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Travel broadens the behind

Tue, 11 Dec 2001 | By stowaway | Views [4777] | Comments [4]

'We walked in the cold air, freezing breath on the window pane, lying & waiting.... yadda yadda yadda..... Ahhh Vienna '. Oh well, it will make sense to 80's music junkies like me. Yep, I'm in Vienna, Austria. I'm having a bit of reverse culture ... Read more >

Tags: snow, vienna, austria, chocolate, christmas, travel broadens the mind, travel broadens the behind, hot chocolate, ultravox, snow

Feasting in Vienna

Tue, 18 Dec 2007 | By sean_and_liana | Views [1057]

Vienna the home of Mozart, wiener schnitzel and apple strudel is the next point of call on our tour of Europe via the rail. After a wonderful train ride from Prague to Vienna we arrived to quite a substantial snow fall. Made our little dance ... Read more >

Tags: Food & eating

Eagles Nest - Hitlers Summer House

Fri, 30 Jun 2006 | By worker | Views [1048]

More to come ...

Tags: Mountains

In search of a white Xmas - Pt I

Wed, 20 Dec 2006 | By maria_brett | Views [1041]

A stop-off in wintry Vienna to liberate cafes of their delicious coffee and gluhwein stores of their fancily decorated mugs, followed by a festive season in Slovenia signposted by local wine, prosciutto, overly-generous local hospitality and nativity ... Read more >

Tags: Snow

Krampus

Wed, 5 Dec 2007 | By sophieollie | Views [861]

Klagenfurt, Austria. Hey Everyone, We hope you are all well. It has only been a few days since my last couple of updates but since it gets dark, and very cold, here from 4.30 pm I have some free time to spend on the computer and so will write ... Read more >

Tags: Mountains

Meat. To Eat Or Not To Eat?

Fri, 10 Aug 2007 | By ride-earth | Views [741] | Comments [1]

Tom If you had asked me one year ago about my thoughts on vegetarianism, I would have replied that there was no argument that would convince me to give up eating meat. It constitutes a necessary part of our diet, we are all born omnivorous, and ... Read more >

Tags: Food & eating

Vienna

Mon, 23 Oct 2006 | By all_powered_up | Views [686] | Comments [2]

Vienna - a great city and i love it "and that's all I have say about that." Forest Gump.  If you want to know more - go there. I've had a couple of complaints - "where's the chicks" is one.  That was from my mate Craig and sorry ... Read more >

Zell Am See (Austria)

Sun, 6 May 2007 | By nigelb | Views [652]

Laura Writes: From Vevey, the four of us took a train to Zell Am See. This was an eight hour trip and we had to change trains three times. It was our first long distance train trip. Up to this point we had taken trains in Spain, but this was the ... Read more >

Tags: adventures

AUSTRIA/SWITZERLAND PHOTOS!

Sun, 22 Apr 2007 | By craigbyer | Views [639] | Comments [2]

I just got back this evening from my excursion to Austria and Switzerland. I could sit here and write an extensive entry about my experiences but I'll just let my photos do the talking .... for now. All of these places were just beyond belief. I wish ... Read more >

Tags: Mountains

July - World Bodypainting Festival, Austria

Fri, 26 Jun 2009 | By worldfestivals | Views [624]

World Bodypainting Festival. Photo by [NeoGaboX], Flickr.com Location: Seeboden, Carinthia, Austria Dates: Weeks ending on the penultimate Sunday in July Level of Participation: 3 – watch the models or get colourful Description: A bodypainted ... Read more >

Tags: austria, world bodypainting festival, world festivals

I've got the biscuit!

Mon, 23 Apr 2007 | By craigbyer | Views [503] | Comments [1]

As I sit here and write this now, I am not sure if it is 5:50 in the morning or at night. When I told people what I was doing for my month break, they informed me that my body was going to be confused beyond belief. I didn’t believe them nor did I pay ... Read more >

Tags: Adventures

Gruss Gott from Graz

Thu, 29 Nov 2007 | By sophieollie | Views [482]

Greetings from Graz. We have been in Graz for four days now but will move on to Klagenfurt tomorrow before we return to Graz later on so I will let you know what we have been up to before I forget. Graz is a beautiful city. It has a population of 250,000 ... Read more >

Tags: Family

Zdravo, Dober Dan and Gruss Gott

Mon, 27 Aug 2007 | By vien_and_shaz | Views [466] | Comments [3]

In the last week we’ve left Croatia and spent a few days in Ljubljana (Slovenia) and Salzburg (Austria). We’re now taking trains instead of rickety old buses which is soo much more comfy although, worryingly in 10 mins ... Read more >

Tags: Sightseeing

Austria - Innsbruck - Merry Christmas !

