Austria
Although the Salzburg Marionette Theater is anything but scary, you’ll have to admit that the witch from Hansel and Gretel is a little scary. I recently learned, however, that the way to keep witches away is to put a pile of corn near you doorway. When a witch flies over corn, she is obliged to [...]
Destination: The Alps–Italy, France, Switzerland, Austria, Slovenia, Germany, Lichtenstein, Monaco Book: Over the Top & Back Again, Hiking X the Alps, by Brandon Wilson, illustrated by Ken Plumb, NEW 2011 Once an experienced travel writer whom I admire explained to his class how to write a good travel story. “Put yourself at risk,” he said. [...]
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I suggest you watch this, and then let The Third Man Theme run in the background while you read.
NOTICE: For a recipe that sweeps you back to a Vienna Coffee Shop, follow this link to My Kids Eat Squid. Destination: Vienna Book: A Death in Vienna (2004) by Daniel Silva A GUEST POST by Kristin J. Gough
Book: Mozart, A Cultural Biography by Robert Gutman Destination: Salzburg Don’t take the Sound of Music tour. Don’t tell an Austrian how much you like the Sound of Music. For heavens’ sake, don’t walk down the Getreidegasse humming “Eidelweiss” from The Sound of Music. I had been warned before I went to Salzburg that Austrians [...]
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