When it comes to getting their Christmas trees home, Salzburgers are ingenious.
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These red and green lights will stay illuminated all year.
Low-key Linz offers a break from Vienna’s bustle
Yes, yes, I know. It’s Paris that officially claims this moniker. But a stroll around Vienna’s downtown in December convinced me that the Imperial City could share Paris’ nickname, if only for the Christmas season. Enjoy.
If it hadn’t been pouring rain, if the wind hadn’t been lashing in my face as I left the hotel, if I hadn’t been on day two of a headcold, I would have walked the 20 minutes to meet my husband at the downtown schnitzel house. As it was, I rode two stops on Vienna’s …
All Viennese Christmas markets are not created equal.
Let Vienna travel bloggers help you plan your December vacation
When I was a kid, the last thing I wanted to do on vacation was go to a museum. I had to leave behind the sunshine of a non-school day while my parents dragged me through a series of musty, dingily lit exhibits that were supposed to further my education. Stuffed owls with metal poles …
The Arctic trails have their secret tales/That would make your blood run cold. The sign at the northern approach to the Dempster Highway, designed to warn people not to start down the highway due to dangerous weather conditions, should have been lit that night. It wasn’t. So our tour guide and the guys in his …
If I were Prime Minister of Canada, I’d make it a residency requirement for everyone to visit a community outside their own on Canada Day. I’ve done this several times- years ago to Drayton Valley, Alberta, where my sister taught; more recently, to Mayne Island, off the coast of British Columbia, and, today, in Whitehorse, …
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