Written by fizzytom on March 31, 2009
- "Murinsel" translates as "Mur Island" but this is no island. It is actaully a floating platform in the middle of the River Mur in the heart of Graz and was created as an art installation...
Written by Mandan Lynn on January 24, 2007
- A necessary stop on my trip to Vienna was the opera. I didn't make reservations, thinking I could just stop by the venue the day before and pick up some last-minute tickets. This was easier...
Written by hagnel2 on July 28, 2004
- We started our day exploring Innsbruck, around 9:30am. (After tucking away a very large breakfast.) This journal entry is a look at how we spent a morning (break for lunch), then continued on our ramble....
Written by marif on March 15, 2004
- The Innere Stadt is not the only place in Vienna where attractions meet you at every corner. If you venture outside Ringstrasse, there are so many attractions worth seeing you'll be spoilt for choice. Don't...
Written by marif on March 15, 2004
- After the Babenbergs ruled Austria for more than two centuries, the country fell into the hands of the Habsburgs in 1278. These rich aristocratic rulers started buying large stretches of land from bankrupt lords annexing...
Written by becks on May 1, 2006
- Bergisel Ski JumpA while ago, at a dinner party, friends entertained us with the highlights of their ten-day trip to London. The wife, with serious upwardly mobile social and career aspirations, was raving over the...
Written by becks on August 25, 2005
- The Gemäldegalerie in the Art-Historical Museum is one of the world’s great
art collections. It displays works that mostly belonged to the ruling Habsburgs
and therefore reflects their taste. The Dutch masters and Italian Renaissance...
Written by becks on August 25, 2005
- The enormous Hofburg complex served as principle residence of the Habsburg
emperors from 1547 to 1918. Its history goes back even further – it was first
mentioned in 1275 when its directly translated name "court...
Written by becks on June 16, 2005
- Despite all the hoopla in Vienna over Sisi (Empress Elizabeth, wife of Kaiser
Franz Joseph), Maria Theresa (1717-1780) was the one female Habsburger who
really mattered. Although she secured the election of her husband as Holy...
Written by becks on June 30, 2005
- Vienna has a long and carefully preserved coffee house culture. Many cafés
have a long tradition although some of the most famous, including Central and
Griensteidl, live on in name and spirit rather than in...
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