St Mark's Square

2022 Rail trip Venice and Vienna

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April 9th 2022
My last blog was from Jordan but this is a very different trip. During one of the peaks in the pandemic Chris spotted a deal from Euro rail for a cheap global pass which gives you seven rail travel days in a 30-day window. So we started the planning, we drew up a list of European cities we both wanted to see. We discounted spending too many of our precious days starting our journey in Southern ... read more

Europe » Austria » Vienna

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Once the center of power for the large Austro-Hungarian Empire, Austria was reduced to a small republic after its defeat in World War I. Following annexation by Nazi Germany in 1938 and subsequent occupation by the victorious Allies in 1945, Austria'... ... read more