September 17, 2024 When I woke up and looked out the window and actually saw the sun I was so beyond happy! Yesterday was an insane day (hence no blog) as I found out at 3:00 am that all trains to Vienna were cancelled due to weather. We had to get to Vienna as we …
Austria
Salzburg – Hallstatt and Sound of Music
September 15, 2024 The day started with the good news that it had finally stopped raining!! We took a walk about Salzburg to enjoy the lack of rain and then we boarded a coach to go to Hallstatt for the morning. Hallstatt is a village on Lake Hallstatt’s western shore in Austria’s mountainous Salzkammergut region. …
Austria – Salzburg Day 2
September14, 2024 Guess what….it’s still raining. Salzburg has gotten almost 4” of rain in the last 24 hours, the good news it’s not snow!!! I was determined to explore Salzburg so I headed out on an early morning walk in the rain. Salzburg is on the banks of the River Salzburg, at the northern boundary …
Austria – Salzburg
September 13, 2024 The weather has gotten worse! No longer is it misty rain it is a downpour that soaks you in minutes. We took the train from Innsbruck to Salzburg. We headed to try to get a taxi and got soaked before we got into the taxi. Then the driver dropped my bag facedown …
Austria – Old Town and Swarovski
September 12, 2024 The rain eased for a bit in the early morning so I went for a walk in the old town area of Innsbruck. The misting rain and cloud cover plus the lack of people made it a fun walk until the sky’s opened up and I found myself scrambling for cover. Old …