ICE CAVES AND HUSKIES

31st August, 2010 by Dave Prentis

Just chillin in the snow with one of the local huskies Woke up this morning, looked outside, and there was cloud everywhere. Arghh, not again. So I decided to go up to the Dachstein Ice Caves, being that its indoors the crappy weather wouldn’t matter. Walked the 20mins or so to the cable car base […]



NOT THE BEST WEATHER, BUT IT’LL DO

30th August, 2010 by Dave Prentis

What is usually a stunning lake in good weather, the Hintersee Headed from my hostel to the bus stop and hopped on the 840 bus to Berchtesgaden. Its great having such short transfers to new places, especially when its just a local bus trip of 45mins. Got off the bus and started to navigate my […]



KEHLSTEINHAUS

28th August, 2010 by Dave Prentis

The forecast for today was for clear skies and thats what I thankfully woke up to. Hit up the free breakfast buffet quickly and got down to the bus stop. Last year I did an organised tour of the Eagle’s Nest, which was really awesome, learnt a lot of things you just cant yourself if […]



THE HILLS ARE ALIVE

26th August, 2010 by Dave Prentis

Mirabell Gardens, home to quite a few Sound of Music scenes Was time to move on from Wiesbaden, so I headed way way across Germany to Salzburg in Austria. Train trip consisted of a local train to Frankfurt, then a wicked comfy and fast ICE train to Munich, and finally an even comfier RJ train […]



TRICKY FOUNTAINS (100TH BLOG POST!)

21st August, 2010 by Dave Prentis

Some of the garden grounds at Hellbrunn Hired a bike for the day from the hostel for only 10 euros. Weather was again awesome, actually freaking hot, so I did a ride out to Hellbrunn, which is in one of the districts thats part of the city of Salzburg. Not too far away really, a […]