Photography by Yuri Krasov I’ve always known that vacationing in the mountains was for the athletic, physically well-adjusted, and fearless people who don’t mind long hikes, sharp air temperature changes, and heavy backpacks… Just like the absolute majority of vacationers, …
Category: Austria
SOJOURN IN SOPRON: A User’s Guide to an Austro-Hungarian Border Town with Bite! by John M.Edwards
John M. Edwards finds post-communist Sopron now to be less about Habsburgian opulence and more about ubiquitous “discount dentistry.” Get a load of the new set of gleaming white chompers! During a week-long road trip from Budapest to Salzburg, I …
Royal Treats of the Imperial City by Emma Krasov
Photography by Emma Krasov Traveling to Vienna in spring is a double treat – the weather in this gorgeous European capital is balmy, and white asparagus is in season. Let me elaborate. I remember how I came to try white …
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Vienna of Art and Design by Emma Krasov
Photography by Emma Krasov Designed by the French architect Jean Nouvel, the “non-color” hotel with all rooms entirely monochrome in white, grey, or black, gives the starring role to Vienna downtown seen through its glass walls, with Stephansdom – a …
Something About Vienna by Kim Bluth
What is so alluring about big cities? One person might say it is the shopping and the people; another will swear by the food and the transportation; still another will be drawn by the opportunity to escape the ordinary, maybe …
GRAZ AUSTRIA, “Cultural City of Europe 2003”
If you can travel to or in Austria treat yourself by including its second largest city, Graz, in your tour. Lying about 60 kms southwest of Vienna in the province of Styria, the city of Graz is located in a …
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