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How To Spend Three Days In Vienna – The City Of Music
Ahh Vienna, the city of music! A city brimming with museums, elegant palaces and coffee houses on every corner. On my three week trip home to the UK, I managed to squeeze in a weekend to Vienna and it is by far one of the most beautiful cities I have been to. It’s also much larger than you might expect. I’d always heard how beautiful Vienna was – but when thinking about the city I could never name any of its landmarks. Paris is famous for it’s Eiffel tower, New York for the Statue of Liberty – But what about Vienna? I must admit I had little idea about the…
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How To Take A Day Trip To Bratislava From Vienna By Train
On my recent trip to Vienna, I really wanted to take a day trip somewhere, maybe I’d go to Halstatt or perhaps Salzburg? If you’ve read my previous blog posts you’ll probably know I enjoy the odd bus tour. I like having a tour guide, it’s a great way to learn about the history of a city and it’s surrounding areas. When searching for one day tours, I found prices from Vienna to be a little too expensive. Prices were averaging €95 without anything included. After a little research, I found out that you can easily do day trips from Vienna to other cities via train, including Bratislava. Bratislava is…
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5 Must Try Coffee Houses In Vienna That Will Fulfil Your Sweet Tooth
Anyone that knows me will know I have the world’s biggest sweet tooth. Give me a pretty patisserie and I’m all over it. So naturally I spent a fair bit of my time in Vienna doing just that – fulfilling my sweet tooth! The coffee culture in Vienna is completely different from here in North America; they are worlds apart. In the U.S. you’ll often see celebrities walking along with their favourite venti from Starbucks – almost a fashion accessory in itself. In Vienna, coffee houses are somewhere to linger and enjoy your surroundings. It is a part of the cities cultural heritage. In fact I don’t recall seeing anyone…
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How To Spend 24 Hours In London, England
How To Spend 24 Hours In London, England Before moving to Canada in November 2016, I wanted go all out and have a big tourist day in London. Being my hometown it’s also my favourite city in the world. I actually spent a lot less than 24 hours in London. But if you have limited time or perhaps a really long layover, this is a good route to hit up most of London’s top sights. Tower Bridge My first stop was London’s iconic landmark, Tower Bridge. This area is really cool to wander around and there are still fragments of the original Roman Wall that once stood around the city…
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Visiting Neuschwanstein: A Fairytale Castle In The Bavarian Alps
Visiting Neuschwanstein: A Fairytale Castle In The Bavarian Alps During my trip to the Munich Christmas Markets, I took a tour to visit the fairytale castle in the Bavarian Alps that is Neuschwanstein. The inspiration behind Walt Disney’s famous Sleeping Beauty castle, Neuschwanstein has been on my bucket list for a while. For my trip to Neuschwanstein, I booked a tour through Gray Line Munich. This was my first time booking with Gray Line, and they were very reliable. My tour guide Ana was fantastic, not only was she very friendly and happy to answer any questions but she had a great sense of humour and lots of local knowledge.…
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My First German Christmas Market In Munich
This past December I finally made it to my very first German Christmas Market. Christmas markets happen all over Europe. We have German themed Christmas markets in the UK, but it’s not anywhere near the same. With so many Christmas markets across Germany, how do you decide? I found a site that lists all the markets per county/province. There was also an interactive map that showed them all. I think it’s fair to say pretty much every town in Germany will have one! You can find the interactive map here. With this also being my first ever trip to Germany I was finding it hard to just choose one. Whenever…
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3 Days In The Ancient City Of Rome & How I Fell In Love With The City
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