Written by Margaret Hume (One of the runner-up entries in the City, Town or Village Writing Competition.) Obergurgl! Now there’s a place whose name lingers on the larynx, and in the memory, long after the cases are back on top of the wardrobe. Much loved by friends as the perfect destination for family skiing holidays, […]
Mention Austria as a tourist destination and Vienna, Salzburg and Innsbruck immediately come to mind, along with the Tyrol for winter sports enthusiasts. However Linz, Austria’s third largest city, doesn’t seem to feature prominently on the tourist map except as a break for Danube cruises, and often then only as a jumping off point for […]
Austria, Netherlands, Japan and the Pacific Coast of the USA will be popular destinations for British holidaymakers in 2015, according to a new ABTA Travel Trends Report. These are included in a list of twelve holiday destinations to watch out for in 2015, based on factors such as the relative strength of sterling, important anniversaries, new air […]
I think we can accept AA Gill, the Sunday Times TV and restaurant critic, into our Senior citizens community in that he reaches the age of 60 next year and also in that this book is very much the writings of somebody looking back on life and bringing out interesting observations from near and far. ‘Is Further Away’ contains 30 […]
Salzburg is well known as the birthplace and home for many years of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and the place where much of The Sound of Music was filmed, but what else does it have to offer and can the herds of tourists be avoided? My first visit to Salzburg was in the middle of July […]
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Eventful Car Journey from England to Hungary during the Pandemic
When we drove from England to Hungary two years ago it was a simple and pleasurable journey. Starting from the Hull-Rotterdam ferry terminal in the Netherlands, we passed at a leisurely pace, passing through Germany and Austria along the way. However, trying to follow same route in July 2021 proved to be rather more complicated […]