Blogs from Austria, Europe - page 270

Geo: 47.2568, 11.5335it was a fairly brief stop over in austria, but there was plenty of sightseeing on the coach. the austrian countryside is probably the most beautiful countryside ive ever seen. beautiful mountain ranges, rivers, fields, cliffs.. with villages tucked in everywhere, ill definatley have to go back there some time and see more. the focus of our couple hours in austria was white water rafting. this was GREAT fun.. lasting about 2 hours, through breathtaking sights. i got front seat the boat so the main paddling was for me to do! so tiring, but great, and id like to try a rougher course some day.... read more

This album is mostly just my friends and I in Vienna, and not enough of the city itself. I have been putting off going around and trying to photograph all the beautiful parts of the city because that would be very difficult. However, I have found some quite interesting things around here and the photos should give some kind of a glimpse into what weve been up to lately.... read more

Technically in Hutteldorf, we live in a private Dormatory called Europahaus. This place is not your ordinary dorm. ... read more

Our first impression of Salzburg was that it is a very cute city surrounded by beautiful county side. The office at our campground was in a quintessential Alpine house and walking just minutes from our site were spectacular views of farm land, rolling hills, and mountains in the distance. We bought Salzburg cards, which give you free public transportation and admission to many of the sights for a 48 hour period. We started our process of getting the most for our money by taking the funicular (sort of an elevator on rails that go up the side of a hill) up to the Festung Hohensalzburg the fortress that looks down on Salzburg. There were incredible views from the top. The fortress also houses a war museum and marionette museum (creepy!). On the way to lunch we ... read more

First of all, I´m doing some catchup as i´ve finally found some cheap internet time, so sorry about the influx of emails telling you i´ve updated my blog. Second´iùm typing on a French keyboard, and the keys are in mad positions, so forgive spelling and grammar. OK, Al and I arrived in Vienna Austria nice and early after catching another overnight train. It was a mixed cabin of 6 with tiny bunk beds. It was absolutely stifling hot and a very uncomfortable ride. We both agreed that the reclining seat option we were offered would have been much better (we both realised later that we both would have taken that option but thought the other would have wanted the bed.. one of us should´ve spoken up!) We spent most of the day wandering around the city ... read more