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Photo Essay: Salzburg & Munich 🇦🇹 🇩🇪
I take a lot of pictures when we travel. A LOT of pictures. Probably approaching an annoying amount of pictures. But when I post them, I try to curate. I choose the top 10-15 photos that represent the day and edit them. Because no one wants to see 113 un-edited vacation photos. No one. After…
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🍺 🇦🇹 🇩🇪 What to Drink in Salzburg & Munich: A Sip-by-Sip Guide to Austrian and German Drinks Culture
One of my favorite things to do when we travel is to explore the local drinks situation (alcoholic and not). I could spend hours in the local grocery/wine/liquor store just studying the shelves. Ken is not as enthusiastic about this activity, so I usually send him off to climb a mountain or something. When we’re…
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Salzburg, Austria 🇦🇹
Travel date: May 3, 2024 Rain, rain, rain. Had planned to go hiking today, but had to pivot. This morning’s task was figuring out our German washing machine, which, btw, is also a dryer, and located six inches from the toilet. You can fit one t-shirt and three pairs of underwear in there. Push start,…
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Salzburg, Austria 🇦🇹
Travel date: May 2, 2024 Europe is open again today, so on a fairly urgent hunt for toilet paper. Note: Ken and Doug left the apartment this morning looking like this. Walked to the other side of the Danube to go to the Salzberger Schrannenmarkt – the Thursday Market. We were hoping for Austrian handicrafts,…
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Travel Notes from Austria: Closed Shops, Sparkling Apple Juice, and a Surprise Biergarten Connection
Traveling in Salzburg – some not related to my post about Mauthausen things from today. ☀️ When Europe Is Closed and You’re Running on Granola Remember how I said Europe is closed today? It’s May Day, which is a way bigger deal in Europe than in the US. We couldn’t find anything open for breakfast…
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Photo Essay: Pieces of Mauthausen
I felt like our trip to Mauthausen deserved a separate photo essay. I made an editorial decision, and put all of the photos in black and white. Color just didn’t feel right. Also: I chose to focus on the “pieces” of Mauthausen, instead of whole infrastructure. I take a lot of pictures when we travel.…
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Mauthausen, Austria 🇦🇹
Travel date: May 1, 2024 Today is May Day in Europe. Basically, Europe is closed. I think we are celebrating summer equinox and worker’s rights. All the towns put up a huge maypole, and then there is dancing and day drinking. We had a different May Day experience – spent the day at the Mauthausen…
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A Warm Day in Salzburg: Castles, Café Culture, Schnaps & a Mozart Encounter
Exploring Salzburg today, and it’s kinda warm! 😓 Unanticipated sweating. But First, Breakfast Cafe Tomaselli for breakfast. Got some side-eye from the stern waiter when I ordered Weisswurst. Pretty sure he thought: Does she know what she’s ordering?? Yes. Yes, I do. And I ate every bite. Hohensalzburg Castle/Fortress today – the highest point in…
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Zombie Day in Munich & Salzburg: Planes, Trains & Friends
It’s Zombie Day! We’re traveling with our good friends, Haydee and Doug, this week. Reminder of one of my favorite Hemingway quotes: “Never go on trips with anyone you do not love.” We love these people to our core. Haydee picked up a new country today with Germany, and Doug picked up Austria. Ken and…