured this would be as good a day as any.After fueling up at breakfast and checking the weather freezing temperature and 2030 mph wind http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Austria/Vienna-State/Vienna/blog-445224.html I woke up to loud wind this morning like I have the last four mornings except today I looked out of the window and saw snow It has been sleetingsnowing all day today and does not appear to be letting up at all. The last few days unfortunately have been overcast and windy not my ideal Fall weather by any means. When the temperatures began to drop at the end of last week I was very excited fo http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Austria/Vienna-State/Vienna/blog-445182.html Today was another one of those slow tedious train ride days. There isnrsquot much to write about. I made it to Vienna without a problem.Before I left Krakow I walked around a large mall next to the train station to try and find new running shoes. I found a pair and they seemed to be relatively cheap compared to what theyrsquod sell for in the US. I also looked at getting a new jacket since p http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Austria/Vienna-State/Vienna/blog-445159.html Day 7 Friday September 25 2009Today we went to Vienna It was kind of a last minute decision but Irsquom glad we went. Several people told us that the trains were nice and that the ride to Vienna had beautiful scenery. Sure enough the train ride was nice Much more comfortable than the plane and the view was very nice. This was the first time I had ever ridden on a train. I always wan http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Austria/Vienna-State/Vienna/blog-445051.html Day 6 Thursday September 24 2009We decided to do something different for breakfast this morning. We had already eaten at Caf Wernbach for lunch and dinner a few times so why not give breakfast a shot On our way there we ran into the farmerrsquos market in front of Mirabell Palace What a pleasant surprise We browsed a bit and then headed to breakfast. Of course my momrsquos good f http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Austria/Salzburg-State/Salzburg/blog-445023.html TUESDAY 6 OCTOBER 2009 AUSTRIA Up before 7am this morning to shower and pack a small overnight bag to take with me out to Linz. As I was coming back to the hostel in a few days I was able to leave my big bag in storage which was a lot better than having to lug it back and forthGot the 830am train into Linz which arrived at about 10am. Managed to locate Albert as I had seen this man walking ar http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Austria/blog-444981.html