Early departure from our room and we walk from our accommodation to the ferry departure point on a mystically foggy and drizzly morning. We therefore derive another visual perspective for this spectacular lake and village. Don't think we have mentioned that the railway station is on the opposite side of the lake so a ferry links with arriving and departing trains. Today, we are travelling to Vienna, which is actually called Wien (pronounced vien) if you are Austr...

Sat 10 November 2012, John: One train change and we arrive in Hallstatt and it is easy to see why Josh and Jesse raved about this village after they stayed here two years ago. When I was a teenager, I was incessantly mesmerised by the cover of a Hawkwind album titled: Hall of the Mountain Grill, the artwork drawing on the science fiction of Michael Moorcock. The mountain village on that cover reminds me of Hallstatt. Loretta: A stunning Austrian village that i...

Sazburg turns out to be another wonderful experience. We have an ample buffet breakfast daily , included in our room rate ($65 euro a night) and we even have our own private courtyard. We purchase Salzburg cards which provide us with free entry options at a variety of locations. Highlights end up being the Hohensalzburg Fortress/ castle which hovers over the city and the Museum of Natural History. Once again, the Altstadt is spectacular. We also venture to the ...

I was on Skype with mum the other day and I was lamenting the fact that Loretta and I would be spending the 7th Nov, our anniversary on the train (7 hours) from Luzern to Salzburg, Austria. We are 30 mins from Salzburg and I am feeling that today is one of the most exhilarating days of my life. Yesterday, I thought it couldn't get better than Luzern, but our train journey leg from Zurich to Salzburg through the Alps is so incessantly mind-blowing that I have to r...

I was on Skype with mum the other day and I was lamenting the fact that Loretta and I would be spending the 7th Nov, our anniversary on the train (7 hours) from Luzern to Salzburg, Austria. We are 30 mins from Salzburg and I am feeling that today is one of the most exhilarating days of my life. Yesterday, I thought it couldn't get better than Luzern, but our train journey leg from Zurich to Salzburg through the Alps is so incessantly mind-blowing that I have to r...