Grünau, my home away from home. For 45 days I lived in the little alpine paradise and it wasn't long enough. Some of my best friends in the world live here or I have met here. Travelling on the train through a little corridor in the mountains was an experience I won't forget. Looking up from the base of these snow tipped mountains made the long train journey, very enjoyable - although I hadn't slept for over 30 hours. On arrival to the little alpine village, as ...

What a wonderful place Prague is! Simply the most beautiful city I encountered on my trip and extremely cheap too. The place is rich with history and bustling with friendly people, all willing to help with directions, provide recommendations for good food, or just stop for a chat. I stayed at a big hostel called the 'Czech Inn' (clever I know) where I met a couple of the friendliest people in Europe... They both happened to be Aussies though. For the next week,...

My stay in Graz was short and sweet. When I got to my hostel and had a look around, I noticed there wasn't too much going on in the area so luckily it was only a short stay. Most of my time I spent down the main drag which got a little boring after a while so I didn't go out for too long. Don't get me wrong, there were plenty of cool shops and building in the centre but nothing that I was desperate to see so it was good to have a little bit of downtime to do som...

I finally made it to Austria! Salzburg. What a place to start my Austrian adventure. It's the most amazing place I have been so far. Not only is, the old town small and very close by, there an aldi across the road from my hostel, there mountains surrounding me, the place covered in snow, but it's the home of The Sound of Music! Simply the ultimate winter (or summer) tourist destination. At my hostel I met some very cool people. As always there were a couple of ...

Switzerland was awesome! It was the first place I saw snow on this trip. And it would also be my first experience couch surfing. The 19 hour bus ride from Barcelona was obviously very long and I thought it was very boring until we came near to crossing the border. Driving through the Swiss and Austrian alps is breathtaking. It's amazing to be completely surrounded by snow covered mountains. I was shattered I didn't have my board with me! After finally arriving ...