http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Austria/Salzburg-State/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from Europe , Austria , Salzburg State en-us Sat, 26 Jul 2008 07:57:16 BST Sat, 26 Jul 2008 07:57:16 BST We have so much to tell you but unfortunately it will have to wait because I am typing from the front desk of our Austria stay. That is the only Internet available here right now. The first night the hotel did not have Internet and we got back to the hotel to late to walk to the Internet cafe. The next night we camped in a Medieval village and of course....no Internet. Tonight the hotel does http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Austria/Salzburg-State/Salzburg/blog-304106.html HelloAnd so now I'm at the end of the third day of my trip. I'll give a little outline of where I've been so far.Day 1BratislavaOn Monday I headed out from Luton airport to the capital of Slovakia Bratislava. Although the country itself is one of the poorest in Europe the 17th poorest EU country the capital isn't lacking money. I thought perhaps this was thanks to to the tourism and it's t http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Austria/Salzburg-State/Salzburg/blog-303646.html We are off to Budapest tomorrow morning sailing down the Danube from Vienna. I almost hate to leave Vienna it's been rainy but other than that we've so enjoyed our time here After a lovely rest in Padua and a few days in Venice we left Italy and spend the night in Salzburg. We managed to fit in a few Sound of Music highlights and some Mozart sites before taking the train to Mauthausen a http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Austria/Salzburg-State/blog-303263.html On one of our frequent trips to Salzburg land Jess and I did a day's worth of sight seeing and came across many awesome things in one single day.We began with breakfast at IKEA the highlight and when leaving IKEA came across Salzburg's Battle of the Bands competition which was awesome. Jess and I sat in the sun for nearly three hours having a good laugh at the young Austrian rockstars looking http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Austria/Salzburg-State/Salzburg/blog-302210.html We came to Zell am See on a whim and found mountain paradise. Having never heard of this lakeside Austrian town the initial magical trainride deep into mountains blooming with Christmas trees hidden castles crumbling stone bridges over aweinspiring gorges was an adventure in itself.A personal pickup at the station by our friendly Irish BB hosts began 3 days of luxury. A room all to ourselves http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Austria/Salzburg-State/Zell-am-See/blog-301884.html We left the castle with an overcast sky still in our slightly warmer cloths and started to drive south. It wasnrsquot long before we hit the huge hops fields feeding the hundreds of German breweries. It was lovely to see this part of the world in the summer with its crops rather than the usual snow covered ground we do every ski season.Despite being over zealous parents and playing Mozart on th http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Austria/Salzburg-State/Salzburg/blog-301162.html Hi guys Kate here. Well mom it finally happened. Your doting daughter left something behind at a hostel...her glasses. Not sun regular. Hah. I realized it this morning and panicked for awhile before calling the hostel. The guy at the hostel said they hadnt been turned in but he would look in the room we stayed in and let me know in awhile. When I called back he said he had good news he found t http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Austria/Salzburg-State/Salzburg/blog-300696.html Hellloooo. Does anyone still read this Haha I know you do....I can see the page views. Anyways today we went to Neuwichtenstein Castle...we lucked out actually because we were supposed to go yesterday but I thought Ian had my train pass on him and he didnt so we found out last minute as we were sitting on the train that we had to quickly get off. However it was pouring rain yesterday and just http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Austria/Salzburg-State/Salzburg/blog-300170.html The last time we talked Robert and I were getting on a train to Salzburg Mozart country. I have to say that as much as I have disliked the night trains I have loved the day trains. You get to see a huge amount of the countryside and they serve wine to boot. Once we arrived in Salzburg at about 8 at night. we tried to find the hotel but no one seemed to know where it was even though it is on http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Austria/Salzburg-State/Salzburg/blog-300136.html Guten tag We arrived in Austria on Monday after a busy day of travel. We had breakfast in Paris France and lunch in Munich Germany and we ended the day with supper in Salzburg Austria. The Austrian food we had was very hearty and delicious and fun to try and pronounce. Schweinsbraten Pork and dumplings for SJ and a solid weinerschnitzl for Andy deep fried porkSalzburg is a very small c http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Austria/Salzburg-State/Salzburg/blog-297144.html When I woke in the morning and went to look out at the view from my balcony I found myself standing in the middle of a snow squall. As I stood out there gazing up at the Alps towering above us a local train flashed past less than 100 yards from the hotel. If any trains went by last night I never heard them. Cassie had had enough of my snoring and slept in Grandmarsquos and Gailrsquos room. http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Austria/Salzburg-State/blog-296739.html Today was our last real day for sightseeing... tomorrow we would head toward Munich and spend the evening packing and getting everything ready to go.But today we had one last stop to make... Salzburg the birthplace of Mozart. On our way from the car we passed through the gardens at Mirabell Palace with their colorful winding flower beds. The garden was used in the filming of the movie The S http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Austria/Salzburg-State/Salzburg/blog-296202.html No need to go into how I slept during the night. Cassie really complained about my snoring this time. Maybe Irsquoll get my own room from now on.We had a long drive ahead of us today. Last night we asked Ton when breakfast started. We got up early enough to be the first people in the dining room. They laid out a massive spread. I suppose the fact that half the population of Holland was st http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Austria/Salzburg-State/Salzburg/blog-295423.html Travel Blog I have lost count of the Days Salzburg Back on the train headed south into the Med to see Croatia. Its an awful day of travelhellip Croatia is becoming a tourist destination because of its beautiful beaches but they need a better way to get around before