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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Throughout the world, I’ve found places that I’ve fallen in love with — perfect beaches, isolated islands, wild and interesting cities of all sizes. New places are constantly being added to my list of favorite places in the world. But could I live there? That requires a whole different set of criteria. In an ideal
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I always go out looking to experience the nightlife wherever I travel, but really, Salzburg was something new entirely. My friend Ken and I (by the way, if you haven’t yet, check out his site — he’s a brilliant photographer!) found a random bar on the edge of the Old Town called Peter’s. We walked
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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 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 need
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I confess, Vienna wasn’t on my original travel itinerary. (Actually, nothing was beyond Innsbruck, Munich and Liechtenstein!) But after adding on time in Seefeld and Salzburg with the help of Tourism Austria, I had two days to kill in between events in Salzburg — and I couldn’t bear to spend so much time in Austria without
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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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The next activity on our Action Adventure tour through the Tirol region of Austria? Whitewater rafting with Wiggi Rafting! I had never been whitewater rafting in my life, though I had always been intrigued. We would be rafting on Level III rapids (most people are allowed to raft levels I-V, with V being the most
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