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 — 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 — 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 — 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…
Austrian towns and cities easily rank among the most colorful towns in the world, and its the color of those towns that make them so pleasant to walk through. And Wels, located on the Traun River just a short hike…
The wintertime was made for snowy scenes and little towns, where one can enjoy white settings amidst the colors of the oncoming Holiday season. Such were the thoughts crossing my mind as I encountered an afternoon layover in the wonderful…
When I did many of the travels in this site, I also did all my own Christmas Cards. It’s really easy to do with digital photos and PowerPoint. But the challenge was to find the right pictures. The ones I…
Sandwiched in a narrow corridor between Bavarian Germany and Italy, western Austria is dominated by a beautiful stretch of Alpine mountains and colored by the two lively cultures. In the middle of it all is the scenic valley city of Innsbruck,…
It is so easy to love Austria, with its hundreds of small towns nestled in the mountains or sitting in the open river valleys. It’s a photo-op extended to a whole country. Witness Feldkirch, capital of Vorarlberg, Austria’s westernmost province. Feldkirch…
Austria’s may only have a very slim piece of the massive Lake Constance shoreline, but she certainly makes the most of it. Very active and scenic, Bregenz (BRAY-guhnts) is the largest town on this \stretch. It is a town proud…