Mon, 24 Dec 2007 | By burrellian | Views [444] | Comments [8]

Day 1 - Another full day of travel ahead, but very excited to be heading into the alps for a White Christmas :-) Said a quick farewell to Tarena, who is heading back to the UK for Xmas with some friends. I've really enjoyed having her company for these ... Read more >

Tags: Adventures

Viena

Fri, 4 Apr 2008 | By kutnerdaniel | Views [443] | Comments [1]

24/03 : Peguei um trem para Maribor e la troquei de trem para ir a Viena. O segundo trem ja era austriaco e era bem mais moderno. Por exemplo, os anuncios eram feitos em alemao e em ingles, indicando que eu estava chegando em um lugar com melhor ... Read more >

Frohe Weihnachten and a Happy Silvester

Sun, 6 Jan 2008 | By sophieollie | Views [442]

Graz, Fusenfeld, Gotzis and Innsbruck, Austria. Hey everyone, Merry Christmas to you all and we hope you all had good New Years. We have just spent the last seven weeks in Austria including the last two weeks in Gotzis with Renate's ... Read more >

Tags: Relaxation

Ride Like Lightning

Thu, 9 Aug 2007 | By ride-earth | Views [438]

Andy Sitting on a park in Vienna after a huge thunderstorm during which I feared for my own life, I find a moment of tranquility and reflection. Earlier on I had walked down into the city to have a wander about. As I strolled along ... Read more >

Tags: Adrenaline

Hungry in Hungary

Tue, 18 Dec 2007 | By sophieollie | Views [425]

Graz, greater Styria, Hungary and Slovenia. Hey everyone, We returned to Graz last weekend and have been staying with Renate again. This Friday we will catch an eight-hour day train to the region of Voralburg to stay with Renate's ... Read more >

Tags: Snow

Salzburg

Tue, 17 Apr 2007 | By lisy | Views [406] | Comments [1]

Caught the train from Mayrhofen to Salzburg....nice sunny trip taking about 2 ish hours. Am definately not a fan of the fact that you can smoke anywhere...including train carriages! Anyways...spent the first day wondering around the lovely gardens and ... Read more >

Tags: Culture

"Ohhh Vienna..."

Fri, 23 Nov 2007 | By burrellian | Views [386] | Comments [10]

Left gorgeous CK this morning, after poping out early to get a few more shots. After a quick breakfast we: Americans: Jeff & Nathan. Brits: Nick & John. Australians: Fiona & I. Jumped on a minibus headed for Lince, Austria. The scenery ... Read more >

Tags: Adventures

Snow

Sun, 25 Nov 2007 | By sophieollie | Views [384]

Vienna, Austria. Last week we left Chania, feeling sad about leaving our home for the month. We arrived at the ferry port to go to Athens at 9pm and had to wait till 10.30 for the ferry to arrive. Unfortunately, the wind began to pick up and by 10.30 ... Read more >

Tags: Snow

Contiki Tour Part 3 - Austria

Thu, 9 Feb 2006 | By snape_and_coles | Views [371]

From Venice we headed into the Germanic Countries, starting with Austria! First day was pretty much a travel day. Stopped to have the first of many Pork and Potato meals for lunch, and arrived into Vienna late in the afternoon. We stayed at the nicest ... Read more >

Tags: Contiki

Salzburg and Berchtesgaden

Thu, 10 Jan 2008 | By mattso | Views [349] | Comments [5]

One thing about arriving at a new place in the dark is you have no idea what the countryside looks like, so I was gobsmacked when I woke up to see towering snowy mountains in every direction! This is Salzburg - the place where everything is Mozart and ... Read more >

Tags: Mountains

salsburg

Sun, 20 Jan 2008 | By ans | Views [349]

spent a night in salsburg after munich ... salsburg is in austria and is the birth place of mozart ... left munich very early and arrived in salsburg in the afternoon ... dumped our stuff at the hostel and went walking around the town ... went and ... Read more >

Tags: Lost!

traveling to sloveina

Tue, 16 Oct 2007 | By nznl1 | Views [346] | Comments [2]

hello from cesky krumlov we travel back to wien where the next day we did a guided tour of the city because the city is so big and the fact that we only had one day here. the highlight of this trip was the visit to the schonbrunn palace. from here we ... Read more >

Tags: Sightseeing


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