Visiting Austria on a Budget

Visiting Lake Constance (Bodensee)

The Bodensee is a wide spot in the Rhine River about 40 miles long and seven miles wide. Our 3-4 visits to the Bodensee were in the 1980s, and our impression was that it was a popular vacation spot...

Visiting Lofer, Austria

When it comes to quaint EU villages, Lofer will more than suffice, although the growth of the ski resort has radically charged the place since the 1980s. Lofer is just off the main road. Cars are not...

Austria: the Best of the EU

On our 17th European vacation, we concluded that Austria was the best destination in Europe. After 45 EU vacations, we modified that to Austria and Prague are the best, but Prague...

Vienna, when everything started

My trip to Vienna triggered everything, somehow. That's why I'm going to start writing and telling from here. Decided by chance, with a lot of insecurities because we were inexperienced, but we...

Winter in Vienna

If you find yourself in Vienna in the middle of November, maybe you will have feeling that city is not so special or good visited. Maybe it'll be cold and windy (you can count on it), but if you...

Fairytales Are Real... And They Exist in Bavaria

Remember when you were a child and heard stories of magical fairytale castles and towns filled with gingerbread-like houses? You began to dream about what it would be like to walk out on the balcony...