they will get there. We are taking the train from Salzburg to Zagreb for about 7 hours and then in Zagreb we will be taking a http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Austria/Salzburg-State/Salzburg/blog-293984.html Travel Blog Day 13 Salzburg We are in the old city of Salzburg now. Not sure how many of the touristy things we will do here like the Castles and Churches because we have seen them throughout our trip and they tend to be similar. Its 130 in the pm local here and Kyle and Josh have both been asleep since about 230 last night. Irsquove been up since 9 I donrsquot sleep but that just tel http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Austria/Salzburg-State/Salzburg/blog-293981.html Wednesday 18th JuneLate breakfast 9am clearly doesnrsquot look like a paragliding day but then a handful check it out and it is a possibility Several others of us head up the hill towards HerzJesu a chapel we can see from the valley. A steep climb and muddy and Irsquove forgotten my sticks againhellip takes a while but come out to several great panoramas of the valley. We sit for http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Austria/Salzburg-State/Zell-am-Zimmer/blog-291630.html Tuesday 17th JuneExcursion day to the Krimml Waterfalls Irsquom determined to get to the top this time I manage ithellip in 1 hour 10 minutes.. the superfit made it in about 50 minutes. Bought walking poles for this particular day but left them on the campsite doh 16 people made it to the top others chilled at the halfway restaurant or elsewhere. No time to see sidepaths or the base http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Austria/Salzburg-State/Krimmler-Wasserfalle/blog-291629.html Monday 16th JuneCatherinersquos 21st birthday today so we surprise her with a little cake before we head off didnrsquot want to wait til the evening. Find the coach drop in Salzburg after negotiating the oneway system a bit then Freddie and John drive off to the coach park and the rest of us head in across the river looking out for pretzels en route. Lose half the group at the first ATM http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Austria/Salzburg-State/Salzburg/blog-291628.html Day 8the Vienna hotel had internet in the lobby on a little internet kiosk but not for my laptop so you will get the last few days. We started in day 8 in Budapest and left our hotel and drove up to an overlook of the city for a last look at Budapest. After that we headed to Vienna. After a fairly uneventfull drive we arrived in Vienna and checked into our hotel. Because of the Euro Cup soc http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Austria/Salzburg-State/blog-289364.html Roho Photos once again not a happening thing. Sorry don't blame us it's the super securityised hostel computers We're trying our best so some may appear...maybe. So we totally forgot to tell you about the truck we saw between Prague and Cesky Krumlov.Rich Rohani turns around taps me on the shoulder and says 'look at this'. To our astonishment the truck in the traffic queue behind u http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Austria/Salzburg-State/Salzburg/blog-288157.html After a very tiring drive of 5 hours we passed the border and left Bavaria behind us. We didn't quite reach Salzburg but we were around 1015 km or less away from it. We stayed at the festival ground and enjoyed the view http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Austria/Salzburg-State/blog-286873.html Amanecimos temprano para tomar el tren de las 0900 hacia Salzburgo hermosa ciudad cuna del gran W.A. Mozart y de los chocolates que llevan su nombre. El mismo Mozart describa a Salzburgo como una ciudad ldquode gente chismosa y seoras alzadas y maleducadas que ms se dedican a hablar mal y a encontrar los defectos de los demsrdquo. Para m una ciudad que adems de hermosa parece habers http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Austria/Salzburg-State/Salzburg/blog-285180.html Hey all Just a quick update to let you all know that Im alive. Lysh and I are in Salzburg right now on a day trip from Munich... we just arrived but needed to burn our photos onto discs so we stopped in to an Internet cafe quick. I havent seen the places where the Sound of Music took place yet but from the train this place looks soooo beautiful Almost like a painting. Dont worry Madd http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Austria/Salzburg-State/Salzburg/blog-280671.html APR. 29 MAY 1SALZBURGStraight from Munich we took an evening train to Salzburg. There was hardly anyone in our car so I was plucking my guitar strings at a polite volume. A shy quintessential german with his blond hair gelled in a far part commented on the music so we started a conversation...He was reading a business book in English and asked us what the word proprietary meant. Elizabeth a http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Austria/Salzburg-State/Salzburg/blog-279087.html May 21 2008Wow we had another busy day. We both got to sleep quickly but my cell phone rang at 347am and woke us. I was unable to get the call before it dropped. The call was from area code 413. We did recognize so I did not try to call back. For your info I will disconnect my phone as I go to sleep every night. If you need us to call when we get up send me a text message which I wil http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Austria/Salzburg-State/Salzburg/blog-278761.html Well I am sitting in this internet cafe as it is raining today Sunday...how dare it I still have my little sunshine travelling with me in my case so what's upLeft Vienna and found my intercity train easy peasy My eurorail vouchers are for 1st class travel ...such style grin. Just over a 2hr journey ..very smooth. Arrived Salzburg and my bus was waiting for me just kidding but the http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Austria/Salzburg-State/Salzburg/blog-277428.html Morning We woke up early to take a train to Salzburg and find a hostel for one night. So we packed up and said our goodbyes to Daniel who's been nice to let us stay an extra night in his room and left for the train station. We have to take a tram and change to the Metro to reach the train station and we reach there in time. When we finally reached Salzburg it was about noon time so we quickly f http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Austria/Salzburg-State/Salzburg/blog-277038.html Sorry for the blog delay internet has not come easily lately. We took a train from Graz to Salzburg on the 7th of May to get to Jess' Dance Audition at S.E.A.D Salzburg Experimental Academy of Dance. Salzburg was surrounded by mountains and the relatively small town is boxed in by them some still with snow on them. The 1st day was an open day of classes with current and potential students whi http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Austria/Salzburg-State/Salzburg/blog-276573.html