Blogs from Austria, Europe - page 302

Tuesday (Temp. -2deg. Overcast) Lovely breakfast room, pink tablecloths (& pink decorations on Christmas tree in lobby!) Rugged up in 5 layers including thermals. Walked along MariahilferStrasse, main shopping street to old city & beautiful buildings. Vienna is the most beautiful city we've seen. Snow all over ground in old city, people very normal. Bought a bust of Mozart. Too cold to really appreciate buildings, tagged along behind a few tour groups (lots of them!). Saw horse drawn buggies. Snowed very lightly on us. Went into St Stephen's Cathedral and christkindlmarkt at old town hall. Didn't stay out long, too cold! Back to hotel at 12:45pm, had a coffee & beer at bar to thaw out. Went to supermarket to stock up for today & tomorrow (Christmas day). We were given a brochure for concerts tonight ... read more

Bad Gastein is a comfortable resort town that works well for those on a backpacking circuit who just want to be in the mountains and do day hikes. It's always a bit defeating to get to take a long hike to the top of a mountain only to see ski lifts, but the views were impressive and the air was fresh.... read more

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Well it seems most of my travelling is done when it is very cold. This was also the case on my first trip to Vienna. Like all my trips there is usually a reason why I end up going to one place or the other. This trip was no different. It started because we needed a place to go and see while Mike was in Germany. No sooner had he arrived than we were out of work. This left us free to go and do whatever we wanted for the two weeks he was there. Dave from the Old Dublin used to work in a place called Molly Darcy's in Vienna. As such he had been telling us all to go and check it out since he arrived in Germany around when we did. Did any ... read more