Moving onto the main highlight of the trip – Oktoberfest. The day after Hallstatt was another long train journey to Munich. For the next two days in the city I bought a regional ticket to travel within Bavaria. One of the cool things about riding the DB is that group rates are often a lot cheaper. A ticket for a single traveler would cost €25, while an additional person was only €7 extra. Once we arrived in Munich, we stopped by the hotel to drop…
When I was planning my trip to Europe, I had some side trips I knew I wanted to do. However, in addition to traveling between three major cities, figuring out the logistics of how to fit in these side trips was a bit of a hassle. For the most part I had planned everything perfectly – I left enough time for sightseeing, made all the reservations I needed, and got all my connections figured out – with the exception of my…
The next morning we headed over to our next stop – Salzburg. Prior to leaving on my trip I bought my train tickets directly through the ÖBB website. If you buy tickets well in advance, you can get what is called a Sparschiene ticket, which is essentially a discount ticket. Instead of paying €55 for a regular ticket, I only paid €19 for it, so I definitely recommend purchasing tickets ahead of time! The journey to Salzburg took a…
For our first and only full day in Vienna, we started the morning off at Hundertwasserhaus. The apartment building with the colourful facade was designed by Austrian artist Friedensreich Hundertwasser. As the building is outside of the city centre, I was a little surprised by the amount of people already there when we arrived early morning. Aside from admiring the building from the outside (it’s still in use as a residential building), there’s also a little village ‘mall’ with numerous gift shops and…
Back from another trip to Europe! I took a week off to visit Austria and Germany for the first time last week. While it wasn’t my intention to go to Munich during Oktoberfest, as I was planning on going to the city anyway I figured it wouldn’t hurt to coincide my travels with the festival. I’m glad I went because I ended up having a great time and it was so much fun experiencing it in person. My first stop…