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Thursday, April 17, 2014

The hills are alive!

We went to Salzburg! A two and a half hour train ride away, it's one of the most surreal cities I've visited. It genuinely felt like we were in the middle of a movie set. There is no way people could just live their lives there, it is far too perfect! We had good weather and a great time, a solid 24 hours was spent there!

Mozart's Birthplace



Mirabell Gardens

Mirabell Gardens

Mirabell Gardens

Mirabell Gardens

Mom- this one's for you!!

Market outside St. Andrew Church

Coloured eggs at the market outside St. Andrew Church
Leopoldskroner Weiher (Pond) with Schloss Leopoldskron in the background

A couple geese families at Leopoldskroner Weiher!


Schloss Leopoldskron

Schloss Hellbrunn

For all of The Sound of Music fans...I am 16 going on 17...
I know that I'm naive!

Looking down on Salzburg from the fortress

Looking down on Salzburg from the fortress

Looking down on Salzburg from the fortress

Looking down on Salzburg from the fortress
Salzburg, like Budapest, couldn't be captured in my photos. The mountains were so much more clear, and it was absolutely stunning. Wish you all could be here!

xx
T.

budapest & bratislava

So I will preface this by saying this is probably one of my favourite cities I have travelled to. There's this vibe that it has to it that I haven't experienced. It very well could have been the fact that the sun was actually shining- but I think there was a lot more to it. My photos, in no way, do the city the justice it deserves.



Statue in front of the Hungarian National Museum

Hungarian National Museum

We found a market!

Side streets


On our walk up to the Citadella

Part of the staircase up to the Citadella

Jake said "Let's race!"

Halfway up to the Citadella- looking into Pest

From the top, overlooking Pest



Chain Bridge

Funicular up to the castle, with a tunnel underneath

Chain bridge at night- way prettier in person

Castle at night



Heroes Square

We found a park!

We drank fresh lemonade in the park!

View of the Chain bridge from the Castle

Jake tried his hand at archery

I, too, tried my hand at archery

Kürtős kalács- a cylindrical sweet cake rolled in cinnamon and sugar!

Kürtős kalács- a cylindrical sweet cake rolled in cinnamon and sugar!

On the chain bridge
We only did a day trip to Bratislava, and it was freezing and raining, so there aren't many pictures. So I'll throw them in here, too! It was a nice city, I'm sure. There isn't a whole lot to do on a sunny day, so being there with the weather that we got wasn't exactly the greatest experience of it.

Bratislava

We had Slovakian beer!

xx
T.

Wednesday, April 9, 2014

Jake does Vienna

One of the Easter Markets with painted eggs


We visited the Salm Braeu restaurant and brewery. Delicious Helles!

Jake with his weizen

Prost!

We tried to self-time a picture in Stadtpark. 
xx
T.