Back in 2012 I wanted to see more of Europe and therefore bought myself a 30 day rail pass to visit as many countries as could. I had just bought a new camera and wanted to practice up close and distant shots, so I wanted to have the same object to take photos of where…
I went to Salzburg for the weekend with a few friends and it really does look like the Sound of Music. Before this summer, I had never been to Austria and now I was visiting 2 cities, Vienna and Salzburg. There was a lot to see in Salzburg even though it was about a fifth…
Normally my posts on being30.com are quite long, but this one despite being short, deserves a post all by itself. Salzburg took around 2 and half hours to reach by train from Vienna. What we did not know was there are two trains from Vienna to Salzburg. 1) The Westbahn (in blue, green and white in…
A 75 minute ferry ride along the Danube from Bratislava brings you into Vienna and what a difference it was. I am not much of a country gal and therefore prefer bigger cities and there was certainly a lot to do in Vienna. We stayed in one of the Vox apartments near the metro station Schottenring…