Blogs from Salzburg, Austria, Europe - page 9

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So we drove out of Salzburg in the morning fog and arrived at St. Gilgens at about 10. It was the first of a series of beautiful lakes that we visited that day. We also visited Bad Ischl, Hallstatt, Gosausee and finished off at the Five Fingers lookout in the Dachstein Mountains. We may have visited other places but although we had one more day, we thought it might rain and it did! Actually by the time we drove into Salzburg that evening it was already raining. Anyway, although we had a wondeful day, it is all a bit of a blur. Lucky that we have photos.... read more

Mondsee and Salzburg Austria 27 & 28 July 2013 After leaving Cesky Krumlov in the Czech Republic, we made our way south again to Austria and on the way to Salzburg. We booked into Camping Nord-Sam which was a very popular spot as it had a little lake where the kids did some fishing, a swimming pool, playground for kids and was obviously a popular spot for families on summer European holidays. We got the 3rd last site. On one side of us was fellow-countrymen (!!!!) from the Netherlands and on the other side was a fellow who was from South Africa but was living and working in Bavaria/Germany and spoke fluent German. We chatted and solved the ‘problems of the world’ as well as many travel stories. The next morning we had several cups of ... read more

Back through the long Karawenken Tunnel (7,000 plus meters) to Austria. We have now spent all of our Kunas (Croatian currency) and are back to Euros and a need to update our Go-Box for continued travel on the motorways in Austria. We have found that using the motorways is direct and very helpful, but expensive. So on toward Lake Bled for a 4 hour drive. What a beautiful and crowded place at this time of the summer. We had read in another traveler's blog that the campsite, Camp Bled, had at times been able to stretch to accommodate camper travelers and so we traveled slowly around the lake, enjoying all the famous and fabulous scenes, until we got to Camp Bled. SURPRISE! Absolutely FULL! Guy did a marvelous 10 point U-turn in front of reception and ... read more

As we moved towards the border of Austria the landscape slowly changed, the dry parched earth and crumbling stone buildings of unkempt Italy gave way to green valleys and clean villages made up of wooden chalets with acute angled roofs proudly boasting blooming window boxes all built around white steepled churches. We had pre-booked our site at Alpen Camping Mark near Innsbruck and were greeted by the owner with "Ah the English have arrived". It sounded like the cavalry! Nice, friendly, small, beautifully laid out campsite but only a small swimming pool. On our second night the campsite was celebrating its 40th year and the local dignitaries had been invited. We went and had a drink at the bar to find that impromptu performances had started by different musicians including an umpah pa band accompanied by ... read more