Ok, I must give you a quick warning. If the very thoughts of the “Sound of Music” or Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart causes you convulsions (especially because of the movie “Amadeus” or the bizarre hit song by Falco), you might consider…
Vienna, Austria — Part 4 (More Photos of Viennese Buildings)
Vienna, Austria — Altstadt (Old City) | Museum Quarter | Schönbrunn Palace | More Photos As you can tell from this website, I’ve been to a lot of places in Europe. So I can speak from a position of knowledge that the city containing the Most Eye…
Vienna, Austria — Part 3 (Schönbrunn Palace)
Vienna, Austria — Altstadt (Old City) | Museum Quarter | Schönbrunn Palace | More Photos Schönbrunn Palace is both a museum and a park, and what a large park it is! Brilliant decorated with flowers spread out in intricate designs, the Palace gardens are a joy to look…
Vienna, Austria — Part 2 (Museum Quarter)
Vienna, Austria — Altstadt (Old City) | Museum Quarter | Schönbrunn Palace | More Photos The second chapter of this travelogue takes you to the places that any packaged tour to Vienna is likely to take you — to the grand, imposing Imperial buildings of Vienna. Separately,…
Vienna, Austria — Part 1 (Altstadt)
Vienna, Austria — Altstadt (Old City) | Museum Quarter | Schönbrunn Palace | More Photos Vienna’s Museum Quarter is fabulous, but it constitutes only a very small part of the city center. This travelogue will attempt to do justice to the rest of it. A tall order, believe me. If…
Vienna, Austria
This travelogue is built in five posts — an introduction page, three posts covering different regions of the city, and a photo gallery of impressive Viennese architecture. Use the links below to navigate to the different posts. Vienna, Austria — Altstadt…
Linz, Austria
This travelogue is built in four posts — an introduction page and three parts covering three different regions of the city. Use the links below to navigate to the different pages. Linz, Austria — Altstadt | Along the Danube | Poestlingberg When one is asked…
Linz, Austria — Part 3 (Poestlingberg Castle)
Linz, Austria — Altstadt | Along the Danube | Poestlingberg Pöstlingberg was a midday excursion that I took while visiting Linz. Its gorgeous white Basilica that overlooks the city practically invited me up. I also noted all the tourist brochures…
Linz, Austria — Part 2 (Walk Along the Danube)
Linz, Austria — Altstadt | Along the Danube | Poestlingberg Linz is the first major city on the Austrian section of the famed Danube River. The Danube cuts through a steep and winding valley that opens up wide as the it reaches the city from the…
Linz, Austria — Part 1 (Altstadt)
Linz, Austria — Altstadt | Along the Danube | Poestlingberg The old city of Linz is scenic. Sitting inside a west-to-south bend in the Danube River, it includes a beautiful palace walk on the south bank, a tremendous number of gorgeous churches, and some terrific…