We got a great last minute deal on a rental car, so we decided to take a quick tour to the “real” Christkindlesmarkt in the Bavarian region of Germany. Salzburg, in Austria, is practically part of Bavaria, and on the...
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Our last day we went back to Salzburg, stopping first at the Schloss Hellbrunn that we read about on the internet. It is a beautiful little palace that was built in the 1600s by the Prince-Archbishop of Salzburg, Markus Sittikus...
Last week Chris said, Hey! We have to go to Oktoberfest! So we looked around and found an apartment to rent the day before we wanted to leave, rented a car, and off we went! We were actually staying near Salzburg, so the first...
Last Saturday, there was a big activity for all the Relief Society ladies from church. We traveled about an hour and a half to a town called Riegersburg where there was a castle some of us hiked up to…I was a huge fan of...
We stayed right next to the town Strassburg, which like all towns in Austria, had a castle – so we decided to check it out.The castle was originally built in the 1100s, and added onto in the 1500s and 1600s. There was a...
We went back to Friesach on a couple of different days to explore the city after the festival was over. It was a really neat place to walk around. The city is walled in still, and even has a moat around the outside. Up in the...
The farm house we rented in Kaernten was at the top of a mountain with an amazing view. Kaernten is beautiful with green rolling hills as faras the eye can see. The owners of the rental had their house next door, and were very...
After touring the town of Friesach one day, we stopped at a little cafe for lunch.One of our friends told us we had to try Kärntner Käsenudeln – which are like raviolis filled with a unique cheese mixture and then sauteed...
Today we headed to Klagenfurt to check out the Professional BeachVolleyball Grand Slam Tournament. It is a huge four day event at the beach on the Woerthersee Lake. We got to watch Canada get beat by the Czech Republic, and...
The castle Burg Hochosterwitz is considered the nicest castle in all of Austria, possible all of Europe for its uniqueness. As you can see from the pictures it is perched on top of a tall, skinny mountain over looking miles of...