Dachstein ice cave and 5 fingers – What and Where? 5 fingers is a viewing platform on Mount Krippenstein, Austria. It is considered to be the most spectacular viewing platform in the Alps. Why is it called 5 fingers? Because of its hand-like shape. Dachstein ice cave, as the name suggests, is a cave with giant… Read More Dachstein Ice Cave and 5 Fingers
Being the birthplace of Mozart and the filming place of the acclaimed movie ‘The Sound of Music’, Salzburg is thronged by day trippers. But maybe because it was the onset of autumn, with cooler days crowds had diminished. Or maybe everybody was having a jolly good time at Augustiner Bräustuber, an always crowded beer garden, but a fun place to… Read More What to do in Salzburg
There was nothing overwhelming about Pisa and its leaning tower, especially right after coming from the open museum city of Rome; although, I would say that I loved ascending this bell tower. So if you ask me, skip a day trip to Pisa and spend more time in Florence or Cinque Terre. Where Pisa is a city in the… Read More Day trip to Pisa
Vienna is a modern, fast-paced, cosmopolitan city divided into 23 districts and much bigger than what we anticipated. The first district, right at the center, is a historic UNESCO World Heritage site. Being the oldest, the Inner Stadt or first district has all the noteworthy attractions and is the concentration point for the horde of tourists (including… Read More Best of Vienna in three days
“Rome wasn’t built in a day”. So, are four days enough to see and experience this city rich in architecture and culture? Well, no… in four days we could cover only a few important sights, places we knew or had seen pictures of. And we left it at that. We spent more time on sampling Roman food… Read More Four days in Rome