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Sun, 7 Aug 2016 | By jaynem | Views [294]
Today was a free day for us, we opted not to do the optional and costly tours, as shuttles were available to take us in and out of town. Michael opted to go bike riding with Rob, a nice guy from Traralgon and Lee , Gerard and I headed into town on the ... Read more >
Sun, 7 Aug 2016 | By jaynem | Views [300]
Today was our first day in Vienna. We were up early and out to the buses by 8.30am for the ride into the city. Vienna is very large and the Port area is about 25 minutes’ drive from the centre of town, this is because the Danube doesn’t go ... Read more >
Sat, 6 Aug 2016 | By nn-onthemove | Photo Gallery
We started Saturday with a walk up to the palace near the river which again offered great views of Linz, which straddles the river. We departed the tour to go through the museum which had a great number of different exhibitions ranging from medieval and ...
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Sat, 6 Aug 2016 | By nn-onthemove | Photo Gallery
Friday included a stopover in Durnstein Austria as we travelled through the Wachau Valley. The valley is the perfect climate for wineries and growing apricots. There’s an extensive cottage industry making all things apricot, including soap. We participated ...
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Fri, 5 Aug 2016 | By nn-onthemove | Photo Gallery
We spent most of Thursday walking around Vienna seeing the old parts of the city and went to a Mozart/Strauss concert after dinner. We departed at 11 pm and headed north for the next leg of our journey. We immediately went under several very low bridges....
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Tue, 2 Aug 2016 | By nn-onthemove | Views [313]
Our Danube cruise started Monday afternoon, 1 Aug after a long/delayed flight from DC with lost luggage coming into Budapest. Anne and I walked up to the palace overlooking the river and had a very long walk before boarding the AmaSonata at 3:30. Had ... Read more >
Sat, 30 Jul 2016 | By jaynem | Views [301] | Comments [1]
This morning we did a walking tour of the Stift Melk Monastery. This monastery was a Prince Bishop’s Palace donated to the Benedictine Monks by the Prince Bishop in the 1200s. It is still a Benedictine Monastery today and the 33 monks all work ... Read more >
Fri, 29 Jul 2016 | By jaynem | Views [296]
Today we had the choice of visiting Passau, cruising in the afternoon and visiting Linz late in the afternoon or paying to do a tour to Salzburg or Cesky Krumlov. We decided to stay with the boat and we are glad we did. We had a lovely day. In Passau ... Read more >
Fri, 29 Jul 2016 | By jaynem | Views [314]
Today we were in town for the whole day. Regensburg is a medieval town on the Danube River. We disembark at 9am for a 1.5 hour walking tour of the town. During the walking tour we saw the bridge they have been restoring for 7 years and still have 5 years ... Read more >
Wed, 20 Jul 2016 | By jujucuoms | Views [295]
Via bus from Prague.
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Wed, 13 Jul 2016 | By paganmaven | Views [342]
One of the tourism high points and cultural gems on a visit to Austria is the Spanish Riding School (Spanische Hofreitschule) with a history of over 450 years in continuous operation. The white show-horses are bred in Piber (Western Styrian region of ... Read more >
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Fri, 13 May 2016 | By tiltingwindmills | Views [550]
Thursday, 12 May
It was a 4hr train ride from Prague to Vienna and by the time we arrived, and got checked into the hotel, it was close to 2pm. That left little time for many of the sites, as most the museums and palaces close around 5:30 or 6pm.... Read more >
Tags: austria, lipizzaner, vienna
Sun, 24 Apr 2016 | By shire_girl | Photo Gallery
Austria in October
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Sun, 24 Apr 2016 | By shire_girl | Views [378]
In the Austrian Alps lies a small village on the edge of a lake. This place called Hallstatt was one of the few spots I'd wanted to visit in Europe before I left. With a plane leaving from Munich in just a few days, inconvenient train schedules, and ... Read more >
Tue, 8 Dec 2015 | By kakimono | Views [493]
Monday morning, Delaney had a class, so I was left to fend for myself in Vienna. (Technically, I could have either remained in bed or attended her class with her, so I wasn't forced to fend for myself. But neither of those sounded like much fun.... Read more >
Tags: books, nazi tower, vienna
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