If you had asked me two months ago if I would be writing about spending my birthday at a beach volleyball tournament in Vienna, of all places, I wouldn’t have believed you. I mean, when I think about Vienna, I think about opera and classical music and art. I think about three-layered lattes and chocolate […]
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Every now and then, I come across a unique hotel or hostel that I love so much, I can’t stop raving about it to everyone I know. Sometimes they’re places I discover on my own, like Monkey Republic. Sometimes they come highly recommended from friends, like Gallery Hostel. And on occasion, they are places that
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If there were any historical figure who could move me to tears, there’s only one. Mozart. Many of you know that I was groomed to be a serious musician from a very young age. I worked hard; I later enrolled at Boston Conservatory. And while it didn’t turn into a full-time career, music has always
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There is so much to say about Salzburg. Some come here for Mozart, the town’s favorite son. Some come for a more recent musical legacy, The Sound of Music. But either way, the people who come to this city in north-central Austria are immediately spellbound by its beauty. I know I was. Salzburg is very
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If there’s anything that brings American tourists in droves to beautiful Salzburg, Austria, it’s seeing the city where The Sound of Music is filmed. Lots of sights from the movie are in the city — like the Mirabell Gardens, where the song “Do, Re, Mi” takes place — but for most of the sights, you
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While attending TBU, I had a lovely surprise. I won one of the prizes from Austria Tourism — a night at the five-star Interalpen Hotel-Tyrol in Seefeld, Tirol! I brought my friend Pia as my guest and we got the luxury treatment, complete with a tour of the resort and a welcome reception with rose champagne. Our
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You can add “climbing the Alps” to the ever-growing list of things I never thought I’d do — but ended up doing anyway! One great thing about TBU was that post-conference blog trips were included in the price of attending the conference. There were lots of trips to choose from, and I ended up on — naturally!
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Oh, Innsbruck. Just thinking about you now gives me such happiness. I’ve said it before and it needs repeating: I never had any desire to visit Innsbruck because I thought it was just for skiiers, snowboarders and winter sports enthusiasts, and I’m pretty winter-phobic. Boy, was I ever wrong. Know this, readers: Innsbruck is not
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