Vienna Day 2: Palaces

Today is a sightseeing day! We tried to see as much as we could of Vienna! We first took the underground metro to Schönbrunn Palace, we reached the palace around 9 am. The line wasn’t bad at all because it was early in the morning before the tours arrived.  We went in and saw many well…

Vienna, Austria: Tour of Vienna Opera House

From Salzburg, we took the Westbanh train to Vienna, total travel time: 3 hours.  I really liked the new Westbanh trains, they were all equipped with free wifi so the 3 hours train ride went quickly! Another thing I liked about Westbanh was that the ticket is flexible meaning that you can travel any day, any time. We…

Quick Guide On How To Plan A Day Trip to Hallstatt

Quick Guide On How To Plan A Day Trip to Hallstatt I have received few emails throughout the year on how to plan a day trip to Hallstatt so I am putting this quick guide to help, it’s very easy!   Train Tickets The Austrian Rail website is by far the easiest rail website I…

Hallstatt, Austria: Lake and Mountain

We woke up very early today to catch our 5:48 am train to Hallstatt in order to get there in the morning; I heard the view during the early morning is very beautiful! We got to Salzburg hbf around 5:30 am and purchased the Einfach-Raus-Ticket for 2 people for 28 euros, it covered all regional trains…

Salzburg, Austria

Goodbye Nuremberg…Hello Salzburg! We woke up early today so we can catch our 7:10 am train from Nuremberg to Munich and then from Munich to Salzburg.  We bought the Bayern Ticket (29 euros can be used for up to 5 people very good deal if you are in a group of 5!) which covered regional…