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Solo Traveler Relearns How to Drink Coffee
Blog: Solo Traveler - 13 September 2011
Coffee doesn't mean the same thing everywhere. Join me for a cup of coffee in an 800 year old European city.
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Zugspitze Sunrise Greets Not-so-Solo Traveler
Blog: Solo Traveler - 9 September 2011
No travel partner means no one to get you going in the morning. This solo traveler certainly needed the push of another to get to see the beautiful sunrise on the magnificent Zugsptize.
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Velvet moments: travel photo of the week – Zugspitze sunrise
Blog: velvet escape's blog - 8 September 2011
One of the highlights of my recent trip to Innsbruck was watching the sunrise from the peak of the Zugspitze, at 2,952m, Germany’s highest peak. There were various wooden statues being exhibited on the observation deck but this statue of a naked man formed the perfect subject, with the colours of the sky at [...]Velvet moments: travel photo of the week – Zugspitze sunrise is a post from: Velvet Escape's blog
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Images of Innsbruck
Blog: Sophie's World - 7 September 2011
I’ve just returned from a travel bloggers’ conference in stunning Innsbruck in the Austrian Alps. A tight, full and interesting programme, loads of inspiration and such fun to reconnect with...Images of Innsbruck is a post from Sophie's World
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Watching the sunrise from the Zugspitze
Blog: velvet escape's blog - 7 September 2011
Watching the sunrise from the top of any of the mighty peaks in the Alps is a popular activity for both locals and tourists in the Alpine countries. There are many spots where you can do this but one of the most spectacular spots has to be from the peak of the Zugspitze, at [...]Watching the sunrise from the Zugspitze is a post from: Velvet Escape's blog
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Storms, Swarovski & Sunshine – The Sparkle of Innsbruck in Photos
Blog: Inside the Travel Lab - 1 September 2011
I arrived in Innsbruck under the legendary cover of darkness. Thirteen hours or so had swept me from the sultry hotlands of Andalucia, via Mallorca to Munich, followed by a greyish drive to the soundtrack of deep-throated windscreen wiper thumps.Storms, Swarovski & Sunshine – The Sparkle of Innsbruck in Photos first appeared on Inside the Travel Lab. Head over there for more juicy fresh travel goodness. Or, you know, something you might like to read...
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Action and adventure in Tyrol Zugspitz Arena
Blog: velvet escape's blog - 1 September 2011
The Tyrol Zugspitz Arena, located in the Ausserfern region in eastern Austria, is a stunning valley bordered on all sides by the imposing peaks of the Tyrolean Alps. It’s a popular ski holiday area in the winter but it also offers visitors a multitude of fun activities in the summer, when the meadows are flush [...]Action and adventure in Tyrol Zugspitz Arena is a post from: Velvet Escape's blog
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The Perfect Salzburg Day Trip
Blog: Landlopers - 31 August 2011
Even though it was April, it was still chilly as we left the train station and headed into the center of Salzburg. We were only there for the day, en route between Munich and Vienna. Since I have watched “The Sound of Music” more times...Copyright LandLopers All Rights Reserved. Unauthorized use prohibited.
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The Alpine City of Innsbruck in Photos
Blog: Solo Traveler - 30 August 2011
An introduction to Innsbruck, Austria in photos. This is a very safe, small city and, I would say, perfect for solo travelers.
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Austria’s Feel-Good Factor
Blog: Inside the Travel Lab - 26 August 2011
A lightning fast Photo Friday this week as I zip around Austria catching up with friends and colleagues at a conference. Long travel writing to follow but for now I just wanted to say…Ah! Love finding these heart shaped decorations everywhere…Austria, you make me smile.Austria’s Feel-Good Factor first appeared on Inside the Travel Lab. Head over there for more juicy fresh travel goodness. Or, you know, something you might like to read...
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Grand Vienna
Blog: velvet escape's blog - 16 August 2011
The city of Mozart, the Habsburgs, Klimt and many more world-renowned figures lies on the banks of the Danube and oozes a unique grandeur and a rich cultural heritage. Vienna is a fascinating city that offers the visitor a multitude of things to see and do. Explore the imposing historical centre with its impressive museums, [...]Grand Vienna is a post from: Velvet Escape's blog
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Horizon Field – Art, the Army & Austria
Blog: Inside the Travel Lab - 22 July 2011
At 2039 metres above sea level in Austria, someone is watching. One hundred someones in fact...Horizon Field – Art, the Army & Austria first appeared on Inside the Travel Lab. Head over there for more juicy fresh travel goodness. Or, you know, something you might like to read...
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Photo Quiz: Daggers, Hearts & Plenty of Water
Blog: Inside the Travel Lab - 20 July 2011
Three photos describe one European city. But which one?Photo Quiz: Daggers, Hearts & Plenty of Water first appeared on Inside the Travel Lab. Head over there for more juicy fresh travel goodness. Or, you know, something you might like to read...
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Lost in the Hohensalzburg Fortress in Salzburg – video
Blog: Heather on her travels - 13 July 2011
The Hohensalzburg fortress was top of our list of things to see in Salzburg, as it seemed to be mentioned by practically everyone who gave me a Salzburg recommendation. When travelling with the family I’ve learned to visit the thing that you really want to see at the start of the day, while you’re full [...]
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5 highlights of a short trip to Austria
Blog: 501 Places - 11 July 2011
I recently spent four days in Austria as part of a wider project for Austrian National Tourist Office (ANTO) to explore the country’s ‘Hidden Treasures’. It was a pleasure to return to somewhere I hadn’t visited for 16 years, especially as the memories of my previous visits were happy ones. I was left to find [...]5 highlights of a short trip to Austria is a post from: 501 Places
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Week 9 – The Marathon Week: We Visit 4 Countries In 7 Days = Opps!
Blog: As We Travel - 6 July 2011
Europe Train Challenge – 26 Countries In 9 Weeks: This week has been a small [...]Week 9 – The Marathon Week: We Visit 4 Countries In 7 Days = Opps! - As We Travel - Around The World Travel Blog
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Our comfortable Gasthaus at Hotel Zur Post in Salzburg
Blog: Heather on her travels - 4 July 2011
Hotel Zur Post is one of those attractive small, family run Gasthaus hotels that you find all over Austria and proved to be a comfortable base for a few day’s sightseeing in Salzburg. After we’d driven a couple of hours from Munich airport to arrive at Salzburg we were thanking our lucky stars that we [...]
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Riding the steam train – on the Schafburgbahn at St Wolfgang- video
Blog: Heather on her travels - 2 July 2011
It’s a while since I read Thomas the Tank Engine as a bed-time story to my kids, but if I was making the Schafburgbahn steam train into a character from that book, I’d say it was a cheerful little engine with a few stories to tell. Who wouldn’t be put in a good mood by [...]
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Bratwurst and Sacher Torte – or what we ate in Salzburg
Blog: Heather on her travels - 24 June 2011
I’d hate to be a vegetarian in Austria, where meat features heavily on every menu – it can be rather daunting to be constantly faced with slabs of roast pork, huge bratwurst sausages or goulash made with beer. Most of the food we ate in Salzburg was tasty, rib-sticking stuff majoring on roast meat with [...]
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Spring flowers and romance in the Mirabell Gardens – video
Blog: Heather on her travels - 6 June 2011
Having spent the morning on some serious sightseeing at the Hohensalzburg fortress, it was time to relax and soak up some spring sunshine at the Mirabell Gardens on the other side of the river. We came at it by a rather circuitous route, walking parallel with the river and looking for a way in, passing [...]
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16 Salzburg and Lake Wolfgang in Austria – Podcast
Blog: Heather on her travels - 28 May 2011
In Podcast 16 I visit Salzburg in Austria and the nearby Lake Wolfgang at the beginning of May with my family. We looked in at Hangar 7, a combination of motor and aeronautical museum and foodie destination, climbed up to the Hohensalzburg Fortress that dominates Salzburg, and tapped into the musical connections that the city [...]
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Cars, Planes and Smart Food at Hangar 7 in Salzburg
Blog: Heather on her travels - 23 May 2011
From the outside Hangar 7 looks like one of those modern, glass encased, out-of-town car showrooms, but step inside and you might imagine that you’ve walked into a rich boy’s toy cupboard. Here are shiny, brightly coloured Formula One cars, flame red motorbikes, a helicopter there, a restored vintage plane there, but these shiny toys [...]
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Riding the Unicorn in the Mirabell Gardens – Salzburg
Blog: Heather on her travels - 20 May 2011
On a summer’s day in August back in 1967 my family spent a day or two sightseeing in Salzburg. There were 3 little girls, Heather Mary (the sensible one), Jennifer (the naughty one with ginger hair and freckles) and Jillian (the baby of the family). Here we are having fun riding the stone unicorns at [...]
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Postcard No 2 from Salzburg – The Fortress and plenty of Weissbier
Blog: Heather on her travels - 1 May 2011
We had an intensive sightseeing day yesterday in Salzburg that ticked all the sightseeing boxes. Up to the Hohensalburg Fortress that dominates the city, tick. A stroll around the pretty Mirabell Gardens, tick. Visit the birthplace and family home of Mozart, tick. Try and spot as many Sound of Music locations as possible, tick. We [...]
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Postcard No 1 from Salzburg – Brainfood and Big boys toys
Blog: Heather on her travels - 30 April 2011
We arrived yesterday in Salzburg – driving from Munich through the beautiful Bavarian countryside on the ultra efficient autobahn – with dandelion filled meadows on either side and mountains in the distance, leading us on the the city of Mozart and the Sound of Music. After checking into our hotel at the traditional gasthaus Hotel [...]
