Blogs from Austria, Europe - page 252

Our first journey alone Double click on pictures to enlarge them With a four day weekend in sight and eagerness to see other parts of Austria, all of the Drake students, minus one, joined forces and decided to conquer Salzburg. It just so happened that we all had Monday and Tuesday off, which made for perfect Sunday-Tuesday adventure. After booking our hostel, which only cost 15 euro per night, we decided that we better figure out the how the train system in Austria truly works. We have had our fair share of Wiener Neustadt-Vienna trips and manage not to pay for the subway system at all costs (not adviseable...only if your on a budget) Since we all could not speak or read German, we have to memorize long subway stops like Tscherttegasse, and used our ... read more

Salzburg Europe » Austria » Salzburg By ragin286February 26th 2007Salzburg... read more

Sunday morning we took an 8am train from Prague that got into Vienna around 12:30pm. Our hostel was a short tram ride away from the train station, which was nice because the hostel was in a fairly central area. I was really impressed by the hostel- it only opened last summer so everything was very clean and seemed very secure. They even gave us all maps when we got there that listed important sights to see while we were in Vienna. After we checked in we took the metro to one of the main streets called St. Stephan’s Square. My first impression of Vienna was that it had a much more urban feel than I expected. I was expecting it to be more of a small, old European city like Prague but the downtown area ... read more

Today I got up at 8 o'clock. At 9 o'clock breakfast was ready. At 10 o'clock we took the bus to the city. Let's go! Our shopping tour started. We went shopping the whole day. We went to all stores. I bought presents for my family at home. At 1 o'clock we ate at MC Donalds. At 6 o'clock p.m. we went home. Later we ate sausages, beans and fries for dinner. In the evening we went to the city. There we went to Foxs Pub. At Foxs were lots of people, because Ireland played Rugby against England and Ireland won. In the pub they also watched another match beetween Galway and France. Later we went for a walk around the park. At 10 o'clock we took the bus home. ... read more

(June 26 through June 27 2006) June 26 Our train ride through the south of Germany and into Austria was beautiful. A perfect morning, few clouds, and the sun shining, provided spectacular views as we rode into Salzburg. We arrived in the city right before 10, and headed to the International Youth Hotel. The walk was short, less than 15 min, and not very complicated. We unloaded, and pre-registered for beds, and waited for a while until we could leave them in our room. The hostel was excellent, and we saw different brochures naming it one of the top 10 in Europe. We left the hostel and walked south on Paracelsusstrasse. We walked through the streets, heading to the river, and side tracked on some mainly pedestrian streets east of Makartplatz, and roamed around. From there ... read more