Blogs from Salzburg, Austria, Europe - page 53

Hi friends and family, We are still in Salzburg. We woke up early and apparently we are not supposed to talk to people who are staying the in the same room as you. We "met" the other two girls who are bunking with us this morning and they are not too friendly. We spent an hour in the room with them getting ready, walking around etc... and they refused to acknowledge our presence. Anyways, it was wierd. Like we were ghosts or something. We thought they were mad at us for staying in "their" room. It wasn´t raining this morning, praise the Lord, so we booked another night and rented bicycles and spent the morning and the early part of the afternoon exploring Salzburg and area. We even rode out to Hellbrunn Schloss, where we briefly ... read more

We joined the Sound of Music Tour in the morning. Lots of fun, and after watching the movie it was cool to see all the places. We even learned about the real Von Trap family and how they escaped by train. Now they live in Vermont with a guest lodge that has a two year waiting list. We spent the rest of the day wondering about the old town. exploring nooks and crannies. There were many stores with amazing eggshell Christmas ornaments. Too bad it wouldn't make it in our packs through the next two months. That evening we spent the funicular up the fortress. I had a breathtaking view of Salzburg and the surrounding mountains/hills. We had tickets to a concert in the Prince's chambers. Something you never forget, Mozart being played by 2 violinists, ... read more

呢一朝晨咁早就要起身,去捷克另外一個地方卡羅維域。卡羅維域係歐洲一個好出名o既溫泉勝地,o係14世紀時就有,係以前d貴族去渡假、療養o既地方,莫札特都去過架:)呢個溫泉勝地唔係浸o既,佢有好多個唔同o既溫泉眼,d水係用泥飲架,有療養o既功效。我買左個溫泉杯,試左4種,哇...有一種難飲到噴!卡羅維域呢個地方好靚,d建築物特別豪華咁。 食完午飯,又係漫漫長路!搭6個鐘車去奧地利薩爾斯堡。哈哈,由始至終去奧地利都係漫漫長路。一到左奧地利o既範圍,心裡只有激動。我真係急不及待想跳出車去親吻呢片土地!到薩爾斯堡時已經係夜晚8點幾啦,探莫札特要等第二日。酒店望出去係好靚o既山。太完美啦,連訓覺都識笑:)... read more

Well it was time to leave the luxury and fun times we had with Vicki in Munich and hit the road and campsites again. Whilst part of us was looking forward to our onward journey, we also loved being stationary for a while. We had already decided that maybe we were getting too old for the camping lark, and that next time we decided to do a big trip like this that maybe we would just get a nice big campervan and do camping in style. We left Munich and headed down to Berchtesgaden, which was a major Nazi seat of power and home to many of the major players of the party. Hitler himself had a 'summer residence' called Eagles Nest, but hardly ever actually went there. We were on a tight schedule as we ... read more

So I want to apologize for not writing for so long... I can give you a slew of excuses about how eastern europe makes it a bit harder to get to internet or how the damn german and austrian keyboards have missplaced letters which make it really frustrating to type... but those aren't really legit excuses. I am currently in Salzburg, I havent seen anything yet but I'm here for a day and then heading to my last stop in Munich. So far since I've written I've hit Berlin, Prague, Budapest, and Vienna all of which I met amazing people in and had a blast visiting. So far my list of potential places to move to consists of Edinburgh, Berlin, and Vienna. I don't really know where to start in terms of describing all of done ... read more