Blogs from Salzkammergut, Upper Austria, Austria, Europe

I made it to Bad Goisern, where I am to spend the next three nights. I was so happy to get back to the mountains and less tourists. I was a little worried about finding my place with out the directions on my phone. My phone has been off and on having charging issues, as I said before, luckily it had enough charge to give me some quick directions. It is a very small town, it is a 10 minute walk from the train station to my Pension. What a cute and very quaint village, there are many fruit trees growing up the walls and in the yards, pears, apples, and prunes is what I am seeing the most of. A Pension, is like a B & B, it was less expensive than a hostel and ... read more

salzberg: took a train late after standing at the bus stop at the bottom of the konopiste castle....beautiful..and free wifi from the pensione across the street..but a 2 hour wait...then a long train..which had problems adn they had to bus us to another stop...then back ona train...which when that arrived...we missed our connection..another wasnt for 3 hours.....but it was a nice train and direct to salzberg.......electrical plug ins and our own cabin...comfy..good cuz our feet..oh man what a smell.....so glad we had our own cabin...arrived in salzberg at 1 am......got online for free at a mcdonalds right by train station..found the yoho international youth hostle...just a 10 minute walk away....laundry..accepted cards....shower...good breakfast considering its kinda skimpy...but good.....laundry almost dry....and will be packed..trying a new configuration with the backpacks..as on... read more

Unglaublich, aber wahr - schon ist ein Jahr vergangen, seid ich zu meiner Reise aufgebrochen bin ... daran wollte ich am Anfang gar nicht denken - so lange Zeit und doch so kurz ... Zum Jubilaeum gibt´s ein Video (mit Musik) mit ein paar Eindruecken dieses Jahres: Unbelieveable, but already passed by a year, since I started my journey ... in the beginning I didn´t think, it would last that long - a long time, but gone by very fast ... to celebrate this anniversary, here´s a video (with music) with a few impressions of this year: Increíble - ya estoy en mi viaje por un año - no pensé a eso, cuando empecé - tan mucho tiempo, pero pasó muy rapido ... por eso, aqui un video (con sonido) con algunos impresiones de este año: ... read more

Very late, but: From the 25th of July to the 27th of July we had our BBQ at the Attersee. As last year, we've been at the camping-ground in "Weissenbach". Due to changing weather-conditions we decided not to go to the BBQ-place at the river, but to have the BBQ right in front of our cabines at the camping-ground. Maybe we've got some better weather next time (if there's a next time and even if, I'm not sure, if I'm already back to Austria 'till then ... ;-). ... read more