Until 1816, SALZBURG was not Austrian, but an independent city-state ruled by powerful prince-archbishops. An ambitious and cultured bunch, they turned the city into the most Italianate north of the Alps, preserved to this day in the churches, squares and alleyways of the compact Altstadt spread beneath the brooding Hohensalzburg fortress. For many, Salzburg is the quintessential Austria, offering the best of the country's Baroque architecture, subalpine scenery and a musical heritage derived from the city's most famous son, ... More
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Until 1816, SALZBURG was not Austrian, but an independent city-state ruled by powerful prince-archbishops. An ambitious and cultured bunch, they turned the city into the most Italianate north of the Alps, preserved to this day in the churches, squares and alleyways of the compact Altstadt spread beneath the brooding Hohensalzburg fortress. For many, Salzburg is the quintessential Austria, offering the best of the country's Baroque architecture, subalpine scenery and a musical heritage derived from the city's most famous son, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, whose likeness peers from every box of the ubiquitous chocolate delicacy, the Mozartkugel.
Hi All, I plan on making entries into the journal from the travel journals that we wrote on our trip. This hopefully will keep the entries fresh and ...
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Hi All, I plan on making entries into the journal from the travel journals that we wrote on our trip. This hopefully will keep the entries fresh and spontaneous (although technically late entries hehehe). I am pairing photos with the journal entries, but unfortunately they have to be small or they are really bad quality. To see the photos larger (and good quality), click on the view all button in the trip photo album above. Day 1 is the easy entry. Travel day. The only comments I can muster about travel day are.....the flight is too long, the seats are too small, team VT gets real tired (code ...
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Round trip tickets from LAX to London Heathrow for $430. No, I will not stop bragging about it. :) Flight to London was direct, which was pretty ...
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Round trip tickets from LAX to London Heathrow for $430. No, I will not stop bragging about it. :) Flight to London was direct, which was pretty sweet, but I still insisted on taking my backpack as carry-on because I'm used to short Southwest airlines flights where I carry everything with me, and I'm paranoid about losing my luggage. I mean, I was going to be gone for 2 months, losing everything on day zero would not have been pleasant. The flight was oh-so-incredibly long. Made worse by the fact that it was a full flight, and I had the window seat, which meant I had to bother the old lady sit...